The Talent Code

Talent, in Daniel Coyle's account, is grown rather than issued at birth. The Talent Code reports on what he found at places that turn out unusual numbers of high performers, from music schools to sports academies. Three ideas organise the book: deep practice, ignition, and coaching by masters of a craft. Coyle ties each to research on how repetition shapes neural circuitry, then shows how coaches and teachers apply them in settings as different as a tennis court and a violin studio. Inside the book: • Reporting from talent hotbeds across several countries • Three practical principles behind sustained skill development • Research on how focused repetition changes the brain • Application notes written for coaches, teachers and parents Coaches, educators and self-directed learners will take the most from this Penguin Publications edition, stocked at Boipoka.