Avoiding sport specialization helps kids have fun, discover themselves / WRAL.com

“I’ve heard so-called experts say that your child needs to pick one sport to concentrate on by age 10,” says two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Mia Hamm. “And I think that’s just sad. Skills I learned from the other sports helped me be a better soccer player,” she said. “Basketball improved my balance. Playing softball, I learned to track a ball in flight.” READ MORE