Re: Does the NFL Combine Predict Performance / Talent?

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In a message dated 12/16/2008 3:23:48 A.M. Central America Standard ,

JRTELLE@... writes:

You have to remember T was admittedly

" not that fast " and when asked how he did such things would just smile

and shrug his shoulders. Well I know how -- innate talent -- some have

it -- 99.99999% dont.

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Hi Jerry!

There's that word 'talent' again. I agree with your assessment, but that

puts us in opposition to researchers like K. Anders sson, who notes that

" experts with extended experience acquire a larger number of more complex

patterns and use these new patterns to store knowledge about which actions

should

be taken in similar situations. " Is Owens's skill the result of at least ten

years worth of what sson refers to as " deliberate practice " ?

What are your thoughts on behaviorist JB 's assertion:

" Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to

bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him

to become any type of specialist I might select - doctor, lawyer, artist,

merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents,

penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. "

Ken Jakalski

Lisle HS

Lisle, IL USA