Sentences with phrase «specialize in a single sport»

That a student - athlete unfamiliar with rugby would be so quick to commit to continuing to play the sport may seem to be rare, especially when so many athletes are specializing in a single sport.

A study reveals youth athletes who specialize in a single sport may be at a higher risk for injury.

As a result, children who sample multiple sports before age 12, Franzen says, possess a broad range of physical, personal, and mental skills that allow them to be successful when they do start specializing in a single sport during adolescence.

Boys in the 10 - 12 year age group who played multiple sports performed significantly better on standing broad jump and tests of gross motor coordination than boys specializing in a single sport.

Boys participating in more than one sport before age 12 are more physically fit and have better gross motor coordination than those who specialize in a single sport early, says a new study by researchers in Belgium.1

Many experts believe that if your child waits to play on a select team until sixth grade or later, and waits until high school to specialize in a single sport, he is likely to be better adjusted and happier, have a more balanced identity, and less likely to be better adjusted and happier, have a more balanced, and less likely to have an identity crises when his competitive sports career ends, as it is likely to do after high school.

Read a guest column from NCAA vice presidents Oliver Luck and Brian Hainline on the troubling trend of the increasing number of youth specializing in a single sport beginning at a young age.

Dr. Jayanthi's research shows that kids and teens who specialize in a single sport and train intensively have a much higher risk of sustaining serious overuse injuries, such as stress fractures.

«For example, we know from previous studies that neuromuscular training may help to improve motor skills and performance while decreasing risk for injury among athletes specializing in a single sport.

Only 22 percent of professional athletes said they want their own child to specialize in a single sport during childhood or adolescence, and only 62 percent believe early sports specialization aids in performance.

Since these types of injuries are repetitive, those of us who specialize in a single sport are more at risk.

Not exact matches

Lids Corp., a retail chain that specializes in sports caps, began with a single kiosk in a mall in 1992.

«Our study, which is the largest study to date examining the topic of single sports specialization, provides a foundation for understanding current trends in specialization in youth sports,» said researcher, Patrick S. Buckley, MD of the Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. «Our results noted that current high school athletes specialized, on average, two years earlier than current collegiate and professional athletes.

«Participating in a single sport for more than eight months per year appeared to be an important factor in the increased injury risk observed in highly specialized athletes,» the authors conclude.

«Nearly half of today's high school athletes specialize in one sport: Only 22 percent of professional athletes want their own children to focus on a single sport.»

Tragically, the more we fixate on a single lifetime career, without allowing ourselves the time or pleasure to explore other interests just for fun, and the more we quell our children's natural curiosity about the world while training them intensively in a specific sport or musical instrument, the more like Heinlein's specialized insects we become.