Early Sport Specialization Part 3: Injury Risk and Burnout
The importance of physical and psychosocial health in youth cannot be overstated. This article reviews how early sport specialization impacts these factors in youth athletes.
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6 Postulates about Youth Sport Activities that Lead to Continued Participation and Elite Performance
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Off-Ice Contributors to On-Ice Success: An In-Depth Review of the Research
What does a game look like for the typical NHL positional player? It’s pretty easy to figure out… just do some simple math on the stats from the NHL website. The typical position player will have 20-35 shifts/game, each lasting 60-90 seconds in duration. This appears simple, on the surface, but let’s take a deeper look.
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Early Sport Specialization Part 2: Short-Term vs. Long-Term Athletic Success
Single sport specialization can be defined as intensive, year-round training in one sport to the exclusion of others [1]. Many young athletes, parents, and coaches believe that early single-sport specialization is necessary for long-term athletic success [2-6]. But, does the research agree with this notion?