Reply To: Discussion – “The Talent Code”

[hockeygod]

Aberdeen.

What do you think about the 10,000 hour claim?

Myself, I possess healthy skepticism in most things. I like to think I possess more of a 'scientist mindset' but when time to research everything becomes an issue, I reserve judgement and use my "Uncommon Sense"!

It seems to make sense to me that if you want to get better at something, the more time you spend in deliberate practice, the better you will become. We learn by doing; we learn quicker if it is under game-like situations (implicit learning). But 10,000 hours… I don't know. Sounds like an arbitrarily assigned 'big number' to impress upon the masses that it doesn't happen overnight!

That's why I believe we are de-training using traditional hockey practices… I watched more last night at a local Bantam AAA and Minor Midget AAA (15 year-olds). <SIGH> Now you got me going. I might have to post something about these practices under my Game Intelligence forum. Stay tuned…

Dean
M.Ed (Coaching)
Ch.P.C. (Chartered Professional Coach)
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