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The Inner Game
Conon Gillis
Created on September 14, 2025
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The Inner Game:
How to help your mental game perform best in the moment
Self 2/ Sub- Conscious Mind
Self 1/ Conscious Mind
Self 2/ Sub-Conscious Mind operates in the moment largely on what you have converted to longterm memory.
Professional tennis player Roger Federer explains how to stay effective when facing adversity. Without naming it, he is essentially talking about how to quiet Self 1/ Conscious Mind during high stress situations and allow Self 2/ Sub-Conscious Mind to play optimally.
Self 2/ Sub-Conscious Mind can often recognize things and adapt to changes more fluidly than Self 1/ Conscious Mind, making it more optimal for success in the moment.
Self 1/ Conscious Mind attempts to completely control and "out think" a situation to help avoid fears or gain wants.
Self 1/ Conscious Mind has good intentions, but often overthinks, second guesses, causes tense playing, and eats up mental bandwidth to fully react and use abilities.
Someone playing off of Self 1/ Conscious Mind often have a more difficult time recovering with setbacks and get frustrated when "trying harder" doesn't work.
A key factor for most players to quiet Self 1/ Conscious Mind in games is to detatch from the outcome. At the beginning of this interview, professional basketball player Kobe Bryant talks about how fear of losing and love of winning both keep people from being completely engaged and focused on the moment. He too needed to quiet his Self 1/ Conscious Mind to acheive his success.