Zen Tennis
By Paul Mutimer
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zen tennis develops a philosophy behind the sport, a philosophy that takes into account the physical, mental and emotional aspects of the game. in doing so, it draws on japanese zen, chinese martial arts, indian meditation and western psychology.
the exercises in the book are a mixture of on-court and off-court processes designed to increase self-awareness and improve your tennis. in keeping with the zen tradition of story-telling, zen tennis includes fables which highlight and reinforce certain veiwpoints. these are valuable methods of teaching because, instead of spelling out messages, they invite the reader to think about the issues themselves.
by taking this total approach, we can gain full value from the time we allot to our game, regardless of our standard. however, the most important benefit to be drawn from this is the development of a set of attitudes and qualities that we can take into all areas of our lives.
in this way sport should not be seen as something separate from work and relationships, but as a reflection of and mechanism for developing them. in this way our sport remains alive, creative and spontaneous.
Paul Mutimer
paul mutimer is 56 yrs old. he is married with two children. paul has worked as a tennis coach, psychologist and authour/publisher. he has written numerous articles for magazines and newspapers. he has successfully published seven children`s picture books. recently he has just finished a novel for the 8-10 yr old market. it`s theme is bullying and it is titled the apprentice knight.
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Reviews for Zen Tennis
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Zen tennis is a very useful book for players and also, coaches. I as an international coach love this book and learn many things for my student and a group o& players that i teach them.
Hassan Rezaei
International tennis coach - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5the mental game of tennis is so critical and my mastery of this part has escaped me as I didn't learn these techniques as a kid playing other sports so I was just plowing through my tennis as an adult and while I was practicing a lot and practicing with a coach while I improved my tennis technique significantly over the years, the mental game lagged significantly and I let the random sense of time or emotions dictate how I would play on the court. This is an essential book in the way Winning Ugly or Inner Game of Tennis is also essential.