The book by Malcolm Gladwell - “Outliers” suggests that it takes on average about 10,000 hours of good practice to become world class at something. So you are right on track here.
There are about 2,000 work hours in a year. (40 hrs/week). So roughly 5 years of treating it like a job.
The...
Steve and I started playing about the same time and were part of the group of young players that played in a lot of tournaments and gambled around Denver in the 90s.
He was a great player and quickly worked his way from a C player to a AAA player by being in action all the time.
I was...