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I have been reading the book Outliers, where author Malcolm Gladwell examines the factors that contribute to high levels of success. Throughout the publication, Gladwell repeatedly mentions the "10,000-Hour Rule", claiming that the key to success in any field is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing a specific task for a total of around 10,000 hours.
Is this the formula for future mini parents?
Is this the formula for future mini parents?
some people reach that goal faster than others, i played tennis for 7 years, about 3-4 hours a day for the first 5 years, and then 8hr/day for the last 2. The last 2 was in D1 junior college, i started when i was abour 13 playing tennis, i was playing against guys who started whenever they were big enough to hold a racquet. My coach told us about the 10,000 hours rule. I believe it. my years playing tennis in college were dedicated 100% waking up goign to the gym for 2 hours before class started at 8am class till 12 go to practice at 1 until it got dark, do that mon-thurs. friday get to courts at 8am practice all day, sat usually matches, on sunday maybe go to the courts and play for a couple hours to work the soreness out, then do it all over again.
The one that stood out to me was the hockey-age rule. It suggests that kids born in the early months of the year have a tremendous advantage over those born later, because Jan 1 is the arbitrary date used to group kids according to age (same in MX). A kid born in January has 10 months of growth and development over one born in October.
Some of his writings deal with psychology and social-psychology. The guy is smart enough to pull the wool over people's eyes, but a lot of his stuff in that regard is garbage in my opinion. I've never read one of his books, just reviews and articles by people with Ph.D.'s reviewing some of his work
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above d3 and d2 juco's you can only get academic scholarships but not athletic
its above d3 university's (only academic scholarships
slightly lower than d2
and d1 uni's are on a whole other level
think of it this way
pro tennis is pro level in mx
d1 uni's are expert level lower pro level
d2 uni d1 juco are intermediate
d3 uni d2 juco novice
d3 juco beginner class
Well, he won the MX3 World championchip in 2012 or 2011 i think.
In my opinion, to be good at motocross, you should have some talent, lots of ambition, as much practise time as you can get, and always be focused on your goal (for example, win a outdoor national) and work hard for it.
I know I was a damn good player when i was playing everyday for 5-8 hours.Now that I dont play much I kinda suck. I would think that would apply more to racing and other physical activity more so than accounting or a simlar occupation.
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Work ethic will get you so far. Genetics, staying healthy (luck), who you know/networking, and diet are also major contributing factors.
But as for the 10k hour rule, makes perfect sense to me.
To be "on the radar" of teams in MX or scouts in stick and ball sports, you better have put in your 10k hours by the time you are 12-15 years old.
That means 3 hours a day since they were 5 to make it by the time they are 15.
Start at 6 years old or later and then your are looking at more time to catch up. Start too late and youre looking at 4-6 hours a day. And now ask yourself, how many people actually have that sort of discipline and dedication? Very few. And those are the ones that make it.
10k makes you an "expert". But if you start fucking off, like most MXers do the moment they sign that 250f deal, the "expert" status soon erodes away as the competition puts in the continued work that got them there.
I love those that discount Gladwell's work and then in the same sentence say they havent read one of his books. And then on top of that, I highly doubt Hank has much experience with pro athletes either. You'd be hard pressed to find someone that has actually be in and around the pro ranks that would disagree with Outliers.
I've never read one of his books, just reviews and articles by people with Ph.D.'s reviewing some of his work
Other than that, Jabroni hit the nail on the head perfectly.
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