In this article, I examine what science tells us about effective practice and instruction. I explore whether the idiom ‘practice makes perfect’ stands up to scrutiny. This idiom has two fundamental ...

The next time you putt 100 balls at the range, because you know the practice will improve your short game, know this: it probably won’t. Why? Because it’s not just practice that makes perfect. It’s ...

As we say goodbye to the Olympics, it’s a good time to reflect on how much work it takes to become among the best in the world. If you believe in the 10,000-hour rule — the premise that it takes ...