sport specialization
94% of NFL Draft first-round picks were multisport athletes
All but two of the players taken in Thursday's first round of the NFL Draft were multisport athletes in high school, according to the website TrackingFootball.com. The overwhelming number of players who participated in more than one sport is a goo...
Why playing multiple sports matters
To become an expert at something — especially in sports — conventional wisdom suggests that you dedicate yourself wholly to that sport. But while practice can make perfect, it's important for young athletes to recognize the many advantages of bra...
Study: Individual-sport athletes suffer more overuse injuries
A new study published this week concluded that individual-sport athletes who specialize suffer more overuse injuries than those who play team sports. The study, published in The Physician and Sportsmedicine, concluded that young athletes who ...
New survey finds athletes specializing at a younger age
A new survey conducted by the Rothman Institute has found that today's high school athletes began specializing in a single sport much earlier than those who came before them. Sport specialization has been linked to increasing injury rates, most re...
Study: Specialization before age 12 increases risk of injury
A study conducted by Emory Sports Medicine recommends that young athletes should not specialize in sports before age 12, train more hours per week then their age, and should limit training to less than 16 hours per week to avoid injury. Physician ...
Encouraging multi-sport participation
Coaches at Kennedy High School (Iowa) talk about why they believe it's important to preach multi-sport participation to student-athletes. https://youtu.be/e2iiMoYDe7A...
OSU football coach Mike Gundy values multi-sport athletes
Football players hoping to be recruited by Oklahoma State University can improve their chances by playing multiple sports in high school. [caption id="attachment_19195" align="alignright" width="230"] Photo: KT King[/caption] OSU football coach...
Super Bowl LI flush with multiple-sport athletes
A strong majority of the players competing in next month's Super Bowl were multiple-sport athletes in high school, according to TrackingFootball.com. [caption id="attachment_18894" align="alignright" width="264"] New England Patriots quarterback T...
