Norway introduced Children’s Rights in Sports in 1987 and updated it in 2007. It is eight pages long and begins: “Children are engaged in sports because they enjoy it. … This is the foundation that all coaches, managers and parents must safeguard and develop further.”
A comprehensive 2013 study. found pre-pubescent specialization does not increase chances of becoming elite but does carry higher rates of injury, mental stress and burnout. It concluded that “for most sports, such intense training in a single sport to the exclusion of others should be delayed until late adolescence to optimize success.”
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sports-columnists/story/2022-07-20/zeigler-norway-youth-sports-track-field-world-athletics-championships-eugene-karsten-warholm
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