A perfect compliment to my last post about practice making permanent is this quote from Sir Alex Ferguson, referencing what maks Cristiano Ronaldo so special.
"There are some players such as Kaka, Messi and Ronaldo who are innately gifted," he told The Technician.
"But this is not enough and there is a practice element which becomes very important. If you watch Cristiano Ronaldo, he practices after every training session and quite a few of the others do the same."
"As a coach we dedicate parts of the training to improving touch, movement, passing and speed of play, but the special quality, the detail, depends on the player being willing to sacrifice himself after training - this is the hallmark of the great players."
"If the big talents only rely on their natural ability, they won't have that extra edge. They must do something extra on their own."
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5337169,00.html
"But this is not enough and there is a practice element which becomes very important. If you watch Cristiano Ronaldo, he practices after every training session and quite a few of the others do the same."
"As a coach we dedicate parts of the training to improving touch, movement, passing and speed of play, but the special quality, the detail, depends on the player being willing to sacrifice himself after training - this is the hallmark of the great players."
"If the big talents only rely on their natural ability, they won't have that extra edge. They must do something extra on their own."
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5337169,00.html
Hmm. This is such an interesting issue. Innately gifted? Don't know. I would say that yes it's important that the best players keep working on their game but the biggger issue is that such players have been doing that extra work from the time they could walk. And why? Due to their passion for the game. The passion just continues and the players not only get to the top but stay there. A good example of this is David Beckham who to my mind never had "innate" talent and yet got to the top and has stayed there.
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