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You Are Not Developing Elite Athletes
Home Team Podcast
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2024-11-20
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55:38
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19,800 plays
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Dr. Tanya Reeves
· Sports Psychologist
The hard truth about travel ball, AAU, and select sports: most of it is a money machine that burns kids out before they reach high school.
"Specialization before 12 does not build champions. It builds casualties."
— Bobby Zavala · Ep. 83
Topics
elite sportstravel ballAAUyouth development
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The Travel Ball Industrial Complex
We are taking 9-year-olds and treating them like they are already professionals. We are skipping childhood in the name of development...
15:20
What the Research Actually Says
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29:45
Burnout Is Not a Myth
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41:00
The Parent Who Spent $40k
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50:00
A Better Model
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