The tournament was held during golden week, a national weeklong holiday, and more than 10,000 fans attended. The bounce back book draws from the latest happiness research, resiliency psychology and even greek philosophy, to create 75 potentially lifechanging tips on how to bounce back, each on a spread thats as punchy in look as it is powerful in message. Through 10,000 hours of deliberate practice, dan, who currently has minimal golf experience, plans on becoming a professional golfer. Dont just write a to do list, write a to be list, turn negativity into nuggetivity and feeling means your healing. Its hard to finish bounce and not feel like there is a lot more you could do. In fact, its basic idea the nowubiquitous 10,000 hours of practice mantra is much more wittily and fully explained in malcolm gladwell s outliers.
Indeed, the phrase 10,000 hours is now so ubiquitous it has become a cliche, although people often forget that it refers not just to practice but to structured practice. How an lpga player emerged from chinas antigolf tactics. Dan mclaughlin born june 27, 1979 is an american commercial photographer who quit his day job to become a professional golfer through 10,000 hours of deliberate practice. Photographer dan mclaughlin tried to develop the skills to become a pga tour golfer with 10,000 hours of deliberate practice, despite having little experience with thesport. Author antony young date 261011 audience coaches, junior athletes, parents, teachers, sports development officials background this document is based upon the authors personal opinion and is not a scientific study. The average guy who spent 6,003 hours trying to be a. Although 10 years may seem a long time, but that is why the first step is so important. How accurate is malcolm gladwells argument that it takes. In my reading, bounce effectively demystifies talent by getting the ego out of the way, emphasizing practice, leveraging intrinsic motivation and processfocus rather than outcomefocus.
Take a vacationand leave your emotional baggage at the airport. The estimate goes back at least to geoff colvins talent is overrated which gladwell references. Try our cosmic open bounce with awesome music and outofthis world lighting. The rule of thumb is that it takes at least 10,000 hours of purposeful practice over a ten year period to get to the top, and syed demonstrates how child prodigies such as mozart or tiger woods had actually clocked up the 10,000 hours at a very young age. I was hugely impressed with the 10,000 hour theory of purposeful practice and how its been put to the test. And matthew syeds more recent bounce has more examples including his own experience in ping pong. Bounce by matthew syed international tabletennis champion turned times columnist and feature writer is a wellresearched and instructive book that explores the theme of achieving exceptional performance, particularly but not exclusively in the realm of sport. Whether its chess, archery, figure skating, or capoeira. I cant speak for anyone else and i strongly recommend you to read the book in order to grasp the concepts written here. It adds an extra thrill to our inflatable rides and games, and kids love the glowinthedark accessories. Check out this index for easy access to all of our coverage of golf news, instruction, equipment and courses. While not a book written specifically for or about golf, i found the information and evidence in this book invaluable as a coach.
Which, effectively states that people that succeed at something at a very high level invariably require about 10,000 hours of doing that thing consistently to get there and if you are anything like most. Bounce is a book specifically written for and about you. The bounce back book by bestselling author karen salmansohn. This means his plan for spending his 10,000 hours was misdirected from the outset, with him spending too much time on on one half of the game.
They include natural talent, yes, and luck to some extent i. A summary of the book bounce the myth of talent and the power of practice by matthew syed summary by kim hartman this is a summary of what i think is the most important and insightful parts of the book. In the book i did not get the idea that the author is saying 10,000 hours, deep practice and myelin accumulation automatically creates world class talent. The basic theme of the book is that you need 10,000 hrs of practice to excel in any sport and then you need 10,000 hrs of delibrate practice, which is basically aiming to achieve in each hr of practice, the things you think are beyond your range. If your golf time is limited, however, youll find the golf terms glossary a terrific resource for boning up. By playing and practicing often, hanging around the clubhouse, talking to other golfers and watching golf on tv, youll pick up the lingo licketysplit. It is malcolm gladwells hugely popular book, outliers, that is largely responsible for introducing the 10,000hour rule to a mass audience its the name of one of the chapters. The 10,000 hour rule and what it means for language. Feng estimated about 8,000 saw her make that lucky shot. This book shows you how to build a business that can bounce through these cycles for longterm success. For some people it could be 3,000 hours, and some people could put 25,000 hours and not see any real gains.
