The Bookshelf September 2025

The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey

If you're a coach or a climber and you haven't read The Inner Game of Tennis, you're missing a foundational text. Gallwey’s central lesson is that our worst opponent isn't across the net; it's the incessant chatter inside our own heads. He breaks down the mind into "Self 1" (the conscious, analytical, judgmental mind) and "Self 2" (the body's intuitive,…