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Title: THE SPORTS GENE
TALENT, PRACTICE AND THE TRUTH ABOUT SUCCESS
By: David Epstein
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £9.99


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ISBN 10: 1448189926
ISBN 13: 9781448189922
Publisher: VINTAGE PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 29 August, 2013
Pages: 352
Description: Offers an exploration of athletic success, and explodes myths about how and why humans excel. This book 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.
Synopsis: 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. He shows why some skills that we imagine are innate are not - like the bullet-fast reactions of a baseball player - and why other characteristics that we assume are entirely voluntary, like the motivation to practice, might in fact have important genetic components. Throughout, The Sports Gene forces us to rethink the very nature of success.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Vintage Digital
Prizes: Short-listed for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2013 (UK) Short-listed for PEN/ ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing 2014 (UK)
Returns: Non-returnable
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