Ericsson Paper: Motor Learning
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The main point in Ericsson et. Al.(1993) is that in order to achieve expert
performance, one must engage in deliberate practice with the explicit goal of
constant improvement. This theory further dismisses to a large extent the role
of genetics, in which Ericsson reasons that there has been no gre ....
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.... engage in an equal amount of
practice but will never be able to achieve that same level of performance
because their body is physiologically incapable. Furthermore, physiologist Dr.
Astrand contends that up to 90% of the variance in aerobic performance is due to
one's genes, regardless of training programs. (McArdle,1994). But sports like
golf are probably influenced very little by genetics because skill acquisition
far overshadows physical ability. History provides many examples of athlet ....
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