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[quote=Anonymous]That is interesting, OP. It makes sense to me. I think often what happens with young "superstars" in a sport or other discipline is that they are a bit precocious in one or more aspects of the sport, meaning they are just ahead of their peers in certain areas. They have the ball-handling skills of a MS or HS student, or have an older child's ability to understand pace and note quality, or are unusually flexible or fast or strong [I]for their age[/I]. But sometimes it's just that they developed in these areas faster than peers but are not actually virtuosic. Their peers catch up with them on those metrics and then, often surpass them.

I think one reason these kids don't often go on to be superstars later is because that early ease in the discipline makes them expect it to always come easy, and when it doesn't, they get bored or frustrated and don't persevere. Whereas kids who struggle more early on and have to fight to develop certain skills see how their diligence and practice paid off, and it encourages them to continue to do that, and that snowballs and leads to excellence.[/quote]

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