Provides recommendations from the Polish Society of Sports Medicine on age criteria for children and youth participating in sports.
Supports age-appropriate youth sports participation to balance development and safety; extends expert consensus for clinical guidance and pediatric research.
Systematic physical activity is a necessary element of normal development of a young human body. 1 2 From early childhood, people should participate in sports and recreational activities involving movement. However, organised and systematic learning of a given form of motor activity (physical training), particularly participa-
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