Context: The assumed risks of early specialization in sport are well known, with several
international consensus statements advising against specialization in early athlete …

Introduction: While practitioners and organizations advise against early specialization, the
lack of a consistent and clear definition of early specialization reduces the impact of …

Background: Many youth athletes focus on 1 sport to gain a competitive advantage, but early
sport specialization may increase risk of overuse injuries and burnout. College athletes have …

This study illuminates how common holistic admissions practices at so-called “elite” colleges
and universities favor high-SES, high wealth applicants through the ways they define and …

Background: Single-sport athletes who specialize in baseball at a young age may have a
greater predisposition to overuse injury, burnout, and decreased career longevity when …

The examination of youth sport specialization and athlete participation pathways have been
sustained lines of inquiry among multiple branches of the sport sciences. The common …

Context Early single-sport specialization and the relative age effect are often cited as
improving the chances of sport success. Both concepts suggest that genetics and the …

Background The association between sports participation and mental health has not been
studied in primary care samples of school-age children, nor in underrepresented minority …

Organized youth athletics in the United States has increased greatly in both participation
and level of competition over the past several decades. 1–4 This shift has morphed what …

Background: There is a known association between ice hockey and cam deformity in
growing athletes. Similarly, the association between sport specialization and overuse injury …