[Vern Gambetta]

Vern Gambetta on January 22, 2009 at 3:23 am #9544

This syndrome was identified by ESPN The Magazine reporter Tom Farrey in his excellent overview of the youth sport scene called “Game On- The All-American Race To Make Champions Of Our Children.” The myth of identifying them early, specializing early in a sport, and starting to train them young as a key to future success is a myth. By doing this we are hurting kids physically

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[RussZHC]

RussZHC on January 22, 2009 at 3:42 am #76987

Not surprisingly, that points in the USOC report nearly exactly overlap Vern’s previous post on Long Term Athlete Development