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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a writeup of a Science article which did a meta-analysis of articles and data on this subject. They were careful in their study design to only include people who achieved a high level v/s those who were exceptional (i.e. Olympic athletes v/s national level athletes, Nobel prize winners v/s national academy level scientists, top 10 chess players v/s "mere" grandmasters/international masters) Again, only comparisons between people who remained in their chosen field and did well. And they found that there was very little overlap between early achievers who "maxxed out" v/s those who reached elite levels but later. The other takeaway was multidisciplinary interests and focus. So essentially they came out against the East German model of channeling kids (prodigies) into a narrow mould and hyperspecializing.[/quote]

I believe it but there are exceptions, like gymnastics and figure skating, where girls need to get their triples/quads before puberty, and then the struggle is to hang on. There's no getting around early specialization in those sports, but their training is broader than it used to be. [/quote]

I was going to say my son does gymnastics, it feels impossible not to specialize because of practice requirements. You simply can't get the skills or strength without lots of practice. [/quote]

It’s not impossible. You are buying into the adult-led system that pushes it. There may be (rare) cases where a 9 year old actually chooses this but it is mostly the adults. [/quote]

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