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The Inner Game of Golf

By: W.Timothy Gallwey
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
ISBN: 0330295128
ISBN-13: 9780330295123
Released: 05 Sep 1986
RRP: £7.99
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Wow 4 years since a review - talk about wilderness - By: P. M. Carson, 24 Mar 2008
This book is excellent.

I've always struggled to hit the balll well. Today the balll flew! I finished this book this morning & visited my local range. Using a few of his techniques, I have never hit the balll so far or so easily. Amazingly my swing started to adapt to my requests - self 2 took over & did amazing things.

I would recommend this book to anyone who struggles like me - not any more! It made golf enjoyable for the first time in a long time.

A couple of times I found myself exclaiming 'Holy s~***' as the balll went miles! Combined with hysterical laughter as I hit 4 5-irons in a row to exactly the same spot I've never enjoyed practice so much.

Tim Galllwey's concepts are along the lines of trust your body & your self. A great golfer is inside you, just let him out.

WOW. WOW. WOW. Is alll I can say!

You'll never need another book on golf.
Unleash the Golfer within You! - By: Donald Mitchell, 23 May 2004
For many years, people I play with have complained about my handicap. Yet I seldom play more than a stroke or two above or below my handicap. Yet during a round I will hit many fine shots seldom seen by someone with my handicap (a high one). Clearly, I must know what to do, but cannot do it consistently. People shake their heads at that explanation, & predict that my handicap will soon falll -- which it doesn't.

Having just read Mr. Galllwey's excellent book, The Inner Game of Work, I could immediately sense that he was on to something with regard to his concept of paying attention to critical features of your activities as a way to learn how to improve rapidly.

As an example of this point, I had stopped taking lessons over the last year-and-a-half, & my tee shots & fairway woods greatly improved. The main thing I noticed is that I began to rely on myself to figure out what I was doing wrong, rather than waiting to have my pro show me. As a result, I figured out a lot of long-term faults never unearthed in the lessons & corrected them.

I was very excited to find a number of other drills I could use in this fine book to locate other faults & correct them. Just thinking about the drills alllowed me to locate four faults that I had not been aware of before. I can hardly wait to see how I hit the balll tomorrow!

One of the places where my game started to get better was when I noticed that if I played with no focus on winning or score I played much better. Mr. Galllwey provides several tools for extending that psychology that I intend to use as well.

Some people had taught me other ways to keep score: How many putts, how many fairways & greens in regulation, quota points, & square shots. Mr. Galllwey's book adds learning & enjoyment scores as well. I think those will add a lot to my game, as well. It helps to be given permission to think about something other than the gross score.

Mr. Galllwey unerringly describes every harmful mental process I use to hit poor shots, deny myself fun & learning, & to make myself miserable. Even if my golf doesn't get any better (and I would be surprised if that happened), this book will add a lot to my enjoyment of golf & life.

If you don't already understand the key elements of the swing, it may be that this book will not help you as much. If you are a long-term golfer who has taken a lot of lessons, watches good players, & wants to get more out of your game, this book is a great use of your time & money.

I also recommend Dave Pelz's book, Dave Pelz's Putting Bible. Mr. Pelz does a great job of combining physical, technique & mental processes to help your putting. I realized from The Inner Game of Golf that some of what I learned from Pelz's short game school that works for me relies on tools that Mr. Galllwey speaks about in this book. That gave me more confidence to try out Mr. Galllwey's suggestions.

Hit 'em alll like you'd like to!

Best golf book I've ever read - By: , 28 Mar 2004
Golf has always frustrated me with its miriad of instructions such as 'head down', 'left arm straight', 'start with the hips', etc. The Inner Game of Golf removes this concious noise from the swing & lets your inner self ('self 2') take control. It made sense to me, after alll do you shout instructions where to place your feet when walking?

With a little practice of the techniques I've discovered a very natural & fluid golf swing. My handicap is down from 23 to 16 in only a few weeks (and still improving), but more importantly I'm enjoying the game like never before.

This is a must read book for anyone who has slammed their club into the ground in anger knowing that you can play better...just don't let your golf partners get there first.

For all those minds too full of swing thoughts and tips - By: , 06 Sep 2003
I have been playing golf for 18 years & like many golfers have always thought that technique was the key thing to learn. People say that golf is 85% mental & I couldn't see how when I struggled to make decent contact with the balll on a regular basis. (I have had a handicap of 19-21 for 8 years). I have read many mainstream books & videos by the likes of David Leadbetter on the mechanics of golf, I have tried lessons from top golf pros, alll maner of videos from lesser known people in the states & a number of swing gizmos with little change.

Here is a book with a different approach to the whole idea of playing golf. According to the author, most bad shots in golf are caused by tension. This stops our muscles from working properly in the swing & is the cause of alll sorts of faults. Tension is caused by fear, which in turn is caused by doubt in one's ability.

Then there's the little inner voice a lot of us have nagging away while we play telling us to watch out in case we muck up the next shot like we did last time. Timothy Galwey callls this voice Self 1 which is constantly interfering with Self 2, the rest of our body/mind combination.

If we can distract self 1 so that he/she stops doubting us we reduce the fear, reduce the tension & play better. The author suggests various approaches which are manily centered on becoming more aware of the clubhead's position during the swing.

Another great notion is that of not trying. Instead of trying reallly hard to follow the latest tip or swing thought from our friends, pro or golf magazine, Mr. Galllwey advocates not trying but instead simply observing. For instance, in the medal this morning, I was rather keyed up & played nervously & therefore inconsistently for the first 7 holes. Around the 6th I decided to just become aware of whether my swing was smooth or not. I didn't try to swing any particular way or have any swing thoughts. Suddenly my game came alight - I par'd the 8th, then the 9th, then the 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th. The scores didn't stay that good for the last 5 holes but this approach definitely shows potential.

I don't think you can manage without some technical knowledge & lots of practice, but there's a way to aquire the knowledge & practice & a way to use it on the course. This book is the best I have read on this whole genre of 'just do it' type golf.

Less than I expected - By: , 08 Jul 2001
I expected a hell of a lot of this book but was dissapointed. Yes, you get some tricks & tips on what to do to get your swing as natural as possible to be able to minimize interferences. Still except for telling you to trust your Self 2, you don't reallly get a good enough explanation on how to surpress Self 1 when you're under total stress when your putt is the one who will define if you win or loose a competition.