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One Nine PhysicaL Therapy and Sports Performance

Injury Prevention, Performance Dr. Dave Gerbarg Injury Prevention, Performance Dr. Dave Gerbarg

Youth Sports Specialization: Do's and Dont's

It’s becoming increasingly popular for young athletes to begin specializing in one sport at earlier ages in an attempt to gain a competitive advantage. While spending more time practicing a sport and ‘outworking’ your competition may seem to make sense, it may not be giving kids the benefit that one would think and can even come with potential risks. Our One Nine team encourages young athletes to practice multiple sports over early specialization for mainly for these reasons:

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