Do you want to be the best 8 year old basketball player!

Do you want to be the best 8 year old basketball player, or do you want to be the best @ 18?

Some athletes and parents need to realize that maybe specialization at an early age is not the key!

There are many possibilities that can be foreseen happening, from injury due to repeated trauma from chronic injuries, inability to adapt to continually evolving sport, burn out from no mental break. And I am sure there are many more out there.

But what we need to understand when we are trying to teach long term athletic development at a young age, that instead of trying to build the best soccer player @ 8 or the best basketball player @ 10 that we need to develop the best “ATHLETE”.

By developing the best Athlete @ 8 and 10 we are teaching them the tools they will need to evolve as an athlete as they grow in their sports.

To be the best Athlete they will need the tools so they can adapt to the imposed demands that are placed on them wither that be physical, psychological, or emotional!