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The Talent Factory: How Nations, Academies, Clubs, Schools, Families, and Coaching Systems Produce Elite Athletes

The Talent Factory: How Nations, Academies, Clubs, Schools, Families, and Coaching Systems Produce Elite Athletes

Romano, Gigi
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Paperback

Sports GeneralGeneral Fitness

ISBN13: 9798901946916
Publisher: Publishdrive
Published: Jun 6 2026
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Elite athletes are rarely created by talent alone. Behind every champion stands a wider system of family support, school sport, local clubs, academies, national culture, coaching, competition, science, money, access, and opportunity.

The Talent Factory explores how sporting greatness is built across football, tennis, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, basketball, and cricket. From Brazil's football culture and Jamaica's sprinting schools to America's basketball machine, India's cricket obsession, elite tennis academies, Olympic swimming programmes, and the intense world of gymnastics, this book reveals the many forces that turn promise into performance.

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