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Why was Michael Jordan, a brilliant athlete, such a bad baseball bat? Why does modern technology still struggle to make a robot with the dexterity of a 5 year old? Why do talented quarterbacks always seem to know where their catchers are? In an effort to discover what really governs human movement and its extraordinary potential, journalist, sports reporter and fan Zach Schonbrun interviewed motor control experts around the world, beginning with the groundbreaking work of two neuroscientists in Major League Baseball that completely overturns the way scouts typically assess how quickly top players interpret a pitch. Across all sports, new theories and groundbreaking technology are revealing how the brain's motor control system works in prodigious athletes like Stephen Curry, Tom Brady, Serena Williams, and Lionel Messi; but also in brilliant musicians, dancers, rock climbers, race car drivers, and many others.Whether it's predicting a 153 km/h fastball or grabbing a cup of coffee, movement requires a complex series of calculations that many people take for granted... until they read Sport and Neuroscience. Zach Schonbrun invites us to take a fresh look at the athletic talents we admire and seek to develop in our own lives. It's no longer about the million-dollar arm: it's now about the million-dollar brain.
