Dr. L and Coach Johnny are joined by Dr. Jayanthi to discuss the hot topic of sport specialization and what the latest research is asserting about youth involvement in sport. Dr. Jayanthi is considered one of the country’s leading experts on youth sports health, injuries, and sports training patterns, as well as an international leader in tennis medicine. He provides details on the findings of his research and offers solutions to the challenges around early specialization and year-round training. The team talk about what sport sampling is and its role in developing healthy tennis competitors physically and mentally along the tennis journey. 

Episode Transcript: https://go.aws/2U6gYQW 

Research Articles:

• https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/08/25/peds.2016-2148
• https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/119/6/1242

  Video:

• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbul - Youth Sports Risk 

Youth Tennis Study:

• http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1109659039631&ca=03d3fe3c-315f-4afc-b1fc-34f9f51f9c45 

Twitter:

• Dr. Larry Lauer - @LarryLauer
• Coach Parkes - @johnnyparkes1
• Dr. Jayanthi - @NeeruJayanthi

Instagram:

• Team USA Tennis - @teamusatennis
• Coach Parkes - @johnny_parkes