Expertise

I was recently reading a blogger's musings about expertise in triathlon, and it got me thinking about training and how I can master this swimming fiasco, and avoidance of swimming is not the answer.  A recent article highlights the importance of practice in becoming an expert, for example, "More generally, the accumulated amount of deliberate practice is closely related to the attained level of performance of many types of experts, such as musicians (Ericsson et al., 1993; Sloboda, et al., 1996), chessplayers (Charness, Krampe & Mayr, 1996) and athletes (Starkes et al., 1996)."  Moreover, consistency in practice really matters, as highlighted in this CNN article:  "Consistency is crucial. As Ericsson notes, 'Elite performers in many diverse domains have been found to practice, on the average, roughly the same amount every day, including weekends.'"  Also, there are a number of hours involved, like, 3000-10000 in order to master a skill.  Well, slacker, what are you going to do about this?