353 Preventing and Treating Overtraining in Young Athletes

Thursday, March 18, 2010: 10:15 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center: 101-102
NASPE/Sport and Coaching
Speakers: Matthew P. Rearick1; John W. Creasy2; and James Buriak2, (1)Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA, (2)Roanoke College, Salem, VA
As the recent Time magazine article “Little Athletes, Big Injuries” suggests, training in young athletes is serious business. The question is: how do we know when enough is enough? And if young athletes do exceed this threshold, how do we deal with the psychological and physiological impacts of overtraining?