X-Received: by 2002:ad4:4512:0:b0:67a:d3e3:7c25 with SMTP id k18-20020ad44512000000b0067ad3e37c25mr24306qvu.13.1701952581490; Thu, 07 Dec 2023 04:36:21 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:18a0:b0:3b8:45e1:c116 with SMTP id bi32-20020a05680818a000b003b845e1c116mr2398842oib.7.1701952581297; Thu, 07 Dec 2023 04:36:21 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ispf-l Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 04:36:20 -0800 (PST) Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=216.151.180.106; posting-account=6sTvygkAAACPOq32hZPmy3HZqVGmZmEW NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.151.180.106 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <4ff70e09-732d-460b-bfa5-85c91442bd89n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Skateboarding: How It Works (Sports Illustrated Kids: The Science Of Sports) (The Science Of Sports From: Monique Mainor Injection-Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:36:21 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 3515 Xref: csiph.com bit.listserv.ispf-l:1917 Smithsonian Books publishes a select list of trade nonfiction and illustrat= ed books. Our publishing program covers categories where the Smithsonian's = authority is unparalleled, such as history; natural history; science and te= chnology; space, aviation, and military; art; and signature illustrated boo= ks, as well as works based on museums, collections, and artifacts. For more= than 175 years, the Smithsonian Institution has been guided by its mission= of the increase and diffusion of knowledge," and we build on this powerful= tradition in our book publishing. We are distributed by Penguin Random Hou= se Publisher Services; our titles are available wherever books are sold. Burnout is just one of the reasons that Bigelow, who's spent the last two d= ecades as a youth sports advocate, is a devout proponent of the Long-Term A= thletic Development model (LTAD). Developed by Canadian sport science exper= t Istvan Balyi, LTAD preaches that when it comes to all team sports and eve= n certain individual ones (tennis, track, cycling), generalizing at the you= nger ages -- playing a variety of different sports in low-pressure environm= ents -- is the healthiest and best way for kids to grow. According to Balyi= , early specialization should be strictly reserved for sports like figure s= kating, gymnastics and diving, anomalous disciplines in which lower center = of gravity, shorter levers (legs and trunk), and lower muscle mass -- not t= o mention a lack of fear -- are advantageous. "In the early specialization = sports," says Balyi, "if you don't start young, you don't stand a chance." = Not so for the late-specialization sports. Despite not playing basketball u= ntil the ninth grade, Bigelow still managed to make it to the NBA. Not surp= risingly, he maintains that prepubescent athletic ability is meaningless wh= en it comes to postpubescent athletic success. "Your little soccer star mig= ht have played 3,000 soccer games by the time he's 10 years old, but he's s= till only 4-foot-9 and 85 pounds." In other words, he contends, puberty is = the great equalizer, and there's no telling what will happen to kids (or mo= re importantly, to their peers) once the hormones kick in. Skateboarding: How It Works (Sports Illustrated Kids: the Science of Sports= ) (The Science of Sports Download File https://t.co/FRYcaDYOPb eebf2c3492