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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 3053859"]
You're a soccer nut who's played soccer, exclusively, for 9 months every year since you could walk.  It's your 10th birthday and you decide you don't like soccer anymore and switch to golf, exclusively, 9 months out of the year, every year.

What's your risk of injury compared to recreational/part time golfers who take long walks in the park the other part of the year that they're not golfing?  Your risk is higher.  Your workout volume is higher and more intense.

What's your injury risk compared to part time golfers who play basketball half the year?  Your injury risk is lower because their workout volume is higher, at a higher intensity.  Basketball is a considerably more physically demanding sport than golf.  The chances of getting hurt over time playing basketball for half years is exponentially higher than playing golf full time.  So, in this scenario, the guy or gal who is not specialized is more likely to have injuries over time.  Hmm...

It seems like the type of sport you specialize in matters because the conclusion changes.  If the conclusion changes based on which sport you specialize in, then there are other factors that are not being appropriately counted.  How are there not?

3 months of baseball is not the same as 3 months of basketball.  You can't say athlete A, who plays 6 months of basketball, is more at risk of injury than athlete B, who splits time between basketball and baseball, predominately by virtue of athlete A being specialized.  That's a small part of the whole picture.  Athlete A is specialized but he's also working considerably harder.  Is he at risk of injury because he's doing the same motions more often or because those motions he's doing are harder on the body?
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