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Mike Spracklen - "Ten Thousand Hours"
Ten Thousand Hours
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By: Mike Spracklen
To be master of your vocation, be it artistic or physical or a combination of both
The more time you give your endeavor, the stronger will be its growth
Whatever may be your ambition in life, be it art on canvas or playing French horn
Or a physical activity like rowing with more than 10,000 hours
True skill is born
Keep sculling movements simple and practice every day,
It’s the best advice an old coach can give, let nothing stand in your way
But
Repetition can be boring , repeating the same movement over and over again,
will challenge your concentration, good sculling technique will be hard to retain
And the quality of training will deteriorate, if the body is permitted to avoid the load
The value gained from staying focused, will be well worth the 10,000 hours
You rowed