W. Timothy Gallwey (born 12 August 1938 in San Francisco) is an author who has written a series of books in which he has set forth a methodology for coaching and for the development of personal and professional excellence in a variety of fields that he calls "the Inner Game". Since he began writing in the 1970s, his books include ''The Inner Game of Tennis'', ''The Inner Game of Golf'', ''The Inner Game of Music'' (with
Barry Green), ''Inner Skiing'' and ''The Inner Game of Work''. Gallwey's seminal work is ''The Inner Game of Tennis'', with more than one million copies in print.
Career
In 1960, Gallwey was captain of the
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
Tennis Team. In the 1970s he learned meditation techniques which Gallwey said enhanced his powers of concentration in a manner that improved his game.
[ du Plessix Gray, Francine, ''Blissing Out in Houston'', New York Review of Books, December 13, 1973]
Inner game
The "inner game" is based upon certain principles in which an individual uses non-judgmental observations of critical variables, with the purpose of being accurate about these observations. If the observations are accurate, the person's body will adjust and correct automatically to achieve best performance.
Gallwey was one of the first to demonstrate a comprehensive method of
coaching
Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a ''coach'', supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance. The learner is sometimes called a ''coa ...
that could be applied to many situations, and found himself lecturing more often to business leaders in the U.S. than to sports people.
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References
External links
The Inner Gameofficial site
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1938 births
Living people
American motivational writers
Harvard Crimson men's tennis players
American golf instructors
Writers from San Francisco
Tennis writers
American golf writers
Sportswriters from California
Tennis players from California