The epidemic that’s ruining youth sports

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https://nypost.com/2017/06/19/the-ep...ergnet_2494675

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That's why you don't do 7days a week .And take breaks and be a kid

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That's why you don't do 7days a week .And take breaks and be a kid

The title is somewhat incorrect - sports doesn't cause Osgood-Schlatter (it's caused by growing/puberty) but sports and too much sports definitely can exacerbate it. Rest can help but only temporarily. Really you have to finish growing for it to completely resolve. In the meantime rest, ice, certain stretching exercise can help, and some find those bands help while playing sports. Avoiding sports that make it worse obviously helps as well, but soccer is one of those sports. No one should be playing soccer 7 days a week.

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The title is somewhat incorrect - sports doesn't cause Osgood-Schlatter (it's caused by growing/puberty) but sports and too much sports definitely can exacerbate it. Rest can help but only temporarily. Really you have to finish growing for it to completely resolve. In the meantime rest, ice, certain stretching exercise can help, and some find those bands help while playing sports. Avoiding sports that make it worse obviously helps as well, but soccer is one of those sports. No one should be playing soccer 7 days a week.

But, but, but, what about beach soccer in 3rd world countries?

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But, but, but, what about beach soccer in 3rd world countries?

playing soccer on the beach or any sport on the beach is much better than on hard surfaces - bb courts for futsal, turf, even grass. 7 days a week for anything can cause burn out. we need to let kids be kids.

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But, but, but, what about beach soccer in 3rd world countries?

lol sand is less punishing, certainly less punishing than turf

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https://nypost.com/2017/06/19/the-ep...ergnet_2494675

Snowflakes.

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playing soccer on the beach or any sport on the beach is much better than on hard surfaces - bb courts for futsal, turf, even grass. 7 days a week for anything can cause burn out. we need to let kids be kids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXIIW1Bs52M

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I thought thiw was going to be about moving to Portugal.

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this is why once my kid made the jump to higher levels of soccer, we turned down doing rec stuff or letting her play with the town travel team. The benefit vs risk just isn't there. She's already doing 4-5 days, so adding more or playing 3 games every weekend (as a winger) seemed crazy.

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this is why once my kid made the jump to higher levels of soccer, we turned down doing rec stuff or letting her play with the town travel team. The benefit vs risk just isn't there. She's already doing 4-5 days, so adding more or playing 3 games every weekend (as a winger) seemed crazy.

They don't make kids like they used too.

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"Three sports and three SEASONS" is best to limit overuse injuries. Unfortunately, people hear "multisports is better" and have their kid doubling up on soccer and basketball or whatever. This doubling up just makes it worse. Kids used to move from sport to sport every season but year round soccer has put an end to that.

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never bought into that mutisport is better bs. Train correctly and all muscles are used.

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never bought into that mutisport is better bs. Train correctly and all muscles are used.

Multi sport can be beneficial if it's the right sports and not overlapping. Doing soccer and basketball for example is not the right combination, not even when done sequentially. Virtually no youth athletes "train correctly." I've seen many skilled athletes who go at a frenetic pace doing two sports at once and in middle school their bodies start to break down. Parents let them do it and love to brag how busy they are driving Suzy all over the place.

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Multi sport can be beneficial if it's the right sports and not overlapping. Doing soccer and basketball for example is not the right combination, not even when done sequentially. Virtually no youth athletes "train correctly." I've seen many skilled athletes who go at a frenetic pace doing two sports at once and in middle school their bodies start to break down. Parents let them do it and love to brag how busy they are driving Suzy all over the place.

But virtually no kid is going to get better at soccer by playing an 8 week fall season and then shelving it until the following fall so they can play 2 other sports. I don't know what the answer is to how to balance it.