I just started reading The Inner Game of Tennis (https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Game-Tennis-Classic-Performance/dp/0679778314) this morning. Even like five pages in, I can already see how it might help my pinball game. I tend to talk to myself a lot while I play, and the talk is usually along the lines of “stupid! you fucking moron, why did you do that? you should’ve let it bounce, not flipped there.” I started thinking today if I would talk to someone I was trying to teach the same way- of course I wouldn’t. So why talk to myself that way? Why not just relax and have some fun pinball time instead of trying too hard?