Impact of Early Sport Specialization on College Student Athletes
2018-05
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Impact of Early Sport Specialization on College Student Athletes
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2018-05
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The purpose of this research was to determine what impact, if any, early sport
specialization in youth has on rate of overuse injury, burnout, and distribution of
athletic scholarship dollars in NCAA Division II athletes at a mid-sized, northern
Minnesota public University. Male and female student-athletes (n=l41) ranging in age
from first-year freshmen to graduate level status took part in the project, with a majority
(90.8%) classified as White/Caucasian, or Non-Hispanic. A 14-question online survey
was distributed via Qualtrics, which classified participants as moderate or strict sport
specialists, and information was gathered regarding frequency of overuse injury,
development of burnout, and scholarship funding. When applying the strict definition of
sport specialization scholarship funding dramatically increased. Specifically, while only
18 of 84 athletes ( or 21.4%) who were identified as moderate-specialists received
scholarship dollars, 39 of 57 athletes (or 68.4%) who were identified as strict-specialists
received athletic scholarship funding. Young athletes are encouraged to participate in
multiple competitive activities to avoid both overuse injury and burnout, but the results
of this research were not statistically significant and further studies should be explored
to support these conclusions.
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University of Minnesota, Duluth. College of Education and Human Service Professions.
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Hockett, Matthew P. (2018). Impact of Early Sport Specialization on College Student Athletes. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/200481.
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