Skill acquisition and the theory of deliberate practice: It ain't what your do it's the way that you do it! Commentary on Starkes, L. "The road to expertise: Is practice the only determinant?"

By K. Davids. 2000

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20 years later: deliberate practice and the development of expertise in sport (2014, methodology): “Sport researchers followed suit, asking athletes to rate a repertoire of training activities to define an exclusive set of deliberate practice activities (Helsen, Starkes, & Hodges, 1998; Hodges & Starkes, 1996; Kallio & Salmela, 1998; Starkes, 2000; Starkes, Deakin, Allard, Hodges, & Hayes, 1996; Y”
Tracing the Development of Athletes Using Retrospective Interview Methods: A Proposed Interview and Validation Procedure for Reported Information (2005, unknown): “A decade later, the overall duration of practice has increased to almost 25–30 hours per week (Starkes, 2000).”
ISSP position stand: To sample or to specialize? Seven postulates about youth sport activities that lead to continued participation and elite performance (2009, background): “Although studies in sport may support the fact that deliberate practice activities can result in pleasurable or enjoyable affects (Starkes, 2000), deliberate practice activities are generally defined as being extrinsically motivated, being literal, focusing on outcomes rather than processes, and…”
Elite Refereeing Performance: Developing a Model for Sport Science Support (2005, background): “The literature on expertise in a variety of domains suggests that high standards are reached through deliberate practice totaling approximately 20 hours per week (Starkes, 2000).”