She misunderstood the stranger’s question, but the woman’s reply wouldn’t have helped the man much if his practicing wasn’t what it should be. For practice might just make a violinist, tennis player ...

What is the secret to mastering a skill? Does everyone have the ability to go from good to great? Are only some people cut out to become elite level performers? Researchers have been deconstructing ...

Everyone thinks practice makes perfect. But they're wrong. Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi said you have to add one word — "Perfect practice makes perfect." I heard a man complaining that he ...

Elite athletes and world-class musicians don’t achieve mastery by simply showing up to games or rehearsals. They reach the pinnacle of their fields through deliberate practice—a methodology that ...

Barbara Oakley, an engineering professor at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., says the key to mathematics expertise is practice, not conceptual understanding as some common-core proponents would ...