{"id":14102,"date":"2020-10-27T12:11:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T12:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/?p=14102"},"modified":"2020-11-05T10:09:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T10:09:50","slug":"is-the-successful-athlete-born-or-made-a-review-of-the-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/is-the-successful-athlete-born-or-made-a-review-of-the-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Successful Athlete Born or Made? A Review of the Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Is being an elite athlete implicit in the genes or is it achieved through systematic training? This question has been studied by professionals and researchers in the field of sports training since the latter became a science. This literature review aims to study the importance of genetics and sports training in the formation of an elite athlete. The material analyzed includes books and articles in the field of sports medicine and sports training published in the last 22 years (1993-2015). The result of this work is a comprehensive analysis of the issue which will provide readers with the necessary basic knowledge of this specific area. The study shows that the professional growth of an athlete and their ability to become part of the sporting elite depend in identical measure on two elements of great importance: their genetic heritage and the sports training they do. However, one should not neglect the influence of environmental, nutritional and psychological factors on successful athlete development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"tags\"> <p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> <span>Deliberate Practice<\/span>, <span>Elite Sport<\/span>, <span>Gene<\/span>, <span>Nature vs Nurture<\/span>, <span>Sports Talent Development<\/span>, <span>Sports Training<\/span><\/p> <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract Is being an elite athlete implicit in the genes or is it achieved through systematic training? This question has been studied by professionals and researchers in the field of sports training since the latter became a science. This literature review aims to study the importance of genetics and sports training in the formation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8510],"tags":[8122,8120,8119,8118,8121,611],"author_meta":{"display_name":"doc_inefc","author_link":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/author\/doc_inefc\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/category\/apunts-for-the-xxi-century\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Apunts for the XXI Century<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Apunts for the XXI Century<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/category\/apunts-for-the-xxi-century\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Deliberate Practice<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/category\/apunts-for-the-xxi-century\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Elite Sport<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/category\/apunts-for-the-xxi-century\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gene<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/category\/apunts-for-the-xxi-century\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nature vs Nurture<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/category\/apunts-for-the-xxi-century\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sports Talent Development<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/category\/apunts-for-the-xxi-century\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sports Training<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Deliberate Practice<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Elite Sport<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gene<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nature vs Nurture<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sports Talent Development<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sports Training<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 27 October 2020","modified":"Updated on 5 November 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 27 October 2020 12:11","modified":"Updated on 5 November 2020 10:09"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14102\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=14102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14102\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19603,"href":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14102\/revisions\/19603\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=14102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=14102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revista-apunts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=14102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}