From Tom Brady to Giancarlo Stanton, a growing number of sports superstars are coming out in support of kids — from the youth level to varsity — playing multiple sports instead of dedicating the entire calendar to one sport.
The urge of parents to turn their kids into specialists is an understandable one in theory. We hear stories all the time of athletes who attribute their talent to hard work and hours in the gym. But hard work is a mindset that can be fed on a variety of fields and courts, and diversity is a better formula for success than potentially burning out a specific muscle group or a kid's love for a sport.
Part of what makes sports so captivating is the range of emotions being a fan can elicit.
For those in Boston and New England riding the waves of all four major pro teams in the area tasting the ultimate victory of a championship within the past decade, allow me to show the other end of the spectrum.
