Have you ever thought about what factors affect the chances you grow into an elite athlete?In simple terms, there are too many factors really!Some of these factors you can control and change, and some are not;Also depends on your own, and others are restricted to growing environment.In this article, we will discuss one by one, and explored how elite athletes towards the peak of his career.

When were you born and where are you from?

You may not think of, you were born in could affect the chances that you become a champion!If you are a member of the youngest members of the team or competition group, so your teammates and competitors probably stronger than you, because they are born earlier than you, have more time to grow up.Coach on the selection of athletic child, often can choose bigger and strong children, but ignores the fact that maybe these kids just older.Then these are recognized all the children will receive better guidance and training in the better environment, more chances to improve their sports skill, they will become more confident.All this suggests that these children may be more have the chance to become elite athletes.However, if you are a member of the team is one of the youngest, don't give up easily, want to believe that perseverance can develop your tenacity of quality.Research shows that, as long as you persevere, also may ultimately become a excellent athletes, a process called"Dark horseCounter attack "(" the rise of the underdog") [1]!

Not only is the month you were born, your birthplace can also be a factor!Was born in the small cities and towns of children tend to have more opportunities to participate in a variety of different, scattered, casual sport and competitive team places relatively few children, which means that each child have more opportunity to participate in the training and competition.Children from big cities, on the other hand, you will need to compete for eligibility, at the same time, the game selection standard, often by the best coach in the development, the corresponding threshold will be higher, which means that the children in big cities to competition in the higher specifications of the professional team and project.So, in the competition and get more professional guidance will be more will help you to develop into an elite athlete.But this is not always the case, from the small city of the children may gain greater probability of success, thanks to them in more easy and safe environment for training, because they really enjoy the pleasure of sports bring [2]!

In fact, have you ever tried to sports and the actual training time, in the process of you to become an elite athletes play an equally important role.According to the environment of you grow, you may have the opportunity to contact different sports, but sometimes it is difficult to choice should focus on a sport or try a variety of different sports.Scientists have found that if you focus only on a sport at an early age, as the growth of the training time, you are more likely to feel bored, even more vulnerable.Try a variety of different sports, therefore, may be a good choice, variety performance let you experience more and more happy, and easy to master the common motor skills.Take football star Zlatan ⋅ Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Zlatan Ibrahimovic), for example, you will be amazed by his "volley shot" stunts, and that is what he learned in tae kwon do, you may be able to enjoy the state of mind to go to the game to play better [3]!You can come up with your friends in the basketball court a pitch "fancy", or a football match in the park.In you tried different kinds of sports, also mastered some skills, if you want to be a real master, really need to focus on the exercise a sport skills.These are usually concerns you about 14 years old or so, but it also depends on the sport.

Who are you?How do you see in the game?

Have some kind ofcharacterQuality will also be on the road of becoming elite athletes you pluses.From the moment of birth, your part of the character by genes identified, however, most affected by family environment and personal experience.Scientists pointed out that the top elite athletes (those athletes won many MEDALS in the Olympic Games) and those few MEDALS, even failed to win any MEDALS athletes has a completely different character [4].The top athletes are often those who work efficiently organized andoptimisticUp, they always try my best to make things perfectly.And, more importantly, the top elite athletes in addition to having competitive, they are also desperate to play their best level, because they clearly know that they should strive to enhance the level of individual, not just for the sake of a rival.

Correct view of the outcome is an important lesson in his career, this may affect whether you can become an elite athletes.Most athletes would not have been movement in the competition winner.In fact, success is very rare.In the process of leading to the peak, many elite athletes have to undergo a bumpy road.All the way along, little of course not failure, failure and disappointment.Athletes may also experience from other difficulties.Our time the top players in the process of growth experienced daunting challenges, it is these obstacles and challenges to shape their strength of character, we call this process "bumpy road" (" a rocky road ") (seeFigure 1).⋅ even Michael Jordan (Michael Jordan) has been expelled from the school basketball team in high school period.Just think if he give up the basketball, the world will miss a generation of basketball superstar!Is the importance of these obstacles, the coach will also be interested in training set some setbacks training [5], such as: arrange you to a higher age group training, in order to make you feel pressure and difficult.In addition, when you experience these setbacks in the actual training, get support from family and the coach is very important!

None of the athletes is an island!

Even the strength and talents have both young athletes, cannot only success by our own strength, help and support from family is crucial [6].Parents or guardians will often act as the role of the driver, pick up you to go to all kinds of training and competition;They are also the chef, and provide you with healthRich in nutritionFood;Is "cash", pays for all kinds of equipment and the manager;Of course, they will always be your number one cheerleaders, whatever you good and bad, as always, encourage you, support you.If you along the way is suffering a setback - perhaps because injured, may be difficult to master new skills, or you have not been able to achieve the desired, at this time from the support of a parent or guardian is especially important, many athletes win the gold medal and broke the world record time will sincerely thank my parents, because they know that without strong backing from their parents, they are difficult to obtain this result!

The support of family members in the family can also affect your chances of success.If you compared to relatives live close, sometimes they can help to share some.This means that the parents may not have too much pressure, at the same time can provide the best support for you.If you have a brother or sister, they may even help you [2].Often for brothers and sisters and children play together, and try to practice more times, play the same sport have a brothers and sisters can practice for you to provide a ready-made partner, sometimes even a level of competition.Competing mechanism between brothers and sisters can help inspire the children to perform better, such as the Williams sisters (Venus and Serena Williams), they practice together in two hours, grew up to become the competition on the world stage.Sister serena often beat her sister Venus, may cause it's right here.

conclusion

Even if you are powerful, birth, family support (seeFigure 2), you are from one part to become an elite athletes return bad luck.Some athletes do luck is better than others, for example, some young athletes may be seriously injured a few times and ended his career, while other athletes coincided with important people watching when finished a fantastic game, but fortunately was elected to the top teams.Unfortunately, about luck we could do nothing.However, if you do different sports, feel very happy, also enjoy the positive feelings, try my best and not afraid to make mistakes, then you already greatly increase the chance to make my dream come true!

Thank you

Thanks for lifelong development research center, brain and mind nerve centre for scientific research, development, population contribution to Chinese translation in this paper.Thanks to xuan, Lu Qiuyu contribution to Chinese translation and editing;Thank you left in the west, zhang lei's contribution to this article review in Chinese.

The vocabulary

Dark horse (Underdog):writeIs believed to win in the competition less opportunity.

Character (move):writeIndividual daily way of thinking, feeling and behavior.

Optimistic (Optimistic):writeFeel and show the future full of hope and confidence.

Rich in nutrition's (Nutritious):writeMaterial containing life required for growth.

Conflict of interest statement

The author statement, the study is in no may be interpreted as potential conflicts of interest under the condition of commercial or financial relationships.

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