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old boy who specialized intensely in baseball at a young age and the
impacts it had on him.
This article is written by two credible authors in the chiropractic
field and have also both written other articles in this field of study.
They use many sources and references in their article to enhance its
credibility. It is very relevant to my research question and paper.
Keegan, R., Spray, C., Harwood, C., & Lavallee, D. (2010). The
motivational atmosphere in youth sport: Coach, parent, and peer
influences on motivation in specializing sport participants.
Journal Of Applied Sport Psychology, 22(1), 87-105.
doi:10.1080/10413200903421267
The Motivational Atmosphere in Youth Sport: Coach, Parent, and
Peer Influences on Motivation in Specializing Sport Participants is a
journal article about a psychological study performed on athletes. It is
looking at the effects that coaches, parents, and peers have on
athletes motivation and involvement in their specialized sport. It
gives statistical data and research from a study they performed on 79
athletes ranging from the age of 9-18 that specialize in 26 different
sports, as well as analysis of this data and research.
This source is credible and comes from credible authors who are
very involved in this field of study and have been contributors to other
articles involving this field of study. This article has a wide range of
current sources and is also used and cited many times in other
scholarly articles. Most importantly it fits the need of my research
topic.
Moesch, K., Elbe, A., Hauge, M. T., & Wikman, J. M. (2011). Late
specialization: the key to success in centimeters, grams, or
seconds (cgs) sports. Scandinavian Journal Of Medicine &
Science In Sports, 21(6), e282-e290. doi:10.1111/j.16000838.2010.01280.x
Late specialization: The key to success in centimeters, grams, or
seconds (cgs) sports addresses the physical implications that
specializing in sports at a young age has on youth. They did a study
on 148-elite athletes and 98-near-elite athletes that participate in
how early specialization is taking the fun out of the sports for the kids,
it is increasing the amount of injuries, and how parents are the prime
culprits for this pressure.
This article comes from a credible source of NBC and an author
who does not specialize in this field but has proven her credibility of
writing and research through other articles as well. It gives statistics
and analysis from many other studies related to this topic giving it
more credibility. The article fits directly with my research question,
especially the last couple topics it addresses.
Stewart, C. c., & Shroyer, J. (2015). Sport Specialization: A Coach's Role
in Being Honest with Parents. Strategies (08924562), 28(5), 1017.
The journal article Sport Specialization: A Coachs Role in Being
Honest with Parents is addressing coaches of youth sports and
encouraging them to keep parents away from having their kids
specialize in sports. This article addresses the health risks that it can
have on kids as well as the psychological affects. It also addresses and
the stigma that parents believe that the only way that kids can get a
scholarship or be able to pursue a professional career in a sport is by
specialization.
This article was written by credible authors who have written
other articles related to this field of study. They also use many other
sources and references to enhance the articles credibility. It gives a
new perspective and insight compared to my other sources because
this one mainly addresses coaches and not parents.
Wallace, J. (2015, August 18). Why Kids Shouldn't Specialize in One
Sport. Retrieved October 26, 2015, from
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-breheny-wallace/whykids-shouldnt-specialize-in-one-sport_b_7972286.html
The website article Why Kids Shouldnt Specialize in One Sport is
an article intended for parents showing that growing research is
showing that specializing in sports early is not actually producing
better athletes. The article then gives research from multiple studies
to prove this point. Finally it ends with a list of ways that parents can
make sports a more positive experience for their kids.
Though this article does not come from a credible author in this
field of study it does come from a credible author overall that has