Why The Best Player Alive Barely Runs

David Epstein, author of the recent Inside the Box (a book about the value of constraints), did a fascinating video on “anticipatory skill” and “chunking” and how players like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo (who can accurately head the ball even in the dark ) use them to slow down a fast, complex game. And this is the skill that Messi, Ronaldo, and Pujols all share. They’re chunking positions