Debunking early single sport specialisation and reshaping the youth sport experience: an NBA perspective

John P DiFiori; Joel S Brenner; Dawn Comstock; Jean Côté; Arne Güllich; Brian Hainline; Robert Malina

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2016-097170

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Debunking early single sport specialisation and reshaping the youth sport experience: an NBA perspective

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John P DiFiori National Basketball Association, New York, New York, USA Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joel S Brenner Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dawn Comstock Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jean Côté Queens University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Kingston, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Arne Güllich Department of Sports Science, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Brian Hainline NCAA, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert Malina Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr John P DiFiori, UCLA Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, 1920 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA; jdifiori{at}nba.com

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DiFiori JP, Brenner JS, Comstock D, et al

Debunking early single sport specialisation and reshaping the youth sport experience: an NBA perspective

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017;51:142-143.

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Accepted December 7, 2016
First published January 18, 2017.

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January 18, 2017

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