Bryan Johnson· Author
The research on professional athletes very few of them specialize in sports so you almost in all cases should avoid sport specialization until you're probably at the end of high school or even past that
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The research on professional athletes very few of them specialize in sports so you almost in all cases should avoid sport specialization until you're probably at the end of high school or even past that
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it would seem that the approach that you took was a better approach actually which is a broader sampling of sports and developing a broader set of athletic abilities before ultimately sort of narrowing your focus I mean that looks to be the better formula
the norm when scientists track athletes on route to becoming elite is that early on they tend to have what they call a sampling period where they try a wide variety of activities that often cludes things like martial arts and dance and doesn't just have to be other sports gymnastics and they learn these broad general these physical skills and they learn about their interests and their abilities importantly and delay specializing until later than peers who plateau at lower level and that turns out to be the norm
at certain ages like in the early and mid teen years it was those who did a wider variety of activities and so then I started to think maybe there really is something to the skill benefit
if you delay selection more you'll get the right people in the right sport more
The kids that are better athletes do better in the long run.
the specialization thing I always think up to 12 broadest sampling possible. The more things they can possibly do, the better the more because we're trying to develop general athletic attributes.
The kids that are better athletes do better in the long run.
sampling is the key and specialist specialization if we can think of the worst possible thing you can do for your kid it is to let them specialize even if it gets to the point where they think dad I don't like you you're mean you're you're not a good person because you're not letting me do what I want to do.
Fights up to 12 broadest sampling possible. The more things they can possibly do, the better.
So, you know, we see a lot of kids working extra hard on more pitching or more throwing or more hitting. And what kids really need is, you know, gross motor skill development.