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Early Sports Specialization: It's Hurting Youth Athletes
6-8 Weeks: Perspectives on Sports Medicine
English - July 11, 2024 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBMedicine Health & Fitness Science pediatric sports medicine ucsf sports medicine ucsf orthopaedics ucsf sports medicine surgeons react orthopedic surgeons react doctors react to events nfl injury report behind the sidelines Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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With youth sports culture increasingly dominated by private pay to play entities, children are specializing in a single sport at younger and younger ages. Listen to our podcast to learn about the negative impacts of early sport specialization including injury risk, burnout, poor performance, and participation disparities.