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The Impact of Adversity on Sporting Development
Study looked at diversification versus specialization in world class athletes. Found that those who specialized early progressed more slowly and with less main sport practice. This greater involvement, this multi activity involvement seemed to be beneficial for the trajectories of these worldclass athletes. And it's interesting too, they don't make comparisons with the creoes of no bellarets or physics students. They report that they accrue a greater variety of life experiences and so ar shaped by them. But whether its in variety really to be the spice for an active performing life, while developing youth seems to be a worth pursuing.