Sat.Dec 03, 2011

Coaching Tip

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Deliberate Practice

Coaching Tip

It's unclear if Dan McLaughlin will ever be a great golfer, but he is very good at self-promotion. He got Nike to sponsor him as a golfer even though he had never hit a golf ball or watched a golf tournament on television. McLaughlin decided to become a professional after reading Malcolm Gladwell's " Outliers ," which examines K. Anders Ericsson's study that says it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master any skill.

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