 "The Inner Game of Tennis", W Timothy Gallwey, Wow- what parallels to shooting! *merged threads* |
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 Mar 4 2007, 05:42 PM
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 Undefeated - Wii Lawn Darts (doubles)  Group: Classified Posts: 1990 Joined: 7-January 05 From: Columbus, Ohio Member No.: 5017  |
Just picked it up at the half price book store for $4. So how is the book, just got it today so I haven't started reading it.
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Mar 4 2007, 05:45 PM
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 Coerced Group: Classified Posts: 6362 Joined: 29-December 04 From: FL Member No.: 4953 |
That is a great book, and so is the Inner Game of Golf.
We learned a lot from that book!! GREAT applications for shooting too!! -------------------- |
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Mar 4 2007, 05:52 PM
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 Beyond it All Group: Classified Posts: 1321 Joined: 3-February 06 From: Conroe, Texas Member No.: 7462 |
Back when I was in the corporate world, the "inner game" books were required reading for "charm school". Top management brought in a "employee enhancement guru" to assist us low lifes in becoming all that we could be.
The school sucked but the books are great. (I guess the class didn't take.)  Bill -------------------- "I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
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Mar 4 2007, 07:09 PM
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 All Seeing and All Knowing Eye Group: Admin Posts: 28180 Joined: 2-May 01 From: Ohio (Columbus, McConnelsville) Member No.: 690 |
John,
Are you kidding? It's good stuff. Try a search...newbie. (Haven't I showed you my copy? I stuck an USPSA sticker over the tennis ball on the cover. Now it's a shooting book.) -------------------- Have FUN....be safe...and, instead of worrying about what you are "suppose to do" - - notice what you are doing. Ask yourself why. See if it meshes with where you want to go.
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Mar 4 2007, 08:16 PM
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Undefeated - Wii Lawn Darts (doubles) Group: Classified Posts: 1990 Joined: 7-January 05 From: Columbus, Ohio Member No.: 5017 |
QUOTE(Flexmoney @ Mar 4 2007, 07:09 PM)  John, Are you kidding? It's good stuff. Try a search...newbie. (Haven't I showed you my copy? I stuck an USPSA sticker over the tennis ball on the cover. Now it's a shooting book.) I knew it was good book because of past threads on the forum so No I didn't need to do a search. And don't go calling me a newbie, I'm only a newbie at Poker.......oh wait..........I guess I'm not a newbie any longer. I have a strange feeling your setting me up for the next big money game, giving me alittle confidence.  I already told the wife, after Sat I'm playin the lotto.........  Flyin |
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Mar 4 2007, 08:24 PM
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All Seeing and All Knowing Eye Group: Admin Posts: 28180 Joined: 2-May 01 From: Ohio (Columbus, McConnelsville) Member No.: 690 |
Match win...poker win...how can you go wrong. Put me in for a $1 if you are getting lotto tickets. (for real)
-------------------- Have FUN....be safe...and, instead of worrying about what you are "suppose to do" - - notice what you are doing. Ask yourself why. See if it meshes with where you want to go.
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Mar 5 2007, 12:50 AM
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 Story Teller Group: Moderators Posts: 9162 Joined: 2-May 01 From: Tacoma, WA Member No.: 604 |
The Inner Game of Tennis. One of the all-time great books on the mental game. Just about everything in this book can translate directly to shooting - or any other sport, for that matter. Good stuff.
-------------------- Pride and fear are emotions, which hope for an outcome. Outcomes take your attention from the present, where the shooting happens, to the future. It is totally impossible to do anything in the future, because it hasn't happened yet. The key to shooting your best is to be present as the witness of the shooting. Do not judge, do not give yourself anything to live up to. We can only shoot as well as we have trained ourselves to shoot. To try to shoot only induces stress. Be content with your current ability. And accumulate practice to improve that ability. Consolidate, build strength where you feel weakness. We cannot raise our ability until we accept our current limitations. Practice dissolves limitations. Matches simply define where the current limits exist. The game of shooting is all about redefining our limits.
- Sam Amateurs do it til they get it right. Professionals do it til they can't get it wrong. "It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters." - Paul "Bear" Bryant "The only reason why Everest is the highest mountain ever climbed is because it's the highest. If there was one higher, I bet there'd be people trying to climb it." - Jack Barnes |
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Oct 25 2009, 02:42 PM
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Calls Shots Group: Classified Posts: 940 Joined: 11-August 07 Member No.: 12007 |
I Just started this book a few days ago. It's a short read and is just awesome so far. I should have finished by know but it really has you rethinking so much...
Here are some quotes that are really cool. I've been taking notes and will add more later as well. Some are slightly out of context but you should be able to figure it out... the bold emphasis is mine. "Meanwhile, attention is taken off what is and placed on the process of trying to do things right" "...focus without thinking" "By ending judgement, you do not avoid seeing what is. Ending judgement means you neither add nor subtract from the fact before your eyes. Things appear as they are- undistorted. In this way,the mind becomes more calm." This post has been edited by Flexmoney: Oct 28 2009, 03:14 PM
Reason for edit: *merged threads*
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Oct 25 2009, 02:45 PM
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Coerced Group: Classified Posts: 6362 Joined: 29-December 04 From: FL Member No.: 4953 |
I read and hi-lighted it last week for my daughter, who is a tennis player
I read it 28 years ago to use for my golf Great book -------------------- |
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Oct 25 2009, 02:56 PM
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Calls Shots Group: Classified Posts: 940 Joined: 11-August 07 Member No.: 12007 |
QUOTE (zhunter @ Oct 25 2009, 05:45 PM) I read and hi-lighted it last week for my daughter, who is a tennis player I read it 28 years ago to use for my golf Great book It's two for one for me as well! I play tennis also. |
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Oct 26 2009, 02:12 PM
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 Ghost Dog Group: Admin Posts: 11862 Joined: 1-May 01 From: AZ Member No.: 171 |
Yes, great book. And the first book I read to improve my shooting, back in about 1981, thanks to a recommendation from shotgun wizard, John Satterwhite.
be -------------------- Hope is for the fools that care about what they hope for.
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Oct 28 2009, 01:11 PM
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Looks for Range Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 17-April 08 Member No.: 14556 |
QUOTE (zhunter @ Oct 25 2009, 05:45 PM) I read it 28 years ago to use for my golf Great book I agree. This book took me from a 3.0 player to a 4.5 when I was an active. The principles can be applied to any endeavor. |
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Oct 28 2009, 03:22 PM
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Ghost Dog Group: Admin Posts: 11862 Joined: 1-May 01 From: AZ Member No.: 171 |
And after that book, he released the Inner Game of Golf.
It's release is kind of a cool story. His publishers were so happy with the results from the Inner Game of Tennis, even though he'd never played golf, they asked to apply the techniques from the IGoT to golf, and then write a book about he became a successful golfer in a new book. I think nowadays, he mostly does high-dollar consulting for major corporations with IGoT techniques. be -------------------- Hope is for the fools that care about what they hope for.
BrianEnos.com Online Store: Books | Slide-Glide | Dillon Precision | DVDs | Wilson | Donate | BROWNELLS BrianEnos.com Dealer Forum / Blems in Stock "I hate people when they're not polite." David Byrne |
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Oct 30 2009, 05:59 PM
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Calls Shots Group: Classified Posts: 940 Joined: 11-August 07 Member No.: 12007 |
I have learned something else from this book that I think I was drifting from a bit recently... not just in shooting but in other aspects of my life as well.
The chapter "The Meaning of Competition" was really an eye opener for me. Some of the biggest joys of shooting, tennis and other things in my life aren't just winning- but instead the process of learning to be the best you can be. I think the author does a better job explaining it than I can: "Winning is overcoming obstacles to reach a goal, but the value in winning is only as great as the value of the goal reached." "I don't worry about winning or losing the match, but whether or not I am making the maximum effort during every point becuase I realize that that is where the true value lies." "So I arrived at the startling conclusion that true competition is identical with true cooperation. Each player tries hardest to defeat the other, but in this use of competition it isn't the other person we are defeating; it is simly a matter of overcoming the obstacles he presents. In true competition no person is defeated. Both players benefit by their efforts to overcome the obstacles presented by the other. Like two bulls butting their heads against one another, both grow stronger and each participates in the development of each other." and here is a real good one that hits home... "When I'm only concerned about winning, I'm caring about something that I can't wholly control. Whether I win or lose the external game is a result of my opponent's skill and effort as well as my own. When one is emotionally attached to results that he can't control, he tends to become anxious and then try too hard...." I used to dread when some better shooters showed up in a match.. now I look forward to it... hope for it even! So.. I maybe my competition will buy this book as well... it will help me become a better shooter!! This post has been edited by lugnut: Oct 30 2009, 06:02 PM |
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Oct 30 2009, 08:13 PM
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 I like Shooting Group: Classified Posts: 3455 Joined: 26-March 02 From: Cowlumbus OH Member No.: 307 |
QUOTE (Flexmoney @ Mar 4 2007, 11:24 PM) Match win...poker win...how can you go wrong. Put me in for a $1 if you are getting lotto tickets. (for real) MMM Poker -------------------- DVC
Bill Seevers I run with scissors... fast Always take the red pill Speed is Beautiful |
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