Ep.181 | Early Specialization in Your Sport - PowerTech Development Podcast

In this episode, Coach Eric references a USA Hockey article and corresponding X thread to discuss the skew towards early specialization in hockey. He and Coach Andy use this to explore why the long term athletic development model is key for youth and long-term hockey success. Similarly, they discuss specializing in a certain position as a hockey player and how the game is trending towards ‘positionless’ play.
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[@cglasford1]

great podcast! To Andy's point about early development being about balance and body control. I read a study that indicated the best sport to get your kid in from the ages of 2-6 for actual athletic development is Gymnastics. Makes total sense.

[@TBayes]

Idk.. I want to believe this but there’s some excellent private coaching options out there and young players are excelling like never before. My kids won’t be among them, but I’m also not naive to the fact that this extra coaching is a competitive edge.

[@theresachen1136]

I agree all! But just want to share my kid’s current experience. On top of school work, we only can do hockey in winter, tennis in summer. (Swimming, soccer …at occasionally ) However, I feel the pressure on all kinds of sports are becoming four seasons now. Tennis parents are surprised that we completely stop practicing tennis in winter. And hockey parents said our skating skills did not improve after summer! For an average kid, maintaining school work and one sport at a time is difficult enough. 8 years old boy, playing all at recreational levels only.

[@RazorPG2365SpruceSt]

This is great stuff. 👍🏽