Debunking early single sport specialisation and reshaping the youth sport experience: an NBA perspective

Affiliations

¹ National Basketball Association, New York, New York, USA.
² Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, California, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
⁵ Queens University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Department of Sports Science, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
⁷ NCAA, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
⁸ Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA.

Editorial

John P DiFiori et al. Br J Sports Med. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;51(3):142-143.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-097170.

¹ National Basketball Association, New York, New York, USA.
² Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, California, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
⁵ Queens University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Department of Sports Science, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
⁷ NCAA, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
⁸ Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Basketball; Injury prevention; Overtraining and burnout; Sporting injuries; Young.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.