PCA SF Bay Area
Bringing the power of positive to youth and high school sports in the San Francisco Bay Area through resources that develop BETTER ATHLETES, BETTER PEOPLE.
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Sports Specialization
These resources address multiple sport athletes and the trend toward specialization in youth sports that creates challenges for coaches, parents and athletes.
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Deciding if and when to specialize is a challenge for many youth athletes and their parents.
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Travel team participation at a young age may not be the best decision for your child physically or mentally.
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"The most important coach in America" takes on cultural challenges that face all youth, especially athletes.
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How competing in multiple sports at a young age may help elite performance later on.
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Leslie Osborne explains how playing multiple sports aided her success and helped prevent injury.
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One of the biggest challenges facing youth athletes and their parents is deciding when to specialize.
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Youth athletes and their parents have much to consider when deciding which, if any, club to join.
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Why coaches and parents should encourage athletes to play multiple sports and not specialize too early.
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Playing multiple sports may help you develop skills to be an elite athlete in one sport.
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Coach Logan Pause explains the holistic, developmental approach of the Fire's Youth Academy teams.