The more options someone has in life, the better off they are. I thought this was something that would have been nice to add in the pros and con section for specializing in one sport. Other than that I thought this was an excellent article. I compete in gymnastics and swimming. But, I need to be passionate about both.
How do I straddle 2 life long dreams? First off, thank you for commenting and reaching out! Something you need to think about, do you want to play both sports at the next level or just one? As for training, both swimming and gymnastics are incredibly challenging sports, but they compliment each other well. If your body is physically not giving you any challenges, then you can continue playing both at a high level.
But make sure you are in tune with your aches, pains, and injuries. You can still do gymnastics and take swimming classes in college or do swimming workouts on your own. The same goes if you decide to pursue a collegiate swimming career.
If you have any other questions, please, let me know! My son will be going to the 9th grade next year and I was told he should focus on one sport. He starts his school year off playing football. Then he moves right into basketball. And once the basketball season ends he runs Track. Then during the summer he plays AAU basketball. I would love if he dropped Football but he wants to continue to do it all. Is there a time when he should drop maybe one of the three?
We are a military family and he is the youngest of five so a college scholarship would be great. Hey Stacy, thank you for reaching out with your question! Eventually, he will have to choose between the three if he wants to play in college.
Typically, we see this at the Division III level. If you have any other questions, please let us know! In contrast to this article I have told my children to play one sport since that offers them the greatest chances of taking that sport somewhere farther in life.
Having a primary sport is great, but also having other sports or activities that they participate decreases overuse injuries as well as burnout, which is very common in year-around single sports athletes. Remember they are kids. My story is similar to Ms. Stacy but my child is girl and she does volleyball, basketball and track. Many are saying that my daughter needs to choose a sport to be great but I prefer her options to be open.
What do you suggest?? HealthDay —Parents should try to keep their children from focusing on a single sport for as long as possible to reduce their risk for injuries and other problems, the National Athletic Trainers' Association NATA says. In new recommendations, the group also says that young athletes should get at least two days of rest each week and that they should not play a single sport for more than eight months a year, The New York Times reported Friday.
As a guideline, the NATA says the number of hours children should spend in sports training each week should match their age. In fact, we're learning from research and anecdotal evidence that there is actually an opportunity for athleticism to improve if you expose the body to different sports and different movements.
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By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Explore further. Kids have to get in by kindergarten or first grade to have any hope of reaching elite levels. Those are also some of the most expensive and demanding sports for both parents and athletes, which further limits the field. Female golfers and tennis players also tend to commit to those sports when most kids are still learning to tie their own shoes.
In other situations, a kid simply may not want to play more than one sport. The athletic qualities they miss out on by focusing on one sport can be developed in a good training program, Taft says. Another reason to specialize: to mitigate injury risk. Graham offers an example: Aaron Gray, a 7-foot-tall basketball star, also played football in high school.
Focusing on basketball was the more prudent course, and it seems to have worked: Gray, a defense-and-rebounding specialist, has spent seven years in the NBA after four years in college.
The same might also apply to a slightly built baseball player, Graham adds. The larger his athletic portfolio, the greater his risk of a career-ending injury. He could end up throwing 12 months a year, if he participates in baseball showcases and football camps between the two seasons. Although it dramatically improves his odds of dating a cheerleader, the injury risk is enormous.
Of course it depends on the athlete as well as the sport, but research gives us a few guidelines. As noted, high-level gymnastics and figure skating require early immersion ages 5 to 7 , and generally preclude most competing activities. Such early training comes with a steep price. I could hardly train her. She was only 10 or 11, and never played another sport.
Anecdotally, we think of golf and tennis as games that force kids to go all-in as soon as they can swing a club or racquet. The most famous late bloomer is Larry Nelson, who started playing as a year-old Vietnam vet, broke his first round, and ended up winning 10 times on the PGA Tour including three majors. More recently, Y. Yang started golfing at 19, when he got a job at a driving range in South Korea. Eighteen years later, he famously came from behind to win the PGA Championship.
The player he passed on that final round? Woods, who started that day with a two-stroke lead. The great thing about team sports is that the most important qualities are transferrable. Speed, power, reaction time, movement skills, and hand-eye coordination carry over from one to another.
So do the mental aspects, like decision-making. A kid who understands how to play soccer, for example, can easily pick up the strategy for other pass-and-shoot sports like lacrosse, field hockey, basketball, and even ice hockey. Similarly, the visual tracking required for baseball and softball carries over to soccer, lacrosse, tennis, football, and rugby.
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