New Posts For Thread: If you practised hard enoughhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23418858/if-you-practised-hard-enoughand dedicaret enough could you be World Champion at anything you chose?^^^ and the broadness of your mind and the narrowness of your wasit will swap places while you aren't looking.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23418858/if-you-practised-hard-enough?post_id=417634146#417634146^^^ and the broadness of your mind and the narrowness of your wasit will swap places while you aren't looking.Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:49:40 -0600things get harder to learn as you get older----and everything else gets softer!The paradox of man.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23418858/if-you-practised-hard-enough?post_id=417634102#417634102things get harder to learn as you get older----and everything else gets softer!The paradox of man.Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:28:56 -0600things get harder to learn as you get older because existing belief systems and subconsicous thinking are more conditioned by the barrage of subliminals we are exposed to on a daily bases through everything we look at throughout our life. to a degrehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23418858/if-you-practised-hard-enough?post_id=417634078#417634078things get harder to learn as you get older because existing belief systems and subconsicous thinking are more conditioned by the barrage of subliminals we are exposed to on a daily bases through everything we look at throughout our life. to a degreWed, 09 Dec 2009 10:23:36 -0600yes would be my answer.using the example of playing the guitar and writing music - these are 2 different skills. if you practiced them both for 35 years overboard I'm sure you could write music too. with regard to the inspiration and creativity sidhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23418858/if-you-practised-hard-enough?post_id=417634062#417634062yes would be my answer.using the example of playing the guitar and writing music - these are 2 different skills. if you practiced them both for 35 years overboard I'm sure you could write music too. with regard to the inspiration and creativity sidWed, 09 Dec 2009 10:20:38 -0600Interesting thread.I have played guitar for nearly 35 years and , say it myself, have become pretty good over that time.The point is that I can play Stairway to Heaven well, but I could never have written it. And no amount of practice could ever makehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23418858/if-you-practised-hard-enough?post_id=417634014#417634014Interesting thread.I have played guitar for nearly 35 years and , say it myself, have become pretty good over that time.The point is that I can play Stairway to Heaven well, but I could never have written it. And no amount of practice could ever makeWed, 09 Dec 2009 09:42:27 -0600It's not co-incidence that the best of many things start young. You learn much better when younger and obviously, have loads more time to practice.The best guitarist I've ever seen is a guy called Guthrie Govan and he said he used to play ALL the tihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23418858/if-you-practised-hard-enough?post_id=417633934#417633934It's not co-incidence that the best of many things start young. You learn much better when younger and obviously, have loads more time to practice.The best guitarist I've ever seen is a guy called Guthrie Govan and he said he used to play ALL the tiWed, 09 Dec 2009 08:06:29 -0600Lennox Lewis would not make a good Jockey no matter how hard he tried.Likewise Richard Dunwoody would have had a hard time against Klitschko.why? and how do they know that ? what if theyd have been doing the sport since they were 3 years old? and howhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23418858/if-you-practised-hard-enough?post_id=417633930#417633930Lennox Lewis would not make a good Jockey no matter how hard he tried.Likewise Richard Dunwoody would have had a hard time against Klitschko.why? and how do they know that ? what if theyd have been doing the sport since they were 3 years old? and howWed, 09 Dec 2009 07:58:29 -0600Chess requires more than practice, you need to have an extremely logical brain, hence why mathematicians are usually better at it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23418858/if-you-practised-hard-enough?post_id=417633922#417633922Chess requires more than practice, you need to have an extremely logical brain, hence why mathematicians are usually better at it.Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:45:48 -0600The "other" thing is a genetic propensity to be good at whatever it is. Lennox Lewis would not make a good Jockey no matter how hard he tried.Likewise Richard Dunwoody would have had a hard time against Klitschko.It works to smaller degrees in most shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23418858/if-you-practised-hard-enough?post_id=417633918#417633918The "other" thing is a genetic propensity to be good at whatever it is. Lennox Lewis would not make a good Jockey no matter how hard he tried.Likewise Richard Dunwoody would have had a hard time against Klitschko.It works to smaller degrees in most sWed, 09 Dec 2009 07:43:50 -0600As someone else said before, the top of any sport/skill will be full of people ALL practicing hours and hours a day. The difference at the top is mainly mental rather than physical. When the pressure is on Taylor, stands up and gets counted. A lothttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23418858/if-you-practised-hard-enough?post_id=417633914#417633914As someone else said before, the top of any sport/skill will be full of people ALL practicing hours and hours a day. The difference at the top is mainly mental rather than physical. When the pressure is on Taylor, stands up and gets counted. A lotWed, 09 Dec 2009 07:40:54 -0600