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Originally Posted by wildthing
As an aside, the 10,000 hour rule that Malcolm Gladwell wrote about has been debunked.
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Natural ability, plus good training, then a lot of practice & play. But 10,000 hours?
I dunno. How then do you explain young pool phenoms, like Fedor Gorst of Russia? A threat to win any major tournament he enters, yet he just turned 20. 175.200 hours in 20 years. 10,000 hours is a huge chunk of his entire life.
Justin Bergman in the video I posted above? If I didn't know who he was, I wouldn't have to watch him more than a few strokes to absolutely know he is a great player...sort of like watching Pedroia at 2nd base when he was in his prime...you just know he's great at what he does.
Top players at any game treat it like a job...I've heard you can figure 40-50 hours per week practicing for the pro pool players with a hunger to always get better. But when playing, an "I got this" attitude...even when they are behind against a player the oddsmakers favor, they sincerely believe they have the edge.