Ask when young athletes are most likely to get injured, and most will point to overtraining, poor mechanics or early specialization. But a new study suggests the real answer may be simpler — and easier to miss: It’s when they grow.
A 15-year analysis of junior tennis players shows that injury risk isn’t evenly distributed across adolescence. Instead, it clusters around key phases of biological maturation — and those risk windows differ between boys and girls.
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