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Drawing on interviews with athletes and scientists, he points out that a nation succeeds in a sport not only by having many people who practice prodigiously at sportspecific skills, but also by getting the best allaround athletes into the right sports in. Epstein urges sports scientists, athletes, and doctors to stop overlooking the significance of this gene and to undertake further study. The sports gene by david epstein, 9781617230127, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The sports gene is bound to put the cat among the pigeons in the blankslate crowd who think that we can all be equal as long as we equalize environmental inputs such as practice. The sports gene is a nonfiction book written by david epstein, at the time a senior writer for sports illustrated, on the effects of genetics and sports training on human athleticism. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free. Through investigative journalism, epstein takes the reader through his experiences regarding what makes the difference between an amateur and a proathlete.
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