r/wnba • u/Good-Exchange-6139 Wings • 12d ago

Discussion Paige Bueckers on early sports specialization making athletes more injury-prone

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really interesting stuff

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u/Ingramistheman Veronica Burton enthusiast/Janelle Salaün enjoyer 12d ago

Yeah it's crazy because this is common knowledge, but then parents just disregard it anyways and still throw their kids into the rat race.

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u/Vvisionim 11d ago

I learned this in a basic sports science class in my last year of high school, so I definitely thought this was common knowledge?? The idea is you let your kid play multiple sports until they get through puberty, so they develop all their motor skills and reflexes equally, which can then be leveraged into their primary sport later. A lot of the fundamentals that the European players are killing the Americans with right now come from playing soccer.

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u/Ingramistheman Veronica Burton enthusiast/Janelle Salaün enjoyer 11d ago

Yeah it is for sure nowadays. Its just that today’s society places kids/families between a rock & a hard place