ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2019
Attitudes and Beliefs towards Sport Specialization, College Scholarships, and Financial Investment among High School Baseball Parents.
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- Motivation and Behaviors Related to Sport Specialization in Collegiate Baseball Players.Journal of athletic training · 2024Article
- Injury Patterns in Highly Specialized Youth Athletes: A Comparison of 2 Pathways to Specialization.Journal of athletic training · 2024Article
- What makes a Grand Slam champion? Early engagement, late specialization and timely transition from having fun to dedication.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Higher Levels of Income and Education are Associated with More Specialized Sport Participation Behaviors: Results from a Representative Sample of Youth Sport Parents from the United States.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2023Article
- Youth Sports Specialization and Its Effect on Professional, Elite, and Olympic Athlete Performance, Career Longevity, and Injury Rates: A Systematic Review.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Review
- The Role of Athlete Competitiveness in High School Sport Specialization in the United States.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- Treatment Decisions in Pediatric Sports Medicine: Do Personal and Professional Bias Affect Decision-Making?Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Parents of Youth Basketball Players Regarding Sport Specialization and College Scholarship Availability.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Article
- Sport Specialization, Physical Performance and Injury History in Canadian Junior High School Students.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2021Article
- Socioeconomic status and parent perceptions about the costs and benefits of youth sport.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
Adolescent athletes are increasingly encouraged to specialize in a single sport year-round in an effort to receive a college scholarship. For collegiate baseball, only 11.7 scholarships are available for a 35-player team. The beliefs of the parents of baseball athletes towards sport specialization are unknown, along with whether they have an accurate understanding of college baseball scholarship availability. The parents of high school baseball athletes were recruited to complete an anonymous questionnaire that consisted of (1) parent and child demographics, (2) child baseball participation information, and (3) parent attitudes and beliefs regarding sport specialization and college baseball scholarships. One hundred and fifty-five parents participated in the questionnaire (female: 52.9%, age: 49.4 ± 5.5 years old). The parents spent a median of 3000 USD [Interquartile Range (IQR): 1500-6000] on their child's baseball participation. Most parents believed that specialization increased their child's chances of getting better at baseball (N = 121, 79.6%). The parents underestimated the number of college baseball scholarships available per team (median [IQR]: 5 [0-5]), but 55 parents (35.9%) believed it was likely that their child would receive a college baseball scholarship. Despite having a realistic understanding of the limited college scholarships available, the parents were optimistic that their child would receive a baseball scholarship.
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