Are Athletes Born Or Born

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Have you ever thought to yourself if athletes are born through genes or made by hard and repetitive training?There has always been a argument between if athletes are born with the right genes or they are made because of training? Athletes are born and made at the same time.

In the article of “are top athletes born or made”it states that…..”More often than not you hear people credit quality to talent. For example, a football commentator may enthusiastically shout out loud: “What a goal! This kid is amazingly talented!” Exactly what does talented mean? Does the commentator mean the player has incredible innate abilities which make him such a good striker? I reckon he does. Is he, then, right about attributing this player’s quality to born characteristics? I believe he is not. Honestly, I reckon him – and his colleagues – to be way off with such an attribution.”

(different paragraph but still the same article)”Secondly there is a lot of research that has found effort, practice and learning to be more important than talent (e.g. Jowett, & Spray, 2013). In order to make my belief more credible I will discuss two examples that perfectly endorse my view that it takes more, a lot more, than sole talent to become an athlete of world class status. I bring to you Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi – considered by many the best football players …show more content…

They are born because they may have the best body for that sport and the best features too. But they are also made even though they may have a better body for that sport they need to train so they know what to do in all of situations so they don't look dumb.and they have to lift weights so they get stronger and are healthy. So in conclusion… they are both because they can be born because of how their body is shaped ,and how it functions or how much muscle can be obtained . yet they are also made because some athletes aren't the right size for that sport and they still are very successful at the

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