Many parents feel a lot of pressure from youth coaches, other parents, and finances, to pick a sport and stick with it. Most parents don’t realize that the more sports a child is introduced to, the better chance he has of finding the one he is passionate about, taking ownership of it, and becoming a high-performer in it.

A study by Ohio State University found that children who specialize in a single sport are often the ones to quit first, are more than likely to be injured than children who play multiple sports, have a greater risk for burnout due to stress, no motivation and no enjoyment.

Ohio State University’s head football coach Urban Meyer had a chart that went viral on the internet showing that 42 of the 47 athletes that have been recruited to Ohio State played multiple sports in high school.

This study shows that most college athletes played multi-sports. A 2013 American Medical Society did a survey and found out that 88 percent of college athletes surveyed participated in more than one sport in high school.

From 15 Minooka graduates surveyed who received athletic scholarships from 2011-2014 four played just one sport in high school, seven played two sports, and four played three or more.

Most students from Minooka played multiple sports, so most of them got scholarships for multiple sports.