It concerns how expertise in a given domain is achieved; how long it takes, what is required, the constraints, and conditions. Applying it to chess (or whatever sport you play, or hobby you pursue) this article is really good.
I'm still reading it (it's 30 - 40 pages long) and will try to post a summary later.
Highly recommended - it is a great use of your time to read this article, especially if you're one of those people who are on a performance plateau in your sport.
For those who read it (the entire article is filled with good stuff) post what you learned for others. I've already learned a lot. For example, I used to believe that to reach grandmaster status in chess, you had to have a high IQ. F I laugh at that now. The article is founded on direct psychological research and disproves such an idea. Read it!
http://projects.ict.usc.edu/itw/gel/EricssonDeliberatePracticePR93.pdf
Originally posted by RamnedThanks for the link - I didn't have this paper.
It concerns how expertise in a given domain is achieved; how long it takes, what is required, the constraints, and conditions. Applying it to chess (or whatever sport you play, or hobby you pursue) this article is really good.
I'm still reading it (it's 30 - 40 pages long) and will try to post a summary later.
Highly recommended - it is a great use of ...[text shortened]... idea. Read it!
http://projects.ict.usc.edu/itw/gel/EricssonDeliberatePracticePR93.pdf
Btw, if you're a glutton for even more punishment, here's a shorter but more recent related paper by different researchers:
http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/reingold/publications/PDFs/Charness.Tuffiash.Krampe.Krampe.Vasyukova.2005.pdf