The Inner Game and the Hero’s Journey

Mythologist Joseph Campbell, author of the Hero's Journey. Is there a connection between my work in the Inner Game and the hero's journey so brilliantly described by the late mythologist Joseph Campbell? If you don't know his work it is more than worth studying. Campbell did a compelling series of interviews on PBS with Bill Moyers shortly before his death. (Click Here.) But he had published a long series of books before then. The Hero's Journey (Click Here) is probably the best known. It can be summarized this way: a hero or even an ordinary man goes on an adventure, faces a decisive crisis and comes home transformed. But what does that have to do with tennis? Let me give you the background on that from my own life. It all started with Star Wars. Background When Star Wars first came out in 1977, like most people, I absolutely loved the movie. The advanced special effects for the time were amazing, of course, but I especially liked the story line about Luke Skywalker going on the adventure of a lifetime, learning how to use the Force, fighting Darth Vader, and feeling his obvious deep sense of purpose in what he...