The idea behind bounce is that there is no such thing as a special talent or even luck and that everything is down to sheer hard work. Matthew Syed was a world class table tennis player and uses his own life story to highlight the point that what many had described as his talent was down to a set of circumstances which enabled him to get enough of the right kind of practice to hone his skills. As a child he has access to a ping pong table and spend hours playing table tennis for fun. He was, unintentionally putting in the 10,000 hours of practice which are required to master any given skill. He also had access to top trainers and the right kind of ...  Read the complete review