Talent hard work and time spent

Hard work trumps talent until talent starts working hard....

There is a lot of value in this saying, though as with all such bite size summations, it isn't completely true nor does it cover all the aspects that going to making it have some validity.

Having just had a students go through a combat assessment, the above is generally true, those that have applied themselves to a greater level generally do better, though not always.

However one can also see that those that have the opportunity to spend a greater period of time working on the skills do better than those that have not. Those that have only had 1 1/2 at best to work on the subject don't do as well as those that have had 2 terms. That of itself is not to do with the actual hours involved. I can't say for 100% certain but the hours actually spent on the subject could work out about the same but those who have had a longer time period to assimilate the skills do seem to do better.

We say that little and often is the best approach to training and that trying to cram at the last minute doesn't really work. The faster you push it in the faster it comes flying out, and the body will not trust skills that have only been recently developed, rather than ones that have been growing over a longer time.

My point is that when looking at sound bites there is always more to consider... and the longer a period of time that one spends often the better one can do...

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