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<\/a>This morning’s Austin American Statesman<\/a> ran a great story entitled Kids and Sports: How much is too much<\/a>?<\/p>\nThe premise of the article, which was written by a Dallas doctor,\u00a0 is that kids and parents’ increasing focus on some sports is dangerous for our kids.<\/p>\n
There are a number of issues.\u00a0 Kids now are much more likely to play one sport year-round, leading to over-use injuries.\u00a0 Kids now engage in weight-training that is far superior to anything a few years ago, which leads to kids being bigger, stronger and faster, but also over-taxing their bodies, particularly their weaker growth plates.\u00a0 And, the doctor argues, more and more parents and kids are trying to force themselves back into action before the kids are fully healed.<\/p>\n
The doctor also focuses on two things that have been an emphasis for us.\u00a0 One is the rise of competitive cheerleading.\u00a0 The United States Sports Academy finds that cheerleading is (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This morning’s Austin American Statesman ran a great story entitled Kids and Sports: How much is too much? The premise of the article, which was written by a Dallas doctor,\u00a0 is that kids and parents’ increasing focus on some sports…<\/span><\/p>\n