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2025-12
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A growing trend found in youth sport is that young athletes are engaging in high levels of sport specialization. They believe that extra practices, extra competitions, and extra focus on a specific sport will lead to rapid improvement. The idea of getting an edge over other athletes is hard to pass up. While many see specialization as a way to gain an advantage, others believe that early sport specialization brings too many negative consequences. The purpose of this synthesis is to review the literature on the impact of youth sport specialization on athlete burn-out.