Natural athletes can develop bad habits

Natural athletes can develop bad habits mostly because they don't have to give much effort in their sport and they never really learn proper form. As a result, they can go on for years without learning the proper way to do things. Examples may be a bad golf swing, poor tennis ground strokes, or a bad pitching style in baseball. This can be seen in all sports to varying degrees. I can play golf very well and hit the ball 200 yards but I have a reverse pivot. In tennis, I leave my feet often when hitting ground strokes and I tend to swing the racket from my hip, but my shots are effective, placed well and have topspin. I have a 175 average in bowling, but I never stand in the same place when I deliver the ball and I don't concentrate. I think a few bowling lessons are in order. Imagine how high my average could be if I learned the proper bowling technique. This applies to all sports. Not pretty but effective is my motto and many others I am sure. I think you know somebody in your family or your community with a similar story.

Natural athletic ability means the ability to invent ways to overcome weaknesses and utilize other tactics to defeat their opponent. This usually involves good eye had coordination, cleverness and compensation. Compensation is the key factor here, more on that later. But since the end result always outweighs the means and the outcome is extremely favorable, the methods of execution are always ignored. Hence, bad habits ensue and can be lifelong without intervention. The solution to this is to learn proper execution. Excessive training by professional trainers is the only to way refine a young athlete so they can learn proper technique and always be the best they can be.

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Is natural athletic ability hereditary

There is evidence that may indicate that natural athletic ability is part of our DNA and obtained from one or both parents. My brothers are also natural athletes, both having excelled in high school and college sports. My father played football and mother played basketball in high school.

Then there are the cases where you see exceptional athletic ability in only one sibling in a family and the parents have never played a sport.

But in most cases of NAB, you will see a sibling or parent possessing the same trait.