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re: Top kid injuries due to playing just one sport per Baton Rouge General.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 11:39 am to loogaroo
Posted on 8/11/25 at 11:39 am to loogaroo
I am not sure how true this is, but Deion Sanders says that kids who play multiple sports, instead of just playing baseball, tend to be better in the classroom as well..
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Posted on 8/11/25 at 11:50 am to loogaroo
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Top kid injuries due to playing just one sport per Baton Rouge Genera
None of this is breaking news and has been known for a while.
Early specialization and year round sports are both deleterious.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 11:58 am to Porter Osborne Jr
Sports need defined seasons and should never be year round, I’m looking at you baseball and softball!!!!
But even within travel ball, aren't those seasons defined by 4-6 month periods? Or if you sign up for a team, are you signing up for an entire year (meaning 12 consecutive months)?
One of my sons is a highly competitive wrestler and social media is killing these kids. NOT from the kids, but by the parents who see other kids at practices and camps and then it drives them to push their kids to train harder than the Bassetts (and don't get me started on cutting massive amount of weight as a teenager) and then quit other sports and activities they like.
I'm no perfect parent and I want my kids to excel like any other parent but damn, when I see parents intentionally placing their kids in easier high school classes so they can concentrate on their sports, I'm thinking - I have a feeling this is a very short sided decision.
But even within travel ball, aren't those seasons defined by 4-6 month periods? Or if you sign up for a team, are you signing up for an entire year (meaning 12 consecutive months)?
One of my sons is a highly competitive wrestler and social media is killing these kids. NOT from the kids, but by the parents who see other kids at practices and camps and then it drives them to push their kids to train harder than the Bassetts (and don't get me started on cutting massive amount of weight as a teenager) and then quit other sports and activities they like.
I'm no perfect parent and I want my kids to excel like any other parent but damn, when I see parents intentionally placing their kids in easier high school classes so they can concentrate on their sports, I'm thinking - I have a feeling this is a very short sided decision.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 12:02 pm to OweO
Dealing with this as well. My 11 year old daughter was in gymnastics for about 5 years. It was year round. We never intended for her to do gymnastics through HS, instead we thought it was a good way to build strength, balance, coordination, etc. Gymnastics is brutal on these kid's bodies as they get older so I am all in favor of her being done.
She is moving on to team sports and plays volleyball and basketball and still golfs on the side. Volleyball and basketball for girls is year round and overlap. You are almost forced to choose...at 11 years old. Ridiculous.
My 9 year old boy plays hockey and baseball and has played flag football. Hockey is almost year round. He hasn't hit travel ball age for the programs we have here, yet. When he does they run from January (indoors) to August.
He could play football this fall, 3rd grade tackle football. Sorry, hard pass. I played CFB. There is no reason to start tackle ball that early, Jr High is more appropriate.
The boy's options right now are do nothing, or play in a fall pickup hockey league a couple times a week. Of course he's going to play hockey. Is that overuse? Is that too much training? I don't think so because it's pickup games, no drills, no coaches, just rink ratting. Better than being on a tablet all day.
But yeah, there is way too much overlap and specializing. I'm guilty of doing it to my kids even though I have no intentions of specializing and see the benefits of multiple sports. Problem is it feels almost impossible to play everything these days.
She is moving on to team sports and plays volleyball and basketball and still golfs on the side. Volleyball and basketball for girls is year round and overlap. You are almost forced to choose...at 11 years old. Ridiculous.
My 9 year old boy plays hockey and baseball and has played flag football. Hockey is almost year round. He hasn't hit travel ball age for the programs we have here, yet. When he does they run from January (indoors) to August.
He could play football this fall, 3rd grade tackle football. Sorry, hard pass. I played CFB. There is no reason to start tackle ball that early, Jr High is more appropriate.
The boy's options right now are do nothing, or play in a fall pickup hockey league a couple times a week. Of course he's going to play hockey. Is that overuse? Is that too much training? I don't think so because it's pickup games, no drills, no coaches, just rink ratting. Better than being on a tablet all day.
But yeah, there is way too much overlap and specializing. I'm guilty of doing it to my kids even though I have no intentions of specializing and see the benefits of multiple sports. Problem is it feels almost impossible to play everything these days.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 12:04 pm to loogaroo
I had several parents tell me I should have made my kids play one sport. My response was always, it is their experience not yours or mine. As long as they are on honor roll they can play as many or as few sports as they like.
They both still suffered injuries, but they also enjoyed playing HS and college sports
They both still suffered injuries, but they also enjoyed playing HS and college sports
Posted on 8/11/25 at 12:13 pm to loogaroo
My kid is on the esports team and he had to have jimmy john surgery
Posted on 8/11/25 at 12:21 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
I think the one sport idea when you’re young is just so you can get the highest level of training and competition. By the time Jr High comes around you’d branch out into other sports.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 12:24 pm to YorkRoadAG
I can only speak for the high school level.
Football is year round. We lift 5 days a week with the exception of the dead weeks. Spring football starts around May 1st and lasts 2-3 weeks. Then summer workouts and conditioning start in June with contact camps and 7v7 happening throughout summer. Season starts Augusta 1st then rolls through December 14th if you make the championship game. Spring lets you play another sport but you’re still working out 5 days a week and meeting once or twice a week until May.
