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Youth Sports Specialization: Does Practice Make Perfect?
NASN School Nurse 2018 December 4
In the United States, there has been a steady increase in sports participation across all age groups. An estimated 27 million youths between the ages of 6 and 18 years participate in team sports, and 60 million participate in some form of organized athletics. While there are great benefits from sports participation, early single sport specialization carries an increased risk of overuse injuries and burnout. Specialization has become increasingly popular among parents and coaches due to the common belief that it is the best way to develop an elite athlete. However, for most sports, there is no evidence that specialization before puberty is necessary to achieve elite status and in fact, there is evidence to the contrary. A recent American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) consensus statement has highlighted the negative side effects of early sports specialization; these include increased risk for overuse injury and burnout. School nurses are well-positioned to affect this issue through providing education and raising awareness of the potential detrimental consequences associated with youth sport specialization.
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