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“Expert performers typically spend about 3-5 hours per day in deliberate practice, with diminishing returns beyond that threshold.”

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Experts who do deliberate practice rarely sustain it for more than a few hours at a time, typically about 3-5 hours per day.

Ericsson et al. (1993), Expert Performance - original papersource alive

Elite performers typically limited deliberate practice sessions to about 4 hours daily, often divided into two sessions, with rest and recovery between them.

MacNamara & Maitra (2019), Royal Society Open Sciencepaywalled — manual check queued

The replication found that top violinists practiced around 3-4 hours daily, consistent with original findings about limits on daily deliberate practice.

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