Does Practice Really Make Perfect?

     The article that I chose to read was called 10,000 hours for Success. It is said that practice makes perfect. In my opinion practice may not make perfect but it will most definitely help you in whatever you’re trying to achieve. As I read I started to question my point of view on the subject. The article stated that if you work really hard at something and spend a lot of time practicing then you will be good at it. Putting some thought into that I don’t really know if that is true. If one is not born with the talent, capacity and gifts then how far can practice get them? For example, My brother Zachary is an awesome baseball player. He started pitching and subbing in at first base for our high school varsity baseball team during his freshman year. My father has put my brother through multiple programs for endurance and speed but no matter how hard Zach tries he can not run fast. Everyday for hours he practices sprinting, jogging and other techniques used to get his speed up and my family and I have come to the conclusion that he will never be fast. That doesn’t mean he has given up but I don’t understand if practice can make you perfect this rule just doesn’t apply to my brother. To answer my own question I’ve come to realize that not everyone can excel in everything, sure they can get better but it doesn’t necessarily mean that they will be good enough. A basketball player coming in at five feet to a division one school may be a really good player and teammate. He could spend hours at a time practicing and jumping but no matter how hard he tries or how high he jumps he will most likely not be able to keep up with the other players.


    How does this article apply to me? Is practicing important? Yes practice will always make you better. By exercising one will get more toned and by repetition one can memorize. I swam for my high school swim team. By the end of the four years I had dropped ten seconds off my time which is really good. That didn’t happen from me skipping practices and blowing off the diet. It was obviously practice that made me better. However if I was born with smaller feet and a shorter body would that have happened that way? I don’t think so. In conclusion I feel as if yes, practice will always help but if one is not born with the necessary skills or if they are not supplied with the necessary materials for that particular craft then they probably shouldn’t make it a profession.