Stop the Travel Team Obsession: Multi-Sport Local Play Wins
Travel teams don't build better athletes—they inflate injury risk and costs. Keep your kid local and multi-sport until high school.
Youth sports participation and development.
Travel teams don't build better athletes—they inflate injury risk and costs. Keep your kid local and multi-sport until high school.
Parents, stop pushing early specialization. Research shows it raises injury risk and burnout. Here's what to do instead, based on the latest youth spo...
Travel teams push year-round play, but the data shows early specialization backfires. Here's how to spot the danger zone and pull back before injury.
A youth sports editor debunks common coaching myths—early specialization, year-round training, and more—backed by data. The fix? Diversify and rest.
Blunt coaching advice: debunking the 'more is better' myth, why multi-sport wins, and how to protect young arms from overuse and burnout.