- It is above all the risk of injury.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of injuries among our young people who play sports, says Karin Redelius, professor of sports education at GIH.
She has researched both the risks of early specialization and the commercialization of children and youth sports in Sweden.
Matilda Plan was awarded the Sports Mirror Prize at the sports gala after succeeding with parallel elite careers in bandy and football.
She stands out in a sports Sweden where the folk home movement's non-profit association model is slowly being replaced by a more commercialized and professionalized youth sport.
They want to take Swedish tennis back to the top of the world - starting at the age of 12
Good to Great Tennis Academy was started with the clear goal of taking Swedish tennis back to the top of the world.
In some cases, the biggest tennis talents come to the academy's facility in Danderyd as early as the age of twelve.
- We are basically positive that more things are being done.
You get better trained, you can get a better sense of play if you play football, ice hockey, handball or whatever it may be.
It is only positive, says Nicklas Kulti.
But it will be difficult to reach the top in tennis.
- Then reality is where it is.
There will be increased competition internationally.
Swedes will always be Swedish champions, no matter how good or bad we are.
We have to compete on the international stage, says Nicklas Kulti.
The versatile and injury prevention training is instead given in the form of fitness training under the auspices of the academy.
"Could train more without others feeling left out"
In tennis in particular, perhaps the way to the top is precisely what the academy in Danderyd has outlined.
But GIH professor Karin Redelius still believes that change is needed.
- It is clear that the children who want to do a lot should be allowed to do so.
The problem is that it is often an adult who decides.
I think that to a much greater extent they would offer the opportunity for extra training for as many people as possible.
Then I think it would be quite natural for those who want to train more to be able to do so without others feeling left out, she says.
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