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Keep your eye on the ball

Gallwey was a tennis coach who was frustrated by the limitations of conventional sports coaching methods. He noticed that he could often see the faults in a player’s game, but that simply telling him what to do to improve did not bring about lasting change.
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Revitalize Your Work – What to Do When You’re Stuck

In his brilliant book ‘The Inner Game of Tennis’ Tim Gallwey first showed a new way to look at this:
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The Inner Game of Stress reviewed by Passion Diva

As you might imagine I have read a LOT on the topic and more often than not it is several thousand words of meaningless drivel. I was pleasantly surprised when I dug into the book and I had to actually turn on my brain. Continue reading

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Want Prosperity? Quit Trying So Hard

I read about Tim Gallwey many years ago in Reader’s Digest. He wrote Zen-like books about sports: Inner Tennis, Inner Golf, and my favorite, Inner Skiing. He could have written Inner Whittling, but it doesn’t matter. He used sports as a vehicle to teach about not being so damn self-critical and letting your mind be free to achieve, allowing your body to follow. Continue reading

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The Inner Game of Work related to Coaching

Learning takes place within the student. The student makes the choice that ultimately control whether learning takes place or not. Continue reading

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The Inner Game of Golf by W. Timothy Gallwey – Applying foucs to your golf game

I re-read this book every couple of years, and enjoy it thoroughly. Continue reading

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The Inner Game of Tennis – It’s Not About the Racquet

There are three main strategies that are of particular relevance to the Inner Game of Tennis. Basically, they can be absorbed by the declaration, it is not about the Racket. Continue reading

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Term “Inner Game” coined by Tim Gallwey

The term “the inner game” was first coined by Timothy Gallwey in his seminal work The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance.
In this book, Gallwey discusses the difference between the “inner game” and the “outer game”. Continue reading

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Timothy Gallwey Returns with More Wisdom

focus on the patterns that the ball stripes made as it was coming over the net at me. Continue reading

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The Inner Game of Stress – Outsmart Life’s Challenges and Fulfill Your Potential

Renowned sports psychology expert W. Timothy Gallwey teams up with two esteemed physicians to offer a unique and empowering guide to mental health in today’s volatile world, The Inner Game of Stress. Continue reading

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