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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

Overemphasizing structured practices and competition early on is linked to two critical issues facing young athletes today: psychological burnout and overuse injuries. Children have shorter limbs and different leverage points compared to adults, which influences their biomechanics during movements like throwing, kicking, or running.

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Preteen Beats ACL-Meniscus Tear With Grit and Great Care

Stanford Childrens

The lab combines cutting-edge technology and decades of experience to help young athletes recover safely, improve sports performance, and reduce future injury risk through biomechanical assessment using 3-D motion capture video and force plates.

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Resolving Running-Related Injury

Informed Practitioner in Sport

Preliminary data to suggest that part of the psychological and emotional toll is the impact on the individual’s sense of self efficacy ( Mihalko, Cox et al. It follows that part of our task when putting the runner back together is restoring their faith that they know what to do and providing them with a strong grasp of how to do it.

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California State Standards For PE

PLT4M

Standard 3: Students demonstrate knowledge of psychological and sociological concepts, principles, With these standards, weight training physical education classes can be designed to teach and develop movement patterns so that California students can build movement skills, while also aligned to California state standards for PE.

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