مکالمه ی فعالانه قسمت ب

10,000 HOUR RULE

ACTIVE SPEAKING - PART B

No one gets to be a professional athlete because his or her rich mother or father knows the owner of the team.

Can you become a professional athlete because of your parent’s connections? No, of course not.

You can ‘t become a professional athlete because of your parents connections.

But according to Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers, even becoming a professional sports athlete isn’t determined only by hard work and pure talent.

What’s the name of Malcolm Gladwell’s book? The name of Malcolm Gladwell’s book is Outliers.

Gladwell uses the world of hockey as an example.

What does Gladwell use as an example? Gladwell uses the world of hockey as an example.

You might be surprised to learn that more Canadian professional hockey players are born in January than any other month.

What month are more Canadian professional hockey players born in? More Canadian professional hockey players are born in January.

And the 2nd most common month to be born is February.

What is the 2nd most common month? The 2nd most common month to be born is February.

And the third most common month, well, that would be March.

What is the 3rd most common month? The 3rd most common month is March.

In fact, 40% of professional hockey players are born between January and March.

What percentage of professional hockey players are born between January and March? Forty percent of professional hockey players are born between January and March.

Thirty percent are born between April and June.

What percentage of professional hockey players are born between April and June? Thirty percent are born between April and June.

Twenty percent are born between July and September.

What percentage of professional hockey players are born between July and September? Twenty percent are born between July and September.

And just 10% of professional hockey players are born between October and December.

What percentage of professional hockey players are born between October and December? Just 10% percent are born between October and December.

So what is going on here? If sports were determined purely by ability, the birthdays of these athletes would be more or less evenly distributed throughout the year.

Are the birthdays of these athletes more or less evenly distributed? No, the birthdays of these athletes are not more or less evenly distributed.

Professional sports are big money and the owners and coaches of professional sports teams don’t care when an athlete’s birthday is.

Are pro sports big money? Yes, pro sports are big money. Do coaches care about athlete’s birthdays? No, coaches don’t care about athlete’s birthdays.

Professional hockey players born in January aren’t from richer families, but they were born with an advantage.

Are professional hockey players born in January born with an advantage or disadvantage? Professional hockey players born in January are born with an advantage.

When they first started playing hockey as five-year-olds, they had the advantage of being the oldest player on the team.

What advantage did they have? They had the advantage of being the oldest player on the team.

And the December-born 5-year-olds had the disadvantage of being the youngest players on the team.

What disadvantage did they have? They had the disadvantage of being the youngest player on the team.

At that age, the older you are, the greater your chances of being bigger, stronger, and more coordinated.

Do older kids have a greater chance of being bigger and stronger? Yes, older kids have a greater chance of being bigger and stronger. What else do they have a greater chance of being? They also have a greater chance of being more coordinated.

These physical advantages get them extra attention from coaches, which gives them extra self- confidence.

Who does it get them extra attention from? It gets them extra attention from coaches. Does it also give them extra self-confidence? Yes, it also gives them extra self-confidence.

From there they excel. They graduate to more elite children’s teams, which play more games, giving the child the extra advantage of more practice time.

What extra advantage do they get? They get the extra advantage of more practice time.

As child athletes get older, the difference between someone born in January and someone born in December becomes less and less.

Does the difference become more and more as they get older? No, the difference doesn’t become more and more as they get older. The difference becomes less and less as they get older.

And by the time they are adults, there is no difference at all.

Is there a difference in size when they are adults? No, there is no difference in size when they are adults.

But that extra attention and self-confidence that they were given as children has made a huge difference in their development.

Has it made a huge difference or a small difference in their development? It has made a huge difference in their development.

Around the world, age requirements can have far-reaching effects on a child’s whole life.

What can have far-reaching effects on a child’s whole life? Age requirements can have far-reaching effects on a child’s whole life.

And it doesn’t just happen in hockey.

Does this just happen in hockey? No, this doesn’t just happen in hockey.

The birthdays of professional soccer players and baseball players also have a relationship with the age requirements for children’s soccer teams and baseball teams.

What other sports does this happen in? This also happens in professional soccer and professional baseball.

The End.