Intensive training in young athletes.

Intensive training and sports specialization in young athletes. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness.

Children involved in sports should be encouraged to participate in a variety of different activities and develop a wide range of skills. Young athletes who specialize in just one sport may be denied the benefits of varied activity while facing additional physical, physiologic, and psychologic demands from intense training and competition. This statement reviews the potential risks of high-inten...

Sports Specialization and Intensive Training in Young Athletes.

Sports specialization is becoming the norm in youth sports for a variety of reasons. When sports specialization occurs too early, detrimental effects may occur, both physically and psychologically. If the timing is correct and sports specialization is performed under the correct conditions, the athlete may be successful in reaching specific goals. Young athletes who train intensively, whether s...

Compare of the Effect of Exercise Training in Different Places on the Serum Vitamin D Levels of Young Women

Background: vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency is serious concern among young women. The maintain of an adequate vitamin D status, which can impact on health and exercise performance, is important to athletes and non-athletes. The aim of this study was to compare of the effect of exercise training in in outdoor and indoor places on the serum vitamin D levels of young women. Methods: In this qua...

Controversies about intensive training in young athletes.

The construct validity of session RPE during an intensive camp in young male Karate athletes.

BACKGROUND the aim of this study was to assess the validity of the session rating of perceived exertion (RPE) method and two objective HR-based methods for quantifying karate's training load (TL) in young Karatekas. METHODS eleven athletes (age 12.50±1.84 years) participated in this study. The training period/camp was performed on 5 consecutive days with two training session (s) per-day (d). ...