📚 Best Nuggets From Coaching Books
This one comes from Tim Gallwey’s The Inner Game of Tennis.
Gallwey writes that instead of hoping your opponent misses their first serve, you should actually want it to land in. Why? Because wishing for mistakes keeps you passive. Wanting their best forces you to be sharp, react faster, and anticipate better.
That hit me hard. For years, I’d find myself hoping the opponent would miss shots — layups, even hoping they’ll just have an off night.
But that doesn’t prepare you. Now, I approach games differently:
I assume the opponent will play their best.
I assume the guy will hit the shot.
I assume their offense will be run the right way.
And then I build solutions for that. Problem → solution. Problem → solution.
It’s freeing when you take hope out of the equation. If the opponent has an off night, great. But if they don’t, you’re prepared for the worst — and ready to compete against their best.
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