Fast forward to november, 2015, and mclaughlin finds himself stuck on pause. Bounce posted on august 8, 20 by lee brooks 12 comments the talent theory of expertise is not merely flawed in theory. The 10,000hour rule was invented by malcolm gladwell who stated that, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic. Before long, youll be slinging golf slang like an old pro. With the book, author matthew syed challenges the idea that sports stars are born with it and provides evidence that they all achieved there success through hard work and dedication. In fact, its basic idea the nowubiquitous 10,000 hours of practice mantra. The 10,000hour rule about being an expert is wrong. The atmosphere is also perfect for teens and tweens, who especially enjoy this afterdark spin on the bounceu experience. Hopefully it stimulates some debate and internal reflection amongst. The best books to give as graduation gifts readers digest.
When we witness extraordinary feats of memory or of sporting or artistic prowess we are witnessing the end product of a process measured in years. Title the 10,000 hours rule and why young athletes need to know about it. Until 1998, when seri pak became the first south korean golfer to win the u. In fact, with only 10,000 hours of purposeful practice you, me, or anyone can become an expertmaster in whichever field they choose. The 10,000 rule does not mean that if you practice something for 10,000 hours you will be an expert, it is a guess as to what the average is.
Syed insists it more than just hours the practice itself needs to be purposeful with high standards and quality feedback. With great customer service, attention to detail and free delivery we will make your party one to remember. As its oneword title suggests, bounce sits within the genre of personal business thinking books that. Malcolm gladwell 2008 stated in his book outliers that 10,000 hours are needed to become a specialist at anything. The notion that practice matters more than innate talent in sport, in music, in business, in anything owes a lot to the work of the psychologist, anders ericsson, who is credited as the. Bounce book summary if we believe that attaining excellence hinges on talent, we are likely to give up if we show insufficient early promise. Matthew syed examined the 10,000hour rule in exhaustive detail in his book bounce, which was shortlisted for the william hill sports book of the year. Gladwell was actually using the 10,000 hour rule to show how some people succeed in becoming extraordinary, what he calls an outlier. Bounce failure, resiliency, and confidence to achieve. We rent clean, top notch, affordable inflatable bounce houses in the st. At bounce books we offer an authentic storytelling service, making printed corporate celebration books including coffee table books and milestone books. While the outliers excels in its writing and infotainment value, bounce seems more instructive.
Summary of bounce the science of success by matthew syed. The 10,000 hour long road to stellar performance begins with 1 flowcaliber practice moment at a time. For those of you who havent read it, i recommend bounce the myth of talent and the power of practice by expert table tennis player matthew syed. After reading this book you realise that that anyone is capable of achieving just about anything and that those geniuses we have all been so in awe of are just humans who have put in a whole load of hard damned work.
If possible, go to a spot with lots of sun, thereby getting extra perks of light and exercise. Bastable caught up with mclaughlin to find the golfer recovering from back injuries with rest, as well as working hard to improve his financial situation. The 10,000 hour rule is more about developing difficult and specific skills. Played with a plus3 handicap golfer who is going to portugal later this month to go to the european tour qschool.
This idea that you can just create superstars by starting them early is a dangerous fantasy. A family owned and operated bounce house rental company. Post mortem on the dan plan hot topics, thrash talk. Bounce tlf research uk based customer experience consultancy. Purposeful practice i have kept referring to syeds. It is defined as bounce helps ensure solid contact between the club face and the ball by preventing the front bottom edge of the club head from digging into the ground. Using this method, he created a plan known as the dan plan. However, bounce makes up for it in terms of applicability. New book suggests hogans secret, how it can help you. Bounce touches upon many myths that souround talent and the notion of natural born talent.
The myth of talent and the power of practice ebook. The 10,000hour rule for sporting success is largely a. Spending this kind of time on your passion will not feel like work nor will it feel like 10 years. We now know that a combination of circumstances explains peak performance. That was just one example, but i seem to recall him saying upwards of hours were dedicated to putting before he even began to analyze his golf swing. Books such as outliers by malcolm gladwell and bounce by matthew syed have reinforced this idea by propagating the 10,000 hour rule for success something gladwell describes as the magic. I have explained this before in an article, but i thought it would also help to show you in an infographic. In all an absolutely fascinating book that i simple couldnt put down. It certainly is a book that all golf coaches and aspiring golfers should read. Beethoven, picasso, the williams sisters and others were all handed the tools of their trade in toddlerhood, and all put in well above the threshold of 10,000 hours of concerted practice that research shows is the crossover point to worldclass status in a complex task a premise also explored in malcolm gladwells 2008 bestseller. Various studies have now changed thinking that subject expertise, whether violinist or golfer, is due to hard work, not so called talent.