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Youth Athlete Sports Diversity Training
In the last ten to fifteen years, youth sports have grown a great deal with an estimated 25 million
scholastic and another 20 million community-based youth programs around the country, the
opportunity for injuries are enormous, and this is why sports injuries are the second leading cause of
emergency room visits for children and adolescents. With the growth of sports entertainment, youth
athletes are front and center and with the ambition of playing their sport at the next level, be it grade
school team, AU team, high school team, and college. The majority of youth athletes in this day and age
choose one sport to compete and excel in.

One Sport

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