{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"CoachUp Nation","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation","author_name":"Kendrique","author_url":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/author\/kendrique","