28/01/2022
So, apparently, being able to play a rather difficult down the line backhand in tennis is now something you cannot really learn?? 😳 According to some commentators of the , it’s in a players DNA and cannot be taught 🧬
I have to say, I am rather disappointed to see, that in 2022 there still exists the notion of talent as a fixed state, which which some athletes are born with!
It disappoints (and angers) me, because listening to well known people, role models in sport, offer such an old fashioned explanation when it comes to great plays, can unfortunately instil a fixed mindset to young players listening in.
(The causation here being: “if he/she says it, it must be true)
My advice to young athletes, and everybody, out there: DON’T listen to such claims. We don’t know how much of our abilities is genetically predetermined!
So go out there and try, persevere, keep working on all those skills you want to improve on! Control the controllables! 💪🏼