The Sports Gene

<p><b>&#145;A wonderful book. Thoughtful&#133;fascinating&#146; Malcolm Gladwell</b><br><br><b>Do you believe some people are born athletes?</b><br><br><b>Is sporting talent innate or something that can be achieved through endurance and practise?</b><br><br><br>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.<br><br><br>Along the way Epstein:<br><br>- Exposes the flaws in <b>the so-called 10000-hour rule</b> that states that rigorous practice from a young age is the only route to success. <br><br>- Shows why some skills that we imagine are innate are not &#150; like the bullet-fast reactions of a baseball player.<br><br>- Uncovers why other characteristics that we assume are entirely voluntary like the motivation to practice might in fact have important genetic components.<br><br><br><b>Throughout <i>The Sports Gene </i>forces us to rethink the very nature of success.</b></p>