Deep Practicing In John Coyle's The Talent Code
In this chapter of Coyle’s The Talent Code, he is aiming to show you how to be an expert. The emphasis of the term ‘deep practicing’ is used throughout this entire chapter. He really focuses on expertise with this deep practicing, which is a major key in what he calls “the sweet spot”. The simplest way to think of deep practicing is the act of making mistakes and learning from them. He shows us how to apply his means of deep practicing in a number of ways. Some of these included deep practicing in soccer, flying an airplane, remembering a name at a party, remembering words, putting on a life vest on a plane, and shooting free throws in basketball. The most interesting one to me happens to be remembering a name at a party: Another example: