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By: Chris Downing

Chris Downing — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:38:44 +0000

Once I’d come across the 10,000 hours idea, a lot of what I had experienced as a music teacher made sense. I’d seen beginners who seemed to have natural abilities ultimately fail and other who were all fingers and thumbs flourish. On going back to ask them about their practice regimes, it always came down to practice works, and trying to use my lessons as some sort of weekly nag, didn’t. I was absolutely amazed at how fast a student, who decided to do three hours a day practice, advanced! And the slow paced learning is something I’ve come across in so many writings and my own experience. Thta is all about training the fingers to only make the right moves and never getting it wrong. So keep slowing down until you are palyong so slowly you only play correctly – even if that means you are only playing a note per second. Getting it right then becomes easy and over a week or two speeding it up comes naturally.

BTW trying to get good at your golf trick would probably involve starting with a huge club head and a bigger ball – there is an intrinsic problem with trying to get gravity to operate at 1/10th speed at the beginning of learning the trick slowly!

By: djcoyle

djcoyle — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:44:55 +0000

Hey Eric, Congratulations, and thanks very much for getting in touch. That makes my day. Okay, my week! I’m working on a followup project, and am curious as to what worked best for you. My email is djcoyle1@gmail.com if you’re up for a quick chat. Best, Dan

By: Eric Kramer

Eric Kramer — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:52:53 +0000

Thanks for the book. I heard of the talent code 14 months ago. As a swim coach of 33 year, I had been seeking something new to teach our complicated sport. Well… I started applying the basic concepts. In 12 months, our swimmers swam 30% less mileage but gained in technique. We had the best year ever. This past September, the skills are so much better and the quality is incredible. The kids are stronger and very efficient. Other Clubs have noticed. Thank-You

By: Terje Lund

Terje Lund — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:01:41 +0000

Thank you for a very igniting book – a must-read for parents and grandparents. A very enjoying and illuminating book! I will buy a lot and distribute to the people I care for.

By: Kevin Matthews

Kevin Matthews — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:37:00 +0000

Hi Daniel,

Thank you for writing such an amazing book!

I was put onto your work after reading Matthew Syed’s ‘Bounce’ and I have to say that it was fabulous to soak up all the wonderful details, elements and stories that your research uncovered.

Thank you again for creating such an excellent learning resource.

Sincerely,

Kevin Matthews
Producer of the Maximise Potential Podcast

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Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:15:09 +0000

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By: Aarjit

Aarjit — Tue, 31 May 2011 05:02:14 +0000

I’ve just started reading the book and so far it’s simply fascinating to see the amount of research Dan has done to write this book. The art of growing talent as Dan has described is astounding, indeed. Moreover, it’s his style of writing that makes this incredible book fun to read. I’ve enjoyed every single line, every single paragraph and every single description in it.
I look forward to complete the book by the end of the day!
It’s simply amazing!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 06 May 2011 02:50:40 +0000

Dan,

http://toddhargrove.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/why-practice-slow-movement/

Interesting article people. Directly related to skill acquisition and touches on circuit development.

Mike

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 13:51:36 +0000

Deep practice works as well as an adult as a kid.
brains dont resist change, people do.

By: Prasoum

Prasoum — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:54:10 +0000

Thanks Dan for writing a great book..I am in the middle of reading it but have question for you. How this new fact can help me in guiding my twins to a better career. Would you suggest adopting “Tiger Mom” like strategy for developing a kid.
The second question: How a 43yrs old can take advantage of this. We “old” folks already missed the window as per your comments. But can we do something about it. Do you have any suggestion from your studies for late starters in life.

Thanks