The Sports Gene: Talent, Practice and the Truth About Success – David Epstein
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Do you believe some people are born athletes?
Is sporting talent innate or something that can be achieved through endurance and practise?
In this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of athletic success, award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the heart of the great nature vs. nurture debate, and explodes myths about how and why humans excel.
Along the way, Epstein:
– Exposes the flaws in the so-called 10,000-hour rule that states that rigorous practice from a young age is the only route to success.
– Shows why some skills that we imagine are innate are not – like the bullet-fast reactions of a baseball player.
– Uncovers why other characteristics that we assume are entirely voluntary, like the motivation to practice, might in fact have important genetic components.
9780224091626
9780224091626
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Do you believe some people are born athletes?
Is sporting talent innate or something that can be achieved through endurance and practise?
In this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of athletic success, award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the heart of the great nature vs. nurture debate, and explodes myths about how and why humans excel.
Along the way, Epstein:
– Exposes the flaws in the so-called 10,000-hour rule that states that rigorous practice from a young age is the only route to success.
– Shows why some skills that we imagine are innate are not – like the bullet-fast reactions of a baseball player.
– Uncovers why other characteristics that we assume are entirely voluntary, like the motivation to practice, might in fact have important genetic components.
9780224091626
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