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In addition to overtraining, early sports specialization risks burnout and a refusal to continue playing. [2] [3] Multi-sport youth athletes also have more fun playing sports, and once the young athlete becomes a teenager, are more likely to enjoy their sports activities and are less likely to quit than those who specialized early. [2] [5] [6]
The health issues of youth sports are concerns regarding the health and wellbeing of young people between the ages of 6 and 18 who participate in an organized sport. Given that these athletes are physically and mentally underdeveloped, they are particularly susceptible to heat illness, eating disorders and injury; sufficiently severe conditions ...
Burnout is studied in many different athletic populations (e.g., coaches), but it is a major problem in youth sports and contributes to withdrawal from sport. Parenting in youth sport is necessary and critical for young athletes. Research on parenting explores behaviors that contribute to or hinder children's participation.
Among the report’s top youth sports trend to watch: Clark, the transcendent basketball star, might be helping shape the youth landscape in the near future.. Sports participation rates for girls ...
After three kids' and 20 years' worth of youth sports, columnist Mary McNamara reflects on the real reason parents yell at the refs and other lessons she's learned along the way.
Sometimes sports injuries can be so severe that they lead to death. In 2010 48 youths died from sports injuries. [48] The leading causes of death in youth sports are sudden cardiac arrest, concussion, heat illness and external sickling. [49] Cardiac-related deaths are usually due to an undiagnosed cardiovascular disorder. [50]
Overtraining is also known as chronic fatigue, burnout and overstress in athletes. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is suggested that there are different variations of overtraining, firstly monotonous program over training suggest that repetition of the same movement such as certain weight lifting and baseball batting can cause performance plateau due to an ...
Youth athletes at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. Youth sports is any sports event where competitors are younger than adult age, whether children or adolescents.Youth sports includes school sports at primary and secondary level, as well as sports played outside the education system, whether informally or organized.