This is the latest addition to the talent myth pop-science literature. The ones that have already been published are Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, Daniel Coyle’s Talent Code and Geoff Colvin’s Talent is overrated. Well, the academic research behind all these books is Dr.Ericsson’s revolutionary research on deliberate practice. Bounce is written by Matthew Syed , a columnist for the Times of London and a BBC Commentator. More importantly, he is a three time commonwealth table tennis champion , a two-time Olympian.