4.4 goals Practice makes perfect? PETE 1 Talkin groups. Find out: 1 what each person in your group does. 2 how they spend their spare time. 3 some things they're good at 2 Read the article on p? about what makes people successful. Choose the correct options. 1 The best soccer players tend to be born at the beginning / end of the year. 2. Ericsson believes pzople become successful mainly through practice /,natural talent 3. The real reason people give up doing things is tht they have no enthusiasm / talent for them. Sports coaches prefer players born earlier in the yeer because they're more talented / mature. out: 3. Read again. the three things that make up “deliberate practice what Ericsson's research suggests students should do, and why. xy January-born players are chosen for teams. % four ways in which the January-born players bene! STTTIETEE «4 © Matchthe verbs with the correct endings to make expressions from the article Routes to ae from being chosen. i : 1 set feedback 7 have your interests success |2 oct specific goals 8 follow the willto succeed | 3 concentrate on results 9 receive training | 4 possess talent 10 have high self-esteem 6 build up alot of practice 4 ‘Test each other. Take turns to say the endings in 1-10 and remember the verbs. ‘Talk together. Use expressions irom 4and your own ideas. - What does it take to do these things, in your opinion? «+ play a sport to a high standard + be an excellent musician * succeed in business + manage people effectively + speaka foreign language fluently + be agood teacher Think of someone who is very successful. How did they succeed? In what ways have you been successful? How do you explain your success?A Star Is Made ‘Stephen J, Duoner ond Steve if you examined the birth certificates cof exery soceer player in a World Cup tournament, you would find an unusual sendency: elite soccer players are more ely to have been born earlier in the ‘year than later. If you then examined {he Furopean national youth teams that supply many World Cup players, this ‘endencywould be even norenoticeable. In recent English teams, for instance, half the elite teenage soccer players were ‘bon in Janvary, February of March. In Germany, fity-two were bora inthe frst ‘three months, with just four players born mm the last dures. What might account for this? ‘Swedish-bom Anders Ericsson, a psschology professor t Hlorida state Unhersty,isleader of a group ofscholars saping to answer an important question: ‘when someone is very good at something wshat actually makes them good? F experiments by Ericsson suggested thet ‘he best vay to learn wasa process knows ideiberate practice. This is more than D.tevtt ‘imply repeating a task Rather, itinvolves setting specific goals, getting immediate feedback and concentrating equally on technique and results Fricsson and his colleagues thereiore began studying expert performers in a ‘wide range of pursuils, from soccer and surgery 10 piano plying and software design. They ve come to a rather starting condusion. practice really does make perfect. What we call ‘talent’ i highly overrated, as expert performers ae nearly alvvays made, no: born. The research also suggests that when it comes to chocsing 2 life path, you should do what you love People often give up txying to do things they dont lke, telling themselves they simply dont possess the tent. But what theyreallylackisthewillto succeed and to putin the deliberate practice that would ‘make them better. Friesson's conclusions if accurate, suggest that studen should follow their interests earlier in their schooling to bulld up experience and receive meaningful feedback. The insights of the researchers can explain the ridde of why so many elite soccer players are born earty im the year Since youth sports «-Portioto poeta ey Pack, Unit!