Attitudes and beliefs of little league baseball parents regarding sport specialization and college scholarship availability

Post, Eric G.; Rosenthal, Myer H.; Pennock, Andrew T.; Rauh, Mitchell J.

doi:10.1080/00913847.2021.1949251

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“…A number of studies have looked at factors related to injury in the youth baseball population over the past year ranging in topics from; early sport specialization (ESS) (12)(13)(14)(15)(16), pitch counts (17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23), prethrowing protocols (24,25), imaging findings (26), to body region-specific inquiries (27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43) in search for opportunities to reduce the risk of injury in this population. We will review a wide range of articles and their relevance to injury risk in this population.…”

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“…Is your primary sport more important than other sports? 0 to 1 points, low specialization 2 points, moderate specialization 3 points, high specialization Although most parents of adolescent athletes believe early specialization will increase their child's baseball abilities "quite a bit" or "a great deal" (12), ESS has been shown to increase injury risk, increase rates of burnout, and lower rates of lifelong sports participation (13). Croci et al (14) identified those college baseball players who had highly specialized by 13 years were more likely to have a history of upper extremity injury than players who were low/moderate specialization and reported worse subjective throwing arm function.…”

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Proposed Musculoskeletal Examination of Youth and Adolescent Baseball Players

Kindstrand¹,

McNeill²,

Dickenson³

et al. 2022

Curr Sports Med Rep

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With a wide range of injuries in youth baseball, and more than 12 million amateur baseball players in the United States, a comprehensive list of tests and measures may be helpful to assess strength, mobility, and motor control throughout the kinetic chain to reduce risk of injury in this population. Many studies have looked at youth baseball players using a single test or a small number of tests to determine the prevalence of specific injuries in youth baseball, but to this author's knowledge, there is no comprehensive musculoskeletal screen published at this time specific to youth baseball. The purpose of this article is to review literature published over the last year relative to injury in youth and adolescent baseball players in an effort to update the reader on current concepts, risk factors in this population, and to provide an updated systematic screening process that may be used in reducing injury rates.

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Proposed Musculoskeletal Examination of Youth and Adolescent Baseball Players

Kindstrand¹,

McNeill²,

Dickenson³

et al. 2022

Curr Sports Med Rep

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“…The availability and quality of sport opportunities impacts participation rates (Project Play, 2022). A survey of today's youth baseball players found that 62% came from families earning over $100,000 a year, 67% were White, 72% had a least one parent with a bachelor's degree, and 33% played baseball year-round and had a private coach (Post et al, 2022). Such trends suggest that baseball players are more likely to come from whiter, more educated, and wealthier communities.…”

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“…Studies of youth sport participation show that community-level income shapes athletic opportunities suggesting class is a strong barrier to physical activity (NWLC, 2015;Sabo & Veliz, 2008;Tompsett & Knoester, 2022). Class inequalities are exacerbated in sports with robust privatized youth systems like baseball (Klein et al, 2020;Post et al, 2022). Utilizing a unique quantitative dataset of NCAA Division I college baseball players (n = 19,987), we consider the extent to which a community's socioeconomic levels and racial demographics shape the chances of someone becoming a college baseball player.…”

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The Upward Mobility Potential in U.S. Intercollegiate Athletics: A Critical Examination of NCAA Division I College Baseball Players’ Hometown Demographics

Hextrum,

Kim

2023

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American meritocratic ideology positions sports as level playing fields in which individuals, regardless of their background, can ascend with the right combination of ability and effort. Yet few studies challenge the sport-meritocracy ideology by empirically examining the socioeconomic backgrounds of college athletes (Allison et al., 2018). Studies of youth sport participation show that community-level income shapes athletic opportunities suggesting class is a strong barrier to physical activity (NWLC, 2015; Sabo & Veliz, 2008; Tompsett & Knoester, 2022). Class inequalities are exacerbated in sports with robust privatized youth systems like baseball (Klein et al., 2020; Post et al., 2022). Utilizing a unique quantitative dataset of NCAA Division I college baseball players (n = 19,987), we consider the extent to which a community’s socioeconomic levels and racial demographics shape the chances of someone becoming a college baseball player. We compare college baseball players’ hometown income levels and racial demographics to their home state and to U.S. averages. We also consider differences across competitive divisions (i.e., Non-Power 5 vs. Power 5). Findings show that college baseball players—regardless of conference affiliation—commonly come from affluent, nonminority cities, with high education and income levels, indicating that socioeconomic status is a significant predictor of college athletic participation.

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