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29. Foundations Series: The 10,000 Hour "Rule" | Anders Ericsson
The 10,000-hour rule has become one of the most recognizable ideas in sport, coaching, and skill development—but what did the original research actually say?
In this episode of the Coretex Athletic Review, we examine the landmark 1993 paper by K. Anders Ericsson, Ralf Krampe, and Clemens Tesch-Römer that introduced the concept of deliberate practice. Rather than accepting the popular interpretation at face value, we trace the history of the idea from Simon & Chase's chess research, through Ericsson's theory of expertise, and finally to Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, where the 10,000-hour figure…
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