Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Introduction

1

PART I

DEEP PRACTICE

9

Chapter 1

The Sweet Spot

11

Chapter 2

The Deep Practice Cell

30

Chapter 3

The Brontės, the Z-Boys, and the Renaissance

54

Chapter 4

The Three Rules of Deep Practice

74

PART II

IGNITION

95

Chapter 5

Primal Cues

97

Chapter 6

The Curacao Experiment

121

Chapter 7

How to Ignite a Hotbed

139

PART III

MASTER COACHING

157

Chapter 8

The Talent Whisperers

159

Chapter 9

The Teaching Circuit: A Blueprint

177

Chapter 10

Tom Martinez and the $60 Million Bet

196

Epilogue

The Myelin World

205

 

Notes on Sources

223

 

Acknowledgments

233

 

Index

237