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The Inner Game of Tennis: One of Bill Gates All-Time Favourite Books
Zach Kleinman, W. Timothy Gallwey, Pete Carroll
4.02 AVERAGE
338 reviews for:
The Inner Game of Tennis: One of Bill Gates All-Time Favourite Books
Zach Kleinman, W. Timothy Gallwey, Pete Carroll
4.02 AVERAGE
This was an incredibly important book to my development as a musician. Much better than the Inner Game of Music.
Full of truth... file under: reinventions of Buddhism, independent confirmations of the paradox of acceptance, Wittgenstein without Wittgenstein. So condensed, and in that way respectful of the reader, but it contains everything that's important to know. I relate to his interest in teaching children and the psychology of learning--and of course he went on to write this book--and so I find in him someone like me....
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5 stars rounded down to 3!
I liked this book a lot, I feel like there are helpful insights I can use for frisbee. But I realized that his main technique of relaxed concentration applies significantly better to a repetitive and accuracy-based activity, LIKE TENNIS, or in frisbee, THROWING. But significantly less to a skill like cutting, which I was bummed about. But overall, this was a fascinating read with good truths in it.
I liked this book a lot, I feel like there are helpful insights I can use for frisbee. But I realized that his main technique of relaxed concentration applies significantly better to a repetitive and accuracy-based activity, LIKE TENNIS, or in frisbee, THROWING. But significantly less to a skill like cutting, which I was bummed about. But overall, this was a fascinating read with good truths in it.
I’m not a sport person, and I’ve never played tennis. There’s a lot more in this short book than tennis improvement. It’s mostly a mindfulness lesson in a different package, but I found it more helpful than some of the other books that are openly about mindfulness.
There’s no way to know if it works without trying it? But intuitively makes sense
I picked up this book off a list of recommendations for leadership reads thinking this would be something similar to other books I’ve read in that genre. This is very tennis-focused (I guess the cover is accurate lmao) but still has some insights to glean outside of tennis.
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
This is a good book with good advice not just for tennis but for life. I only gave it 3 stars because though I picked it up knowing it is a self help book in some way, I could not get past the fact that I just don't really like self help books that much. That said, I gleaned some good advice from this book that I will definitely try to follow.
informative
slow-paced