I’m familiar with The Outliers. But it’s still about talent. Date of birth can only be a distraction.
What is talent, are you born with talent or is it 10k hours of training that help bring out the abilities?
You’re born with the potential or you’re not. How hard the person works at being his/her best determines the level of talent acquired.
Before someone with a talented son where neither parent wasn’t an athlete chimes in it doesn’t mean the athletic potential wasn’t there. I asked a friend whose son I coached if he played sports. He told me he was real good at outrunning bombs in Beirut.
Families just need to figure out what program will give them the chance to the best possible outcome.
Bingo!