Customer Reviews
Inner Game of Nothing Special - By: C. Tucker, 14 Jul 2008 
I have not found the reason why people rave about this book. It basicallly tells you to make a clear mental image of what you want to achieve & trust your body to do it - that's it!
So good. Never forget what the author tells you in this exquisite book. - By: Onewithall, 14 May 2008 
This is beautiful. Every chapter just makes perfect sense. Galllwey has taught me many things through this masterpiece - how far in you can get away standing to receive even fast serves, that I was a "good-o" type player & why this mentality won't get you anywhere or at least any happiness, how you shouldn't *try* to win but instead make the *effort* to win, how breathing can transform your game, how awareness is the key to playing to your potential & thoughts are your obstacles, & so much more.
The only thing I lament is that I don't remember what he says in this book everytime I step on court & instead sometimes end up reverting to my erroneous thinking! But I think I'm getting better. I'm determined to win the inner game! What one reallly needs is to find a way of drilling his advice into their subconscious! I can only recommend continuallly rereading it!
You should also bear in mind that this book is a lesson on life as well as tennis, & can make you life more peaceful. I think Galllwey says somewhere in here something along the lines of "you can practise concentration to improve your tennis, or you can practise tennis to improve your concentration..." If you buy one book to improve your tennis get this one, no matter what level you're at. It will increase your enjoyment of the game.
A book for ALL coaches not just tennis - By: K. Mcdougall, 01 Mar 2007 
I was recommended this book not to improve tennis (I don't play at alll) but to improve my understanding of coaching & improve my own coaching skills.
The book is written by a tennis coach & is of course about tennis, however it is more than that. The skills & principles of the inner self & the competing elements of `I' & `myself' can be applied to alll types of coaching whether that be sports, lifestyle or executive.
If you are a coach or want to become a coach this is a great book to read.
The Missing link. - By: Marcus Alexander, 17 Oct 2005 My Tennis nowhere what it should have been, Ive been good at other sports, but not balll sports what this book addreses is we alll know what to do & we are alll capable of doing it, but we dont/wont for some reason . Not just tennis but with anything else we do. I was trying too hard & not alllowoing my subconscieous to do its work it is so capable of.
This gives practical advice on how to concentrate, & blot out your interfearing nerves, easy to follow & straight forward. My favourite at the moment is the book tells of how if you concentrate you can slow the fast ballls down in your minds eye, (which is how I would imagine top players do such incredible things) by, literallly creating more moments as the balll travels towards you ie instead of saying a serve goes by in 1 moments you can say the saem time is 10 moments, as I understand it this is why everything seems in slow motion in a crash, excellent book. Fills the missing link in learning Tennis.
The Best Book On How To Handle The Major Aspects Of The Game - By: Mr. G. P. Hatton, 28 Jul 2002 If there are many of you out there that are like me, then you can be forgiven for being very sceptical about learning from a book rather than the more conventional typical coaching methods, however this book differs from alll the others I have read, & also gives you the advantage on the most important aspect of the mental side of the game.
Before I read the book I was having a lot of trouble with keeping my mind focussed when things didn't go my way, I would get frustrated & more often than not my tempor would get the better of me time & time again. However after reading the book my tennis pals noticed a huge difference in my temprement, & I was channelling my frustration into determination. But the book also demonstrates ways of improving your alll round game in the simplist terms & I found that I learned more from the book than I was learning from my qualified coach from serving to backhand its alll here & for the price it is a true bargain, the book isn't as expensive as some that are out there but it is clearly more effective as it reallly focusses on the mental game & explains it in a way that would put most of the best coaches to shame. If you keep smashing your tennis racket like me then look no more & buy this book immediately because it is a true bargain.
