Hey, everyone. Whether you're the LA Clippers or a heavy set man in a comedy who just ate some ribs,

it's no fun to choke. Today's book is about how to do your best in sports and life. It's the

Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Galway. I'm Kellyn Erskine. I'm a comic, a father, and someone who

still doesn't understand how tennis is scored, and I've played it on the Wii at least 75 times.

Wait, do you really not?

I don't.

And I guess it's true. This book does not explain it.

And I'm David Vance. I get better at sports just like the rest of you. Out of a book.

Whatever your hobby or profession, the inner game of tennis teaches you how to get out of your own head.

So I assume it's by JFK.

And this is the book pile.

If you want to see me live, I'm going to be at bananas in Rutherford, New Jersey, June 24th, and 25th.

Rutherford.

Just be careful driving around there.

I hear it's pretty rough.

Oh, no.

Driving around there in your furred.

All right, if you want to send us a note or a book recommendation or love letters.

Or as this book calls them zero letters.

Email us at the bookpile podcast at gmail.com.

And now, without further ado, here are four lessons that we took from, the inner game of tennis.

Okay, before this lesson, I have a little activity.

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