Other sports follow this same model and can do 4 on 1 workouts in the off-season. It’s nuts.
Football is year round. We lift 5 days a week with the exception of the dead weeks. Spring football starts around May 1st and lasts 2-3 weeks. Then summer workouts and conditioning start in June with contact camps and 7v7 happening throughout summer. Season starts Augusta 1st then rolls through December 14th if you make the championship game. Spring lets you play another sport but you’re still working out 5 days a week and meeting once or twice a week until May.
Other sports follow this same model and can do 4 on 1 workouts in the off-season. It’s nuts.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 12:26 pm to loogaroo
This study that is linked could not be more wrong about swimming injuries. Wrist and spine? For a year-round competitive swimmer, shoulder problems are #1, and it is not close. A senior in high school who started swimming in 5th grade, would habe approx. 5.5 million rotations (per shoulder) of his or her shoulder by the time they are finished with HS swimming.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 12:40 pm to SoDakHawk
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January (indoors) to August.
Damn, 8 months in a year is a lot..
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He could play football this fall, 3rd grade tackle football. Sorry, hard pass. I played CFB. There is no reason to start tackle ball that early, Jr High is more appropriate.
I have read that kids shouldn't start full contact football until they are 12 years old. I don't know how accurate that is, but I remember the article mentioning certain injuries that is more harmful long term, the younger they are when they get those injuries.
Yeah, 3rd and 4th grade seems really young. I don't understand why they don't play a 11 on 11 flag football at that age.. They can learn the fundamentals and then start tackle in 7th & 8th grade.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 12:57 pm to SoDakHawk
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I'm guilty of doing it to my kids even though I have no intentions of specializing and see the benefits of multiple sports. Problem is it feels almost impossible to play everything these days.
This is where I'm at with my 8 year old. I'd like her to be able to continue playing multiple sports, but it's getting harder and harder with overlap.
It's never been my intention to specialize, either, but when all of the "good" kids and coaches move to travel and club teams, you start losing any sense of structure in the rec leagues and kids don't get as much out of it.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 1:21 pm to loogaroo
Braxton trying to throw a Bert Blyleven curve at 9 years old will do it every time. Undeveloped arms lever last. Hear that travel ball idiots?
Posted on 8/11/25 at 5:00 pm to loogaroo
Side note: As a recruitnik, I've found some of the best pro's, in any sport, boy or girl, are usually the ones who played multiple sports in HS, developing their muscles with various movements. You get a recruit who played multi-sports, regardless of star-rating, and you got youself a difference-maker.
Go down any sports HOF list, or current All-Pro selections, and they are seemingly littered with former two-&-three sport HS athletes.
Go down any sports HOF list, or current All-Pro selections, and they are seemingly littered with former two-&-three sport HS athletes.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 5:20 pm to loogaroo
1st Tommy John was a guy named Tommy John. 1980s?
Today, if Braxton’s 13-15yo travel team does not have at least 1 pitcher or catcher destined for it, they ain’t trying.
Today, if Braxton’s 13-15yo travel team does not have at least 1 pitcher or catcher destined for it, they ain’t trying.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 6:18 pm to Gaston
Mine always played multiple sports
Posted on 8/11/25 at 7:05 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
Mine did one sport (soccer) from 9 until Jr High…then used what he learned about himself to play other sports. He tried WAY harder than the other kids. QB1 for 7th and 8th, varsity track 8th and 9th (3rd in state first year, district champ the next), Soccer in 9th (won state), tennis in 10th and 11th (team state titles both years and doubles state champs the first), made the baseball team as a pinch runner his Sr year but didn’t go through with it. #1 place kicker in the country throughout school.
He ended up playing sports…just got to focus early on developing himself inside that one sport.
He ended up playing sports…just got to focus early on developing himself inside that one sport.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 7:09 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
Interesting topic.
But there is no way there are more knee injuries in youth basketball than ankle injuries.
My daughter played top level 5A and AAU travel ball and almost every girl on both teams was in a boot at some time between 7th and 12th grade. Some multiple times. They all wore ankle braces. Same timeframe two girls lost time to a knee injury.
Btw the best ankle brace out there is the zamst A2. It’s legit.
But there is no way there are more knee injuries in youth basketball than ankle injuries.
My daughter played top level 5A and AAU travel ball and almost every girl on both teams was in a boot at some time between 7th and 12th grade. Some multiple times. They all wore ankle braces. Same timeframe two girls lost time to a knee injury.
Btw the best ankle brace out there is the zamst A2. It’s legit.
This post was edited on 8/11/25 at 7:10 pm
Posted on 8/11/25 at 8:18 pm to Broski
quote:They don't actually cite any research so who knows
Wonder how much of the research budget was used to discover this brand new information.
Posted on 8/11/25 at 11:11 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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Sports need defined seasons and should never be year round, I’m looking at you baseball and softball!!!!
If she’s playing other sports year round, putting her in softball for just a spring rec season each year will be okay until 11 or 12u if the rec league is solid. The main thing is that she needs to see decent pitching. For the rest of it, the athleticism that she gains elsewhere will translate. Source: myself as a Little League coach of multiple teams and the mother of two boys whom I allowed to specialize in baseball way too early. I’ve had to say “bend your knees” way, way too many times. My youngest who plays multiple sports just understands how to be an athlete.
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