The Talent Code Summary

The book that I’m reviewing is called “The Talent Code” who was created by a guy named Daniel Coyle. Coyle’s overall purpose for this book is about the research that he has done about the theory of “deep practice” through many experiments. He found that everyone has their own methods of training, motivation, and coaching, but through the method of “deep practice”, it will help enhance their skills in a quicker manner no matter what that skill is. This theory of “deep practice” that Coyle is talking about “is built on revolutionary scientific discoveries involving a neural insulator called myelin, which facilitates learning and skill acquisition.” Also, deep practice is a series of steps that anyone can use to calculate how much progress/improvement they have made on

Brunio is an “eleven- year old boy who is working on a new soccer move on a concrete playground in Sao Paolo, Brazil. He is trying to learn the elastico, a ball-handling maneuver in which he nudges the ball with the outside of his foot, then quickly swings his foot around the ball to flick it the opposite direction with his instep. Done properly, the move gives the viewer the impression that the player has the ball on a rubber band.” He has been working on this move for quite some time now, but it seems like he’s not getting the process of the trick. Later on, he tries again, but this time he stops and think about what’s going on (one of the key steps of “deep practice.) Then, he does it again, but he starts to break down the components of the trick and figuring out what’s he doing wrong (another crucial step of deep practice.) He does it again, but he’s getting better at it, while he’s learning from his mistakes (a huge part of deep practice.) Before he knows it, he finally did the trick successfully thanks to help of “deep