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I agree with you. It seems like kids are now specializing at

younger and younger ages. I've heard so many stories of coaches telling kids to specialize and not to play a second sport in HS. Football players being told to not wrestle, run track, or play baseball, for example. Baseball players playing summer and fall ball and then having elbow damage by age 17. Girls who do nothing but gymnastics and then burn out.

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Posted: 01/14/2022 at 6:20PM

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