Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat_Mustard
Because its impossible to delineate the two in the way that you think you have. As I understand it, your talent is your level of aptitude at a given skill..
|
Which is wrong. Anyone can be taught a skill. & Can master it. Whether they have the talent or not.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat_Mustard
No one can precisely state to what degree an individual's talent was natural (genetics) and to what degree it was a response to training, not least because how an individual responds to a training stimulus will be in part determined by their genetics! Its fecking confusing, and its why you've tied yourself in knots with the Ruud/Henry example.
|
I've done no such thing. You have just failed to understand something very simple and clear. Thus, you are the one tied up in knots. And making thing more complicated than they are. Skills and talent are two very separate things. Things like passing, heading, shooting & tackling fro example are skills which anyone can be taught. While things like vision, positioning, dribbling & game reading for example, are talents which can't be taught. So its not hard to tell which is which. Or what falls where