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Part 3: Specialization in Youth Sports, Good or Bad?

The Rise in Youth Sports Injuries

In my article, Specializing in Youth Sports, Good or Bad, I touched on the current increase in injuries to young competitors playing sports. Just the fact that the sheer number of young athletes participating has gone up over the last several decades, would automatically cause an upswing in the number of young sports enthusiasts having to seek medical attention. There is just an inherent physical risk in competitive sports that cannot be denied.

Great Article on the Pervasiveness of Steroid Use in Sports

I recently came across a piece that references true experts, like Dr. Yesalis, in a discussion regarding steroid use that I thought was good and important to direct attention to. The title of the blog article is Yesalis, Williams and Fainaru-Wada on steroid panel at Penn State: 95% of NFL players use HGH and it is from an online blog journal called Steroid Nation.

Part 2: Specialization in Youth Sports, Good or Bad?

Part 1: Specialization in Youth Sports, Good or Bad?

Perspective in Youth Sports Today

As a teacher, former coach and elite level collegiate athlete (and father of two Division I scholarship athletes), I have been genuinely saddened by the loss of perspective in sports, especially youth sports, and the lack of understanding about how athletic success is achieved. What our young sports enthusiasts should be learning by going through this process and what they are learning are two different things.

How Can We Reduce The Number of Knee Injuries In Female Athletes?

The New York Times recently ran a thought provoking story by Michael Sokolove called The Uneven Playing Field . The long and short of the article was that the bodies of female athletes, especially their knees, are taking a beating playing sports.

The New York Times recently ran a thought provoking story by Michael Sokolove called The Uneven Playing Field
. The long and short of the article was that the bodies of female
athletes, especially their knees, are taking a beating playing sports.

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