Category Archives: Pete Carroll

Inner Game Sports Coaching

The Inner Game was born out of Sports Performance Coaching. In 1974, Tim Gallwey’s landmark book, The Inner Game of Tennis, forever changed the paradigm of human performance potential. With the enormous pressure and stress associated with modern athletics, the … Continue reading

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Various Provocations: Performance, Amateurism and Professionalism

His emphasis on fun comes mainly from his DNA but also from his reading, specifically W. Timothy Gallwey’s The Inner Game of Tennis, a 122-page book with a cult-like following. Continue reading

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Carroll: God of all coaches, but also a regular guy

I had precious little time with Carroll. I wanted to ask him about one of his favorite books, “The Inner Game of Tennis” by W. Timothy Gallwey, and why it meant so much to him. Continue reading

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Pete Carroll Coaching Style

On offense, Carroll is known for using an aggressive, nonconservative play-calling that is open to trick plays as well as “going for it” on 4th down instead of punting the ball away Continue reading

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Carroll goes by the book to teach football at USC

Pete Carroll goes by the book to teach football at USC. In an article for the LA Times, Kurt Streeter tells us how:Carroll draws coaching inspiration from writings of a tennis guru USC Football Game Day: Tennis, Anyone

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