Table 1.
Year | Organization | Focus | Psychological Development/Approach | Physical Development/Load | Facilities/Resources | Timing and Monitoring of Specialization | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |||
2000 7 | AAP a | Sport specialization | × | × | × | ||||||||||||
2007 2 | AAP b | Overtraining/overuse | × | × | × | × | × | ||||||||||
2008 21 | AAFP, AAOS, ACSM, AMSSM, AOSSM, AOASM | Adolescent athlete | × | × | |||||||||||||
2008 17 | IOC | Adolescent athlete | × | × | × | × | × | × | |||||||||
2011 23 | NATA | Overtraining/overuse, injury prevention | × | × | × | × | × | × | |||||||||
2013 16 | ACSM, ECSS | Overtraining/overuse | × | × | |||||||||||||
2014 5 | AMSSM | Burnout | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | |||||||
2015 1 | IOC | Athlete development | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | ||||||
2016 3 | AAP c | Sport specialization | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | ||||||
2016 11 | NSCA | Athlete development | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | ||||||
2016 10 | AOSSM | Sport specialization | × | × | × | × | × |
AAFP, American Association of Family Practitioners; AAP, American Association of Pediatrics; AAOS, American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons; ACSM, American College of Sports Medicine; AMSSM, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine; AOASM, American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine; AOSSM, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine; ECSS, European College of Sport Science; IOC, International Olympic Committee; NATA, National Athletic Trainers’ Association; NCSA, National Strength and Conditional Association.
Reaffirmed by the AAP in February 2015.
Reaffirmed by the AAP in September 2014.
Replaces statement by the AAP from 2000.