The Perception & Action Podcast - Sports Science & Psychology Talk

How much does an athlete need to practice to become truly elite? What should it involve?  Should it be fun?  Can everyone become a great athlete if they just practice enough?  In this episode, I focus on the most well- known theory in this area called Deliberate Practice, popularized as the 10,000 hour rule. Technically Challenged: Review of the Gazepoint GP3 Eye tracker and software http://www.gazept.com/product/gazepoint-gp3-eye-tracker/ Links to articles discussed: The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance Outliers: The Story of Success Wrestling with the nature of expertise: a sport specific test of Ericsson, Krampe and Tesch-Romer's (1993) theory of deliberate practice The Developmental Activities of Elite Ice Hockey Players Annual age-grouping and athlete development: a meta-analytical review of relative age effects in sport Routledge Handbook of Sport Expertise   More information: http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) M