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Bounce : How Champions are Made

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Discover the secrets of champions.

Bounce by Matthew Syed is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding what it takes to become a world-class athlete, or even just a top-performer in any field. Syed explores the science behind success, using captivating anecdotes and insights from neuroscience, psychology, and economics to shed light on what it truly takes to achieve greatness. Whether you're a sports fan or simply looking for inspiration to excel in your own pursuits, Bounce is sure to revolutionize your understanding of what it takes to be the best.

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ISBN: 9780007350520
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date of Publication: 2010-08-27
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.07
(rated by 8132 readers)

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From the author of You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything



Essential reading for an astounding summer of sport; If you've ever wondered what makes a champion, Bounce has the answer.


In Bounce Matthew Syed - an award-winning Times columnist and three-time Commonwealth table-tennis champion - reveals what really lies behind world-beating achievement in sport, and other walks of life besides. The answers - taking in the latest in neuroscience, psychology and economics - will change the way we look at sports stars and revolutionise our ideas about what it takes to become the best.


From the upbringing of Mozart to the mindset of Mohammed Ali - via the recruitment policies of Enron - Bounce weaves together fascinating stories and telling insights and statistics into a wonderfully thought-provoking read. Bounce looks at big questions - such as the real nature of talent, what kind of practice actually works, how to achieve motivation, drugs in both sport and life, and whether black people really are faster runners.


Along the way Matthew talks to a Hungarian father whose educational theories saw his daughters become three of the best chess players of all time, meets a female East German athlete who became a man, and explains why one small street in Reading - his own - has produced more top table-tennis players than the rest of Britain put together. Fresh, ground-breaking and tackling subjects with broad appeal, Bounce is sure to be one of the most talked about books of the year.


Author: Matthew Syed
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 272
Publisher: HarperCollins s
Publication Date: 27 Aug 2010
 

Discover the secrets of champions.

Bounce by Matthew Syed is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding what it takes to become a world-class athlete, or even just a top-performer in any field. Syed explores the science behind success, using captivating anecdotes and insights from neuroscience, psychology, and economics to shed light on what it truly takes to achieve greatness. Whether you're a sports fan or simply looking for inspiration to excel in your own pursuits, Bounce is sure to revolutionize your understanding of what it takes to be the best.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.