On that explanation, yes that makes it much clearer. And it’s interesting to reflect on how identifying expertise in a given domain—be it tennis, or comedy, or soccer—may require a specialized skill. A great soccer player may not be very good at identifying what is unique or specific it is about his rival’s training and thinking and approach even if he heaps praise on them and the “grace” of their playing. Obviously, this is where there is a niche for a coach.
On the relative utility on books and padding: I stress again, that title could be an exception. Not to put you on the spot, but if you did have to summarize the unique and useful advice in the Inner Game of Tennis what would it be?
I remember many years ago reading a chapter of it and finding a very interesting observation about “Who is doing what to whom?”. the reason that interested me is I’m a armchair comedy nerd, and the exact same expression was used in Jerry Lewis’s book on filmmaking which, I’m paraphrasing here, he described as the closest to a theory about comedy he had. (Even now I can think of a plethora of tenuous analogies). I can’t remember the chapter in Inner Game… so I’d be interested to hear what your take out from it was.
And yes, spaced repetition by reading across multiple books does sound like a reasonable phenomenon.
On that explanation, yes that makes it much clearer. And it’s interesting to reflect on how identifying expertise in a given domain—be it tennis, or comedy, or soccer—may require a specialized skill. A great soccer player may not be very good at identifying what is unique or specific it is about his rival’s training and thinking and approach even if he heaps praise on them and the “grace” of their playing. Obviously, this is where there is a niche for a coach.
On the relative utility on books and padding:
I stress again, that title could be an exception.
Not to put you on the spot, but if you did have to summarize the unique and useful advice in the Inner Game of Tennis what would it be?
I remember many years ago reading a chapter of it and finding a very interesting observation about “Who is doing what to whom?”. the reason that interested me is I’m a armchair comedy nerd, and the exact same expression was used in Jerry Lewis’s book on filmmaking which, I’m paraphrasing here, he described as the closest to a theory about comedy he had. (Even now I can think of a plethora of tenuous analogies).
I can’t remember the chapter in Inner Game… so I’d be interested to hear what your take out from it was.
And yes, spaced repetition by reading across multiple books does sound like a reasonable phenomenon.