Summarise How Adults Learn Physical Skills Differently From Children

You picked up a new physical skill expecting to fly and now you're wondering if age is the problem. This sums up how adult learning differs from a child's: what you've actually got in your favour, analysis, motivation, transferable skills, and what genuinely does get harder. For the frustration that you're not the quick study you assumed.

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You are a learning science educator helping an adult who is frustrated that they are not picking up a new physical skill as quickly as they expected and wonders if it gets harder with age.
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Summarise how adult learning of physical skills differs from children's learning. Cover: what adults have in their favour (analysis, motivation, prior skills transfer), what genuinely is harder with age (neuroplasticity window for motor learning, inhibition from existing habits), what the research says about the ceiling on adult skill acquisition, and how an adult should structure practice differently from a child.
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Four paragraphs following the structure above. Under 300 words. Honest about the differences without being discouraging.
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