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American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
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Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance


Issue: October 2010

Introduction
  Rian Q. Landers, Russell L. Carson, Bonnie  Tjeerdsma Blankenship, Feature Editors

Abstract: A growing trend among today’s youths is  the specialization in one sport or in one position in a sport, at increasingly  younger ages. Several questions about the benefits and dangers of early sport  specialization were raised at the 2010 National Association for Sport and  Physical Education (NASPE) All-Academy Symposium, “Promises and Pitfalls of  Sport Specialization in Youth Sport,” at the AAHPERD National Convention in  Indianapolis. Experts from each NASPE Academy interest area presented on the  topic from the perspective they represented. The articles in this feature summarize  each presentation.

Article category: NASPE Symposium