Book reviews

Picked up a couple of books from the Oxfam bookshop.
The inner game of tennis - W.Timothy Gallwey
The complete book of running - James F Fixx

The first is one of the definitive sports psychology books that I've been wanting to read for a while. I read his book on golf that was good, but this one came first and as he is a tennis player its a bit closer to home for him. The basic premise is that we all know how to do everything (run, jump, serve etc) but we have a part of our mind that stops us doing the right thing. The trick is to control that blocker.

Don't know much about the second book other than that it was written in the 70s. Now training techniques have changed a lot since then - but have we got any faster? Looking at the state of UK distance running I'd say no, so maybe there's some good stuff in there.
Will try to read them in Slovenia and report back.