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Long-term athlete development

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Sports & Rec

6 tips to help coaches teach parents about LTAD

Useful information for community coaches

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Child development | Sports & Rec

If you’re raising a child athlete, think long-term

Developing physical literacy optimizes both lifelong physical activity and athlete development

Sports & Rec

The role multisport plays in raising a happy, healthy child athlete

By playing multiple sports, the idea is that kids will experience fewer overuse injuries, less burnout, and less dropout from activity.

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Sports & Rec | Tips

3 rules to prevent overuse injuries in young athletes

Overuse injuries are becoming common for young athletes. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s how to prevent overuse injuries in children.

Child development

What parents need to know about sensitive periods in physical development

When kids go through these sensitive development periods, actively stimulating certain potential capacities produces quick improvement.

Sports & Rec | Trends

Playing different sports and activities is best for physical development

Study shows the multi-sport approach builds physical literacy

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