Multi-Sport Athletes
The Trinity Christian Academy Athletic Department strongly supports multi-sport participation vs. specialization. Please look through the essays, articles, videos, and blog posts below from doctors, psychologists, trainers, athletes, parents, and coaches to get a sense of why we believe in the multi-sport model.
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Early sport specialization: roots, effectiveness, risks (Current Sports Medicine Reports, 2010)
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Specialization vs. multi-sport participation (National Association for Sport and PE, 2010)
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Sport specialization – a coach’s role (Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2013)
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Playing multiple sports builds better athletes (USA Football blog, 2014)
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Changing the game in youth sports – Ted talk (Changing the game in youth sports, 2014)
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Growth of non-school sports leads to fewer multi-sport athletes (NFHS.org, 2015)
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Sport specialization may predict injuries (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015)
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One sport may be too much (The Way: Human Performance Institute, 2015)
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How to destroy your child's athletic future (Sport Factory, 2015)
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World Cup champions show benefits of playing multiple sports (Post and Courier, 2015)
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Encouraging multi-sport participation (New World of Coaching, 2015)
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Cuddyer's Corner (focus on versatility) (USA Baseball website, 2016)
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Advice on Multi-Sports - Jake Odorizzi (Positive Coaching Alliance, 2016)
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Encouraging multi-sport participation (NIAAA magazine, 2016)
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Injury rates higher for athletes who specialize in one sport (NFHS, 2016)
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Highly specialized athletes more likely to be injured (Science Daily, 2016)
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Here's why you shouldn't pressure kids to specialize (Business Insider, 2016)
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Dr. James Andrews: Don't specialize (Orlando Sentinel, 2016)
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Five reasons you want your kids to be a multi sport athlete (ESPN, 2016)
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Benefits of participating in multiple sports (USA Wrestling, 2017)
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Urban Meyer isn't the only one who prefers multi-Sport Athletes (Eleven Warriors, 2017)
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Sports specialization a disservice to kids (USA Today High School Sports, 2017)
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Study finds specialization leads to injury (Athletic Business, 2017)
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Students who specialize early are injured more often (NPR, 2017)
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Year-round sports push kids to the limit (Star Tribune, 2017)
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Playing for more than scholarships (Des Moines Register, 2018)
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Why multi-sport athletes should matter to administrators (NFHS, 2018)
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Over 90% of Super Bowl LIII Players Were Multisport Athletes (Coach & AD, 2019)
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Early specialization a crime against youth athletes (Stack, 2019)
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Patrick Mahomes didn't stick to one sport... (Yahoosports, 2019)