As we always indicate, extremes are always harmful, in this case we refer to the sport that a child can do. Surely more than one father aspires for his son to be a great soccer player or a basketball player, or any of the sports he is very fond of.
In these cases, the father's desire for his son to be the best and quickly form in the sport in question It makes you unintentionally force you to overtraining and many efforts are focused on physical exercise. This situation begins when the child is very young and demonstrates certain skills with a sport.
Pediatricians, traumatologists and other professionals indicate that in their consultations they take care of cases in which children have suffered injuries as a result of being overloaded athletes. The group of specialists indicates that at the moment "it is not an epidemic" but it can become a boom and there are too many cases. The damages suffered in the organism as a result of abuse of sport practice It leads children to physical and mental wear that will harm them throughout their lives. The American Academy of Pediatrics has decided to publish a document alerting specialists to advise parents about the danger of these practices.
Among some of the recommendations is the need to not train more than two days per week so that the body recovers properly. Respect the months of vacations so that the child does not continue training or encourage educational programs between parents and coaches so that they know perfectly the nutritional needs of their children and adopt the necessary safety measures that prevent overexertion and overtraining.
Everything must be done in its proper measure, only in this way will we achieve a perfect harmony between the child's development and his physical and intellectual training.
