Comments on: Practice versus Deliberate Practice https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/practice-versus-deliberate-practice/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/practice-versus-deliberate-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-159197 Isegoria Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:57:23 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24270#comment-159197 While I’m sure that the son of an NBA coach has had more and better coaching than other players — by a large margin — he also has inherited the genetics that helped make his father an NBA player.

In fact, success in basketball is notoriously genetic. A number of NBA players have made it to that elite level with next to no practice. They were scouted for their height, and that was (almost) enough.

]]> By: Aretae https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/practice-versus-deliberate-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-158936 Aretae Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:26:41 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24270#comment-158936 I’ve been looking for an excuse to bring up Austin Rivers, the top high school basketballer in the country. This sounds like a perfect chance.

Any question as to why Doc Rivers’ kid is the best high school hoopster in the country? How about 100% more and better practice than anyone else in the country.

Effective practice is the entire issue, until you’re at the top .001%.

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