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JuddTrumpmayhavecomeupshortinacompellingWorldChampionshipsnookerfinalonMondaybuthesucceededinwowingthesportingworld. Audienceshavebeenelectrifiedbytheaudacityofhispotting,theintricacyofhisspatialawarenessandtheeffortlessnesswithwhichheseemstoencompassthecomplexitiesoftheancientgame. AndtheBristolianisonly21.Hadhewon,hewouldhavebecomethesecondyoungestchampioninhistory,afactthatleftmanycommentatorsbreathlesswithadmiration. Toseeanyyoungsterplayingwellisimpressivebuttoseeachapbarelyoutofadolescencecomingwithinanaceoftheultimateprizeisclosetomind-bending. Itleadstoanalmostirresistibleconclusion-itisallabouttalent. Itistheideathatsportingprecocityiswrittenintothegenes.AsDennisTaylor,theformerworldchampion,putit:"Trumpwasborntopotsnookerballs." SimilarexplanationsweretrottedoutwhenTigerWoodsbecametheyoungestwinneroftheUSMastersin1997andwhentheWilliamssistersexplodedontothetenniscircuit.Theyarealsousedtoexplainprecociousperformancesinmusic,mathematics,chessandmuchelsebesides. Butthereisaproblemwiththisotherwiseseductiveexplanation,itisprofoundlywrong. Whenyoudigdownintothebiographiesofso-calledprodigies,thereissimplynoevidenceofchildrenfloatingtothetopviathebuoyancyofsuperiorgenes.Insteadwhatyouseeiseye-wateringquantitiesofhardworkcompressedintotheperiodbetweenbirthandadolescence. Woods,forexample,wasgivenagolfclubfivedaysbeforehisfirstbirthday,playedhisfirstroundattwoandhadaccumulatedmorehoursofpracticebyfivethanmostofusachieveinalifetime. Farfrombeingagolferzappedwithspecialpowersthatenabledhimtocircumventpractice,Woodsissomeonewhoembodiestherigoursofpractice. AstrikinglysimilarstoryemergeswhetheryoulookattheWilliamssisters,LionelMessior,forthatmatter,Mozart. AnditisastorythatalsoemergesforTrump,whowasgivenaminiaturetableattheageofthreeandwhoproceededtoclockupastronomicalamountsofpractice,defyingtheexpectationsofhisparents,whoassumedhewouldquicklygetbored. AttheageofsixTrumpgraduatedtoalocalclub,standingonaboxtoseeoverthetable,andateighthehadstartedtoplayinpropercompetit