natural talent or practice talent you decide, this should settle it

Okay..I am now convinced that a person with no special physical talent who practiced for years like Tommy Kennedy will never beat a one in a million natural born talent like Johnny Archer to win a major tournament.

Ummmm......

Russ
 
well I mean obviously they don't practice and just picked it up and started doing it... duh :boring2:
 
Ah, nature or nurture, the age old question. The phenomenon of child prodigies has never been adequately explained.
I personally am of the school that believes these gifts are genetically predisposed.
An example would be Tiger Woods, or in our own experience Shane Van Boerning (sic). Where the parents hit the genetic jackpot, as it were.
As for my own experience, I think my father must have used a faulty condom. :wink:
 
those aren't good examples....

Tramp Steamer said:
Ah, nature or nurture, the age old question. The phenomenon of child prodigies has never been adequately explained.
I personally am of the school that believes these gifts are genetically predisposed.
An example would be Tiger Woods, or in our own experience Shane Van Boerning (sic). Where the parents hit the genetic jackpot, as it were.
As for my own experience, I think my father must have used a faulty condom. :wink:
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Both Tiger Woods and SVB practiced practically non stop from the youngest of ages.....so those aren't good examples of just being born with something....

There are very few instances of someone just being born and being able to do something. There are a few though. Mostly musical prodigies or mathematics prodigies.

Jaden
 
You reasoning is flawed, sir. Prodigies are not confined to the the realms of music and mathematics exclusively, and to infer that those with prodigous talents do not have to practice is absurd. Absurd I say!
Tiger, Shane, Einstein, Yo Yo, Elvis, et al, were born with gifts (in their genetic code) that through hard work and practice allowed their respective talents to rise to the surface.
 
Tramp Steamer said:
You reasoning is flawed, sir. Prodigies are not confined to the the realms of music and mathematics exclusively, and to infer that those with prodigous talents do not have to practice is absurd. Absurd I say!
Tiger, Shane, Einstein, Yo Yo, Elvis, et al, were born with gifts (in their genetic code) that through hard work and practice allowed their respective talents to rise to the surface.
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So what makes you think that everyone isn't born with these gifts?

The practice that a young person subjects themselves to at that age of their young learning brains forms the abilities they will have as they mature.
 
Wow

Some of us are born with many talents that need to be found or discovered.Being able to see a lay out in 14.1 ,key ball to ball to key ball ect, amazes me.I wish I had the gift.I will keep on practicing.
 
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Tramp Steamer said:
You reasoning is flawed, sir. Prodigies are not confined to the the realms of music and mathematics exclusively, and to infer that those with prodigous talents do not have to practice is absurd. Absurd I say!
Tiger, Shane, Einstein, Yo Yo, Elvis, et al, were born with gifts (in their genetic code) that through hard work and practice allowed their respective talents to rise to the surface.
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There is a best seller to read by Geoff Colvin called "Talent is Over Rated".
It's not an easy read, but if you're a teacher, a parent, or just interested in ways to learn you should give it a read. Again, it's NOT a novel... it's full of meat, and IMO is as pertinent to skills on the table (or anything in life) as 'Inner Tennis' is on a court. With the exception of Shane and Elvis, all of the above are discussed in this book.

If you like to read, and you like to learn... get it. Let me know if you agree after you've read it. I know it will help me in the future, for myself and my daughter.

Good luck.

td
 
Russ Chewning said:
Okay..I am now convinced that a person with no special physical talent who practiced for years like Tommy Kennedy will never beat a one in a million natural born talent like Johnny Archer to win a major tournament.

Ummmm......

Russ
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Off topic, but TK turns 45 tomorrow, which is kinda funny because we're still able to get him the 12 and under discount at Carraba's.
 
paksat said:
So what makes you think that everyone isn't born with these gifts?

The practice that a young person subjects themselves to at that age of their young learning brains forms the abilities they will have as they mature.
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If I follow your reasoning, then all a parent has to do is subject their child (at a very early age) to instruction and practice, in whatever the discipline the parent should chose, and the child will perform at the levels we have here-to-fore referenced. I do not except that premise.
For the cream to rise to the very top, the right combination of genetics must be present in the cream.
To think that we all posess equal amounts of the same gifts is unrealistic and ego based.
 
But then...

What I can't understand is what draws these natural talents to their
particular area of expertise. Does this mean that there are a thousand
potential pool prodigies out there we will never know because they are simply not introduced to the game?:scratchhead:
 
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