Inner Tennis

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Inner Tennis
At last—the practical successor to W. Timothy Gallwey's The Inner Game of Tennis, the best-selling book which launched the Inner Game revolution. The Inner Game is based on a simple concept—that the key to winning tennis lies inside every player's head, in his ability to concentrate, to trust his body, to let his game just "happen." Now, in Inner Tennis, Gallwey provides detailed mental and physical exercises in self-mastery—practical techniques which can be applied not only to tennis, but to other sports and nearly every aspect of life.
This book spells out methods of natural concentration which can overcome such familiar mental obstacles as anger, fear, boredom and negative self-image.
"I get ahead five-to-one and then blow the match."
"After I miss a few, I get so frustrated I feel like quitting."
"I'm constantly thinking about how well or badly I'm playing."
"My mind is so busy telling me everything I should do with my feet, arms, wrist, elbows, et cetera,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Inner Tennis
At last—the practical successor to W. Timothy Gallwey's The Inner Game of Tennis, the best-selling book which launched the Inner Game revolution. The Inner Game is based on a simple concept—that the key to winning tennis lies inside every player's head, in his ability to concentrate, to trust his body, to let his game just "happen." Now, in Inner Tennis, Gallwey provides detailed mental and physical exercises in self-mastery—practical techniques which can be applied not only to tennis, but to other sports and nearly every aspect of life.
This book spells out methods of natural concentration which can overcome such familiar mental obstacles as anger, fear, boredom and negative self-image.
"I get ahead five-to-one and then blow the match."
"After I miss a few, I get so frustrated I feel like quitting."
"I'm constantly thinking about how well or badly I'm playing."
"My mind is so busy telling me everything I should do with my feet, arms, wrist, elbows, et cetera, that I miss the ball." Whose game hasn't been thrown off by self-defeating thoughts like these?
With concise, easily applicable instructions, Inner Tennis helps the player to overcome the enemy within and allows the body to express its own innate excellence. Gallwey's simple methods are designed to increase your awareness of your body and take advantage of its feedback; to improve your concentration on the speed, flight and spin of the ball; to balance the relationship between your body and your mind. With these techniques come greater motivation, interest, intensity of experience and a new focus on the will to win.
In the two years since it was published, The Inner Game of Tennis has swept the country, selling 200,000 copies and making Inner Tennis a phenomenon. Literally thousands of readers have written in, describing "magical"
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