Elite athletic performance: Genes, culture or training?

I just picked up this tweet from @Scienceofsport (Ross Tucker and Jonathan Dugas): Quote: If you don’t have the genes, training or culture will have minimal impact. If you don’t have the training system/culture, you waste the genes This lead me to this Ross Tuckers recent publication: What makes champions? A review of the relative contribution of genes and training to sporting success Ross Tucker & Malcolm Collins Br J Sports Med 2012;46:555-561 Quote: Elite sporting performance results from the combination of innumerable factors, which interact with one another in a poorly understood but complex manner to mould a talented athlete into a champion

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Elite athletic performance: Genes, culture or training?

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