Meeting Rasmus Ankersen, the High Performance Anthropologist. A few months ago, whilst leafing through Athletics Weekly, I came across an advert for a seminar that was going to be presented by a chap called Rasmus Ankersen, known as the High Performance Anthropologist.
The talk was going to centre around a project that Rasmus had undertaken, called the Goldmine Effect, which lead him around the world visiting locations, often remote and usually very unassuming, from which had emerged world beating athletes. And not just one from each location, but dozens if not hundreds from each place. This examination of the forces that create these pockets of excellence dovetailed perfectly with some of the books I had been reading; Bounce by Matthew Syed, Drive by Daniel Pink, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and Gold Rush by Michael Johnson.
So I bought a ticket and waited for the date to come around. Rasmus Ankersen. Measuring. Comments on ‘Expert Performance in Sport and the Dynamics of... : Sports Medicine. 09_02_02. 6-7-981-20100216-1. USOCTalentDevelopment. Baker%20and%20Horton%20HAS. The Rocky Road to the Top: Why Talent Needs Trauma : Sports Medicine. Academic_Review. Collins_4826. T & F Online.
Malcolm Gladwell Outliers.