Who Is Gladwell's Rule Within Sports?

American Scientist, Herbert Simon and William Chase came up with one of the most famous studies that stands today. This study is that there isn’t any instant masters in chess. Not masters nor grandmasters. Grandmasters in chess have spent over a decade playing and trying to master the game. They have spent anywhere from 10,000 to 50,000 hours just staring at chess positions. Even people who are born with natural talent don’t truly succeed with just their natural talents. They have to take their natural talent and combine it with preparation/practice in order to become successful. People have to be reminded though that ten thousand rule is based off of the average of hours that it took people to master a particular thing. For some people they
If Gladwell’s concept of the 10,000 rule applies to sports (which is what some people believe) then athletes should just practice for 10,000 hours and be in the Olympics. But, what some people don’t know is that this rule doesn’t apply to sports. From Changing the Game Project’s website, they discussed a study that addresses Gladwell’s rule within sports. A study was done dealing with professional hockey players to see how much time they spent deliberately practicing. The study resulted in finding that on average they only spend 3,000 hours practicing deliberately (O'Sullivan). Athletics just don’t work the same as other subjects like games. This rule should’ve been made clear in Outliers that it only applies to certain areas of expertise.
Deliberate practice only accounts for 18% of skills in sports (Hambrick). Sports are different in the sense that it has to do with people’s physical abilities, while other things like games are easier. For games you just have to train your mind/memorization. If a person isn’t fast at running, they can’t muscle their body to run a significant amount of time faster. The way a person’s body is built dictates what sports you can play and will excel in. The athlete can practice for tens of thousands of hours,but they still will only minorly improve and most likely never reach master
A very specific sort of practice, deliberate practice, involves constantly pushing one’s boundaries and beyond their comfort zone. They must follow training activities which are designed by an expert to develop specific abilities, and using critics to identify weak points and work on them — and any sort of activity that might be seen as practice For example, Kobe Bryant started his workouts at 4:30 A.M. when he was on the USA Olympic Team and didn’t end till 1 A.M. and then go straight to team practice. Kobe would spend 4 hours (7 A.M.-11 A.M.) and make 800 jump shots (Skillicorn). When Kobe practiced he used deliberate practice and succeeded from it. He constantly pushed himself and didn’t stop when he got frustrated,, tired, or felt like giving up. He constantly pushed himself and kept thriving to be the best and is still working everyday to be the best. But, even people who do push themselves constantly and chart to be the best of the best, doesn’t mean you will. People want to mirror the top athletes constantly, but they don’t realize that you have to put in the hours and even then you still may not be good enough. Gladwell should’ve made it clear that in order to succeed you must practice deliberately and truly push yourself to your limits even when you feel like a dog and don’t want to keep