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Sports specialization

Sports specialization means playing one sport year-round, which may increase repetitive exposure and limit development of varied movement skills.

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Safe training practices kids sports

Safe training practices kids sports

Build training around the child, not only the sport Children are not simply smaller adults. Their musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, thermoregulatory, and cognitive systems are still developing, and growth can temporarily alter coordination, flexibility, strength, and balance. Training should therefore reflect developmental readiness rather than an adult performance model or a fixed expectation based solely on chronological […]