1. ‘BOUNCE’ by Michael Syed
A Discussion Forum
Implications for Trampolining

2. WHO IS MATTHEW SYED?
At 24 years old in 1995 he was British No 1 table tennis player
Everyone thought he was a ‘genius’ player

3. BASIC PREMISES OF THE BOOK
‘That innate talent does not exist’ – as a frame of reference this is perfect
The reality is that physiological differences determine ‘talent’ in certain sports, fast twitch, height, lever length, weight etc
Apply the frame as a coach and you never inhibit your trampolinists dreams
Serendipity
It takes ten years and 10,000 hours of purposeful practice to create a champion

4. FACTORS OF HIS SUCCESS A table His brother Where he lived School
Peter Charters
Omega Club

5. ADVANTAGES & OPPORTUNITIES
Syed had powerful advantages and opportunities
‘Millions of medal winning golfers never had access to a golf club’
Had Syed lived one door further down the road he wouldn’t have gone to the school, met Peter Charters etc

6. ‘HEREDITARY GENIUS’ Galton wrote Hereditary Genius
He said that the idea that natural talent determines success and failure today is so powerful that it is accepted without demur
Common quotes –
Tiger Woods was born to play golf
Federer has tennis coded DNA

7. SO WHAT IS TALENT? 1991 Anders Ericson – Music Academy
Hour on hour the best were no better
Ten years = 10,000 hours of ‘purposeful’ practice
He found that from first efforts to best took ten years in all areas of expertise
Implications for trampolining – flash results

8. SIGNIFICANT BIRTHDAYS
Roger Barnsley – Canadian Psychologist
There is a significance to birthdays across all sport with age based competition and selection
Arbitrary differences in dates of birth set a ‘cascade of consequences’
Fast track training, better programmes, more games/competition,
The longer it goes on the wider the ability gap becomes
Implications for trampolining

9. MEMORISE
JELCGXORTNKLS

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11. Geoff Colvin ‘TALENT IS OVERATED’
JELCGXORTNKLS
7 plus or minus 2 – George Miller
SF – experiment – 230 hours of practice to memorise 82 letters
SF – initially memory no better than average
30 years on we still believe talent is inaccessible to most of us

12. CHUNKING How did SF do it? ABNORMALITIES Pattern is familiar
You use a retrieval structure based on what you know (reading)
SF could retrieve 82 letters but was unable to retrieve more than 5 or 6 random consonents

13. CHILD PRODIGIES Mozart Father famous composer
By 6 years old 3,500 hours of purposeful practice
First major work at 21 but composing since 7
Tiger Woods
The Williams sisters
Bill Gates

14. THE DANGER OF ‘PUSHING’ YOUNG
Peter Keen – Leading Sports Psychologist
‘Starting children off too young carries high risk. The dangers of starting out too hard too young far outweigh the advantages’
When motivation is internalised then training is fun
Williams sisters and Tiger Woods

15. A LOOK AT HIGH PROFILE TRAMPOLINISTS (Past and present)
Kat Driscoll 8th In World 2011
Claire Wright 3rd in World 2001
Laura Gallagher Team silver 2011
Kirsten Lawton 6th in World 2003
Paull Smyth 6th in World 1998
Bryony Page 4th in World 2010
Amanda Parker 3rd in World synchro
Andrea Holmes 2nd in World 1994
Emma Smith Team silver 2011

16. ESCALATION
The current five British Women

17. ‘PLAYING UP’ ACCELERATES LEARNING
Benefits of Squad Systems in accelerating learning – working with like
Disadvantages of Squad Systems in accelerating learning – working with like

18. LASZLO POLGAR Hungarian Educational Psychologist
A tale of three sisters
Concept of purposeful practice

19. BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL Brazilian footballers – Genetics? Economics? No
Futsal
6 times more ball contact per minute
Smaller heavier ball hence more precise handling
Sharp passing – ball control
Vision crucial
On normal pitch, masses of space to operate

20. DWECK Intelligence set in genetics – a ‘fixed’ mindset
Talent can be transformed through effort a ‘growth’ mindset
Problem solving experiment

21. WORDS AND FEAR OF FAILURE
Experiment 1998
Do simple words make a difference to mindset?
½ praised for intelligence, other ½ on effort
Choice after first test 66% of ‘fixed’ mindset, (regressed in ability on re-test by 20%) - chose easier test
90% of ‘growth’ mindset chose harder test – (improved in re-test)

22. DARIUS KNIGHT – TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
Effects of language - catastrophic

23. BRAIN TRANSFORMATION London Taxi drivers – the ‘Knowledge’
Neuro imaging studies
Purposeful practice builds neural connections
Myelin increases speed the signals pass through the brain
Price of Excellence – 1,000’s hours of practice

24. GENETICS Distance runners – East Africa – Kenya
Nandi phenomenon focussed on town of Eldoret
1.8% of Kenya’s population produced over ½ of world class distance runners
Lewentin – 85% variation in genes exist in all, only 7% variation due to race
Why?
high altitude, produce more oxygen carrying more red blood cells which boost endurance
20 kilometres to school
By 16th birthday – 6,000 hours of purposeful practice

25. FINALLY – YOU AS A COACH!!
Are all your hours of coaching with a view to improvement of self?
Do you ever get bored when coaching?
Did you attend the World Championships?
Do you analyse world’s best practice?
Do you do everything it takes to be the best coach you can be?
Do you have a ‘fixed’ or ‘growth’ mindset?