Kids who focus on one sport to the exclusion of others end up getting injured more often, new research suggests.
In fact, those who devoted themselves to only one athletic pursuit were almost twice as likely to get hurt as those who played multiple sports, said senior study author Dr. Neeru Jayanthi, medical director of primary care sports medicine at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
On top of the fact that they can develop only parts of their total athletic ability including balance and corrdniation -
