Practical Strategies for Integrating Strength and Conditioning Into Early Specialization Sports

Moeskops, Sylvia; Oliver, Jon L.; Read, Paul; Cronin, John; Myer, Gregory D.; Lloyd, Rhodri S.

doi:10.1519/ssc.0000000000000665

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“…However, sport does not always positively affect children and adolescents. The world’s tendency for early specialization especially leads to dangerous consequences when immature children participate in intensive all-year-round training and competition in a single sport [ 3 ]. The lack of diversification and exposure to different sports activities during the developmental periods may underlie the enhanced risk of injuries, stopping motor skill development, psychosocial problems, overtraining syndrome, and a high possibility of burnout and potential dropout from sports [ 4 ].…”

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Burnout and Mental Interventions among Youth Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Studies

Wilczyńska

Wen

Jaenes

et al. 2022

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(1) Background: The subject of athlete burnout is often discussed among sports psychologists. Interventions to reduce this phenomenon are still under investigation with follow-ups. Thus, the purpose of the current meta-analysis is to examine psychological interventions that was carried out to decrease or eliminate burnout syndrome in young athletes. (2) Methods: Scientific electronic databases were searched, and five published studies published between January and June 2022 that met the criteria were selected. The systematic review and meta-analyses followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The Cochrane collaboration tool for assessing the risk of bias was used to assess the studies’ quality. Metafor, a package of the R statistical program, was used to perform the analysis. (3) Results: Cognitive behavioral therapy- and mindfulness-based interventions effectively reduced most dimensions of burnout. Moreover, online interventions were significantly more beneficial in this reduction. (4) Conclusions: There should be more high-quality studies on the effectiveness of psychological interventions in reducing burnout, mainly because it leads to tremendous physical and psychological problems for athletes and their coaches; therefore, it requires particular interventions and prevention strategies.

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Burnout and Mental Interventions among Youth Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Studies

Wilczyńska

Wen

Jaenes

et al. 2022

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“…The lack of diversification and exposure to different sports activities during the developmental periods may underlie the enhanced risk of injuries, stopping motor skill development, psychosocial problems, overtraining syndrome, and a high possibility of burnout and potential dropout from sport. Moreover, children who are early specialized in one selected sports discipline are deprived of the opportunity to increase their self-esteem by naturally trying different activities and hobbies [3,4].…”

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Burnout and Mental Interventions among Youth Athletes：A Meta-Analysis of the Studies

Wilczyńska¹,

Wen²,

Jaenes³

et al. 2022

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(1) Background: The subject of athlete burnout is often discussed among sports psychologists. Interventions to reduce this phenomenon are still under investigation with follow-up. Thus, the purpose of the current meta-analysis was to examine psychological interventions that have already been carried out to decrease or eliminate burnout syndrome in young athletes. (2) Methods: Scientific electronic databases were searched and five published studies published between January 2002 and June 2022, which met the criteria, were selected. This systematic review and meta-analyses followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing the risk of bias was used to assess the studies' quality. The metafor a package of the R statistical program was used to perform the analysis. (3) Results: Cognitive-behavioral therapy as well as mindfulness-based interventions effectively reduced most dimensions of burnout. Moreover, online interventions were significantly more beneficial in this reduction (4) Conclusions: There should be more high-quality studies on the effectiveness of psychological interventions in reducing burnout. Mainly because it leads to tremendous physical and psychological problems for athletes and their coaches and therefore requires particular interventions and prevention strategies.

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“…These are the sports of early specialization (attractive especially for girls) in which children undergo comprehensive and intense sports training [ 2 , 3 ]. Scientific studies have shown that the skills and competences acquired during gymnastic training and competitions have a positive effect on the physical [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ], mental [ 11 ], social [ 1 ], and cognitive [ 12 , 13 ] development of a child.…”

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Anorexic Readiness Syndrome in Elite Female Acrobatic Gymnasts—International Study

Polak

Gardzińska

Zadarko-Domaradzka

2022

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Anorexic Readiness Syndrome (ARS) is a concept used in research for the early detection of disordered eating (DE). It is a set of indicators located primarily within the cognitive and behavioral sphere of an individual’s functioning. The aim of this study was to examine whether among the elite acrobats there are girls showing a high level of anorexic tendency, and if so, what behaviors and attitudes are the most common. In addition, an attempt to determine what sport-related factors or other non-sport variables may increase the risk of ARS was conducted. The study group was made up of 133 acrobatic gymnasts aged 10–19, representing six countries that participated in the Acro World Cup competition held in Poland. The study procedures included surveys (personal questionnaire and the Eating Attitudes Questionnaire), anthropometric measurements such as weight, height, waist circumference (WC) and determination of the Body Mass Index (BMI), fat percentage (Fat%), and waist to height ratio (WHtR). A high level of ARS was found in 9.8% of acrobats. This group most often declared attitudes and behaviors indicative of anorexic tendencies. A strong relationship with the level of ARS was noted in the following: the use of fasting and diets (p ≤ 0.001; V = 0.54), limiting of fats and carbohydrates (p ≤ 0.001; V = 0.60), feeling angry after eating too much (p ≤ 0.001; V = 0.55), knowing the caloric value of many food products (p ≤ 0.001; V = 0.59), and the desire to improve the appearance of one’s body (p ≤ 0.001; V = 0.52). The role played in the acrobatic partnership and the region of residence were considered as the sport-related risk factors. Among non-sport factors, the strongest predictor of ARS was the age of gymnasts (β = 0.516; p ≤ 0.001).

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Practical Strategies for Integrating Strength and Conditioning Into Early Specialization Sports

Cited by 10 publications

References 85 publications

Burnout and Mental Interventions among Youth Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Studies

Burnout and Mental Interventions among Youth Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Studies

Burnout and Mental Interventions among Youth Athletes：A Meta-Analysis of the Studies

Anorexic Readiness Syndrome in Elite Female Acrobatic Gymnasts—International Study

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