Inner Game of Tennis by Tim Gallwey (Book Summary + Infographic) | Sloww
The first skill to learn is the art of letting go the human inclination to judge ourselves and our performance as
W. Timothy Gallwey • The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
I learned how effective the remembering of certain sounds can be as a cue for the built-in computer within our brains.
W Timothy Gallwey • The Inner Game of Tennis: The classic guide to the mental side of peak performance
- learning how to get the clearest possible picture of your desired outcomes; 2) learning how to trust Self 2 to perform at its best and learn from both successes and failures; and 3) learning to see “nonjudgmentally”—that is, to see what is happening rather than merely noticing how well or how badly it is happening. This overcomes “trying too hard.”
W. Timothy Gallwey • The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
The book Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Tennis Player by Simon Ramo offers a helpful mental model: a distinction between “loser’s games” and “winner’s games.”
When learning tennis, amateurs play a loser’s game, meaning the majority of points come f... See more
- Loser’s games = focusing on minimizing mistakes.
- Winner’s games = focusing on maximizing success.
When learning tennis, amateurs play a loser’s game, meaning the majority of points come f... See more
Peter Limberg • Chillin’ With Goofies: A Spiritual Practice
The more you can bring yourself to put trust in the natural process that is at work, the less you will tend to fall into the usual interfering patterns of trying too hard, judging and thinking—and the frustration that inevitably follows.