Youth sport superspecialization: A path to injuries, burnout

....By participating in multiple sports at a young age, athletes cross-train and stretch different muscles and joints, according to Shital N. Parikh, MD, professor of orthopedic surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, who said this occurs when pediatric and adolescent athletes perform varied balancing and coordination skills, build core stability and do overall conditioning exercises.

Single-sport specialization, he said, may cause acute and overuse injuries due to the “repetitive microtrauma” of particular joints and muscles during a period of time.....

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Bethany`s Notes: Sports specialization is not always best for athletes..most likely it is not good. Some of the best professional athletes played many different types of sports in HS to train different muscle groups. The recommendation here is weekly hours spent on sport should not exceed an athletes age.