Letting go of judgments, the art of creating images and “letting it happen” are three of the basic skills involved in the Inner Game.The answer is: if your body knows how to hit a forehand, then just let it happen if it doesn’t, then let it learn.The first step is to see your strokes as they are.Relaxation produces smooth strokes and results from accepting your strokes as they are, even if erratic. Judgment results in tightness, and tightness interferes with the fluidity required for accurate and quick movement.It simply means seeing events as they are and not adding anything to them. Be clear about this: letting go of judgments does not mean ignoring errors.What I mean by judgment is the act of assigning a negative or positive value to an event.The first skill to learn is the art of letting go the human inclination to judge ourselves and our performance as either good or bad.Quieting the mind means less thinking, calculating, judging, worrying, fearing, hoping, trying, regretting, controlling, jittering or distracting. In short, “getting it together' requires slowing the mind.The player of the inner game comes to value the art of relaxed concentration above all other skills he discovers a true basis for self-confidence and he learns that the secret to winning any game lies in not trying too hard.In short, it is played to overcome all habits of mind which inhibit excellence in performance. This is the game that takes place in the mind of the player, and it is played against such obstacles as lapses in concentration, nervousness, self-doubt and self-condemnation. It is the thesis of this book that neither mastery nor satisfaction can be found in the playing of any game without giving some attention to the relatively neglected skills of the inner game.The outer game is played against an external opponent to overcome external obstacles, and to reach an external goal.

Every game is composed of two parts, an outer game and an inner game.

The inner game of work timothy gallwey