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PBS Inner Game Broadcast Airs

PBS and the Inner Game team up to offer new DVD Series. WGBH aired a half hour introduction to the Inner Game of Tennis during their pledge drive promotion on Saturday, November 13 and Saturday, November 20th. Tim Gallwey’s groundbreaking … Continue reading

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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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The First Cut: Applying The Way of the Sword to Life and Tennis | uber.la

At the completion of a doubles match, hearing “We just couldn’t get a handle on your serve tonight,” is truly the highest complement one can receive in tennis. In addition to the WIN, that is. Continue reading

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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance « karycumby

I found the book in the library and was surprised at how thin it was. Then I noticed there were no pictures. I thought “What kind of tennis book has no pictures? ” Continue reading

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Thoughts Happen: Are Buddhism and Competitive Athletics Compatible?

Gallwey has some interesting thoughts on competition, which I won’t go into in depth here, but I was struck by a quote at the beginning of the book attributed only to Maharaji, who the book is also dedicated to and I assume is his spiritual teacher: “What is the real game? Continue reading

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Controlling when you’re “in the zone” – Talk Tennis

Getting in the zone either happens by chance, on any given day and there aren’t really any events that trigger it. It just happens. Sometimes you do everything right to prepare and have the worst day on court. Other days … Continue reading

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The Inner Game of Tennis – The Competency Cycle

The blog “Tennis Articles and Tennis Videos” a part of Fitness Model World posts some information directly related to Tim Gallwey and The Inner Game of Tennis. Continue reading

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Sense of Self-Worth

During the match, he was torn between wanting to win a new racket and not wanting to beat his father. Continue reading

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Training Your Mind Can Turn Your Life Around

Tennis Coach Timothy Gallwey has argued for years that you will do better at learning even a sport such as tennis if you become conscious of how your mind naturally learns. Continue reading

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Leadership Lessons from the Game of Tennis

In an article entitled “7 Worst Career Mistakes You Can Make”, Jeffrey A. Krames, author “The Unforced Error: Why Some Managers Get Promoted while others Get Eliminated” quotes Tim Gallwey and on of the principles of The Inner Game. Here … Continue reading

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