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Undertraining: A Likely Cause for the Rise in Youth Sport Injuries

Injuries are on the rise in youth sports. A study published in the American College of Sports Medicine (Faigenbaum, 2009) has shown that in the United States, between 15-28% of youth baseball, basketball, soccer and football players are injured each year, resulting in games missed. The same study found that, in New York State alone, the number of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions performed on children aged 3-20 has increased by 100% from 1990 to 2009, and since the year 2000, there has been a five-fold increase in upper body injuries in youth baseball and softball players. Overuse injuries – [...]

March 29, 2021|Categories: Youth Training|
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