Is Sport Specific Training Detrimental To Athletes?

Source: PLT4M

Weston, MA, January 12, 2016 — In a world crowded with commercialized training programs, philosophies, and self-proclaimed gurus, how best to improve in a chosen sport is often confusing for young athletes. It is especially confusing when a workout is touted as the key to making an athlete a better football (or basketball, or baseball, etc.) player. No matter the sport, many athletes and their parents are wasting countless dollars for sport-specific training. Why? Sport-specific training doesn’t work. Performance training, on the other hand, does.

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