Focusing on this one specific motion will both actually help the player see the ball better and quiet the mind from thinking about anything else.

The value of winning is directly proportional to the difficulty of everything you had to overcome to win. The capacity for mental time travel is arguably our species’ most profound gift and mental advantage. It challenges you to re-examine everything that you do including your own fundamental motivations for doing things and your definitions of what success really is.We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, sell user information, or run ads.

I used to think it was merely imitation of my role models (my dad who I am shockingly similar too makes the same statement a lot, especially while competing). The best way to quiet the mind is not by telling it to shut up, or by arguing with it, or criticizing it for criticizing you.But when your attention is on the here and now, the actions that need to be done in the present have their best chance of being successfully accomplished, and as a result the future will become the best possible present. The Inner Game” is the one played within the mind of the player, against the hurdles of self-doubt, nervousness, and lapses in concentration. I was so short sight in avoiding this and thinking I needed to focus instead on technique and the physical. Well, in that case, you could look at it as a conversation between two people: in this book, the "I" telling you what to do is "self1" and the "myself" receiving instructions is "self2. When we “unlearn” judgment we discover, usually with some surprise, that we don’t need the motivation of a reformer to change our “bad” habits.

Surfers want to ride the biggest wave not to beat it, but to prove to themselves they've done their absolute best. A very wise person once told me, “When it comes to overcoming obstacles, there are three kinds of people. It is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and has been recognized by the Association of Coaching (AC), and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). The book gives some strategies about how to focus in important moments and also a great perspective about winning and losing.The Inner Game of Tennis is a revolutionary program for overcoming the self-doubt, nervousness, and lapses of concentration that can keep a player from winning. The Inner Game of Tennis has got to be one of the strangest books on personal growth and success I’ve ever encountered. Begin thinking about your body differently—it does all kinds of incredible things (talking, walking, reading) without any noticed effort.