monosporting
/ˈmɒnəʊˌspɔːtɪŋ/nounVerified NewA child's year-round specialization in a single sport, often from an early age, at the expense of other games and unstructured play.
The pathway is sold as commitment: one sport, twelve months, private coaching, travel teams. Physiotherapists now see overuse injuries in ten-year-olds that used to arrive with minor-league rosters, and many of the specialized quit anyway by mid-teens.
Etym. — mono- + sporting: one sport the way monotherapy is one drug — prescribed in isolation, with side effects.
Rel. — recoveryarmsrace
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