Press Release Sports Practice Accounts for Just 1 Percent of the Performance Differences Among Elite Athletes Quote: Newswise: Among elite athletes, practice accounts for a scant 1 percent of the difference in their performances and starting sports at an early age does not necessarily provide athletes an upper hand?according to new research. While practice is necessary for elite athletes to reach a high level of competition, after a certain point, the amount of practice essentially stops differentiating who makes it far and who makes it to the very top, said Brooke Macnamara, assistant professor of psychological sciences at Case Western Reserve University and lead author of the study. Human performance is incredibly complex she said
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Sports Practice Accounts for Just 1 Percent of the Performance Differences Among Elite Athlete
