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> For example, world top-10 youth chess players and later world top-10 adult chess players are nearly 90% different individuals across time. Top secondary stude
by truted2 8mo ago
> For example, world top-10 youth chess players and later world top-10 adult chess players are nearly 90% different individuals across time. Top secondary students and later top university students are also nearly 90% different people. Likewise, international-level youth athletes and later international-level adult athletes are nearly 90% different individuals.
Motivation if you feel like you're young and failing
- Mgtyalx 8mo agoThe problem being: access to a prestiges career or opportunity is generally predicated on climbing the academics achievement ladder at an increasingly early age. This leaves the more esoteric people out in the cold. If your not a true prodigy whose achievements outshine the highly credentialed you will struggle to get on.
- nradov 8mo agoIn the tech industry, some of the people with the most prestigious careers are literally college dropouts. There are many paths to success, not all are linear.
- heavenlyblue 8mo agoMost of these people are not esoteric though and come from privileged families :)
- soperj 8mo agofrom sports i know (hockey), generally the next generational player is identified when they're like 12-13 years old (earlier for Gretzky). You look at the top scorers from the Brick Tournament(9-10 year old kids play in that tournament) from 10 years ago (https://www.eliteprospects.com/league/brick-invitational/2015-2016 https://www.eliteprospects.com/league/brick-invitational/201...), 3 of the top 5 scorers were drafted in the first round, and the top goalie was Team Canada's goalie at the world juniors. edit: went back a few more years, lots of NHLers in the top 5 in scoring in the tournament, but some years are more miss than hit.
- hn_acc1 8mo agoGretzky is well-known for saying he thinks kids should play multiple sports and avoid hockey in the summer, like he did (IIRC) - he mentioned soccer, etc.
- boogieknite 8mo agoin contrast: the sport i know best, hoops, a common pattern for generational players is for them to be late bloomers because they grow up short, developing skills and competitive toughness, then get lucky and grow a half-foot late in puberty
- soperj 8mo agowho is that? Not Lebron, definitely not Jokic, SGA was 4 star recruit?
- scns 8mo agoDenis Rodman started very late.
- hyperbovine 8mo agoHakeem Olajuwon famously started playing basketball in college. He had some … other gifts tho.
- soperj 8mo agoI don't think that's true.
- everly 8mo agoDavid Robinson was an example of this.
- boogieknite 8mo agomj had a growth spurt his jr year of hs (the rest of his family is < 6') scottie had a giant growth spurt in college (was a walk on point guard and was 6') kelly olynyk is a local example of a guy who grew late in hs (also a pg before growing). bill walton was normal tall, his brothers are 6'3"ish (nba pg height), but then shot up 8 inches to 6'10" his jr year of hs. many many examples. Robinson for sure the most drastic bc he grew in the navy now that you mention it, you have a good point that it seems less common lately