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Originally Posted by foshizzle11
You are right, playing a variety of sports throughout the year is better than specializing at a young age. I don't think people should be specializing in a sport until they are close to being done developing physically, ie later teens. Most of the high performance athletes from aged 15 - 18 should be playing more than one sport IMO.
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I know I'm harping a bit, but I don't think it can be overemphasized. Early specialization has become societal thing. Uninformed parents do it because they think it's what's best for their kid. The dispicable thing is that the proprietors of these "elite" leagues/teams are taking advantage, often times in spite of the fact that they know it's not what's best for the kids.