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The Sports Gene
- Talent, Practice and the Truth About Success
- Narrated by: David Epstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of athletic success, award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the heart of the great nature vs. nurture debate, and explodes myths about how and why humans excel.
Along the way, Epstein exposes the flaws in the so-called 10,000-hour rule that states that rigorous practice from a young age is the only route to success. He shows why some skills that we imagine are innate are not – like the bullet-fast reactions of a baseball player – and why other characteristics that we assume are entirely voluntary, like the motivation to practice, might in fact have important genetic components. Throughout, The Sports Gene forces us to rethink the very nature of success.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-10-21
Note to narrator: no more accents please
A very good book that's well researched, and narrator was pretty good but tries to use some awkward (and at times cringeworthy) accents when reading quoted statements, sometimes seemingly giving up on the accent mid way through the quote.
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- Joe Tietjen
- 07-07-20
Almost ruined by the accents
Really interesting book, if a bit overly focused on attacking a very narrow view of the 10,000 hours principle.
But why of why has the author decided to (a) narrate his own story when he has zero charisma and (b) decided to put on the most bizarre and awful accents when narrating quotes? And how did the editors let that go? Genuinely bizarre.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- matt
- 04-22-20
Please stop doing accents!!
Great information however I stopped listening as I can't stand the narrators TERRIBLE accents.
2 people found this helpful
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- AS
- 05-30-19
Great book!
Excellent book, but David Epstein's accents are a bit.... Cringey. Content however is fantastic. 5 stars.
2 people found this helpful
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- Van Dieu
- 07-13-15
Brilliant - Follows the Science
Would you listen to The Sports Gene again? Why?
Yes, it's worth a repeated listen. The message is that the elites ARE different. Genes DO matter - greatly. Hard work will get you far, but it may never get you to the summit. While this may not be what the bleeding heart liberals want to hear, this is a book that deals in science, and those are the cold hard facts. The Chrissy Wellingtons and Usain Bolts of the world are born with God-given talent that, under the right environment, produces something that is simply not achieveable by hard work alone.
What other book might you compare The Sports Gene to, and why?
It's a direct opposite to Gladwell's book "Outliers" and the idea that 10,000hrs is all you need.
What does David Epstein bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
In a word: Research. Epstein has brilliantly backed up all statements with science and analysis.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes. Very easy to follow.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- mp6077
- 03-09-21
Dodgy accents
Who allowed the author narrator to have a go at different world accents? Are they deliberately terrible?
1 person found this helpful
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- Ian Burgess
- 02-25-16
Brilliant
From a coaches perspective, I really enjoyed this, learnt some new things to research that'll ultimately be fit my athletes
Would highly recommend
1 person found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Nicolle
- 11-28-14
Good effort
Would you consider the audio edition of The Sports Gene to be better than the print version?
As always with audio non fiction, you can really focus on the content, which is fascinating.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Sports Gene?
The examples of how athletes are perceived as gifted and the physiology behind some of the best athletes in the world.
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
yes, but David Epstein's attempt at a handful of accents was terrible, he shouldn't have tried this.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-28-22
Accents completely kill the audio version of this
The information in this book is absolutely fascinating the narrator/authors wildly inappropriate and unnecessary accents completely ruining this audio book.
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- Sophia
- 05-14-21
Embarrassing
I got into about half an hour of this and then just couldn't continue. The accents and high pitched voices he puts on when quoting different people are beyond inappropriate and I'm not sure why he felt like it would be a good idea. It was just too awful.
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- H.R.Burnett
- 03-11-21
Great and Interesting
Very interesting book for the content covered but the accents are unnecessary and borderline offensive
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 09-11-22
Amazing content, terrible accents
The book content is fascinating and explain in a way that is meaningful and easy to grasp.
Only gripe is the narrator’s absolutely shocking accents. The Jamaican accent sounds more Australian than the Australian accent. It’s incredibly grating and almost enough to stop listening.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Graham
- 04-14-21
stop with the accents!!
Interesting book, great content, but I wish the reader would stop doing the accents of every person interviewed. They are all terrible. Just rest the text!
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- Ethan Lovelock
- 06-29-20
Easy to understand yet incredibly deep
Incredible book, an amazing display of just some of our genetic intricacies. I pride myself in being scientifically literate and there were few things on display in this book which I already knew, far more were insightful enough to change the way I view genetics and evolution.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Emily Williams
- 05-29-19
Interesting Story, Uncomfortable accents
Good book, has lots of information, presents it well in a linear manner. A few topics could have spent a bit more time on and linked better to other chapters.
The accents the narrator attempted were a bit offensive though.
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