Earl specialisation again !

My dad when my  my twin boys  had reached 3  said to me " I cant wait until they start playing football" my reply was who says they're going to want to play football!?.. Research has told us that only in Gymnastics does early specialisation work. I brought up at a coaching CPD, recently when the subject came up about our  better players were also our better goalkeepers .Is it just coincidence that 5 of our players are also good at  cross country and have just been picked for the touch rugby team ? As a father of twin boys and an 11 year old girl  I want them to sample different sports I took up triathlon at 42 and sampled an Israeli martial art called Krav Maga at 45 for one & half years and has enriched  my knowledge of other training methods. Let nature take its course !
















http://stevenashyb.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/the-race-to-nowhere-in-youth-sports/


Ill do a part two on this to explain why we can use Rugby drills in football importance of understanding  core muscles and a few examples of athletes that have gone on to become world and Olympic champions in 2 different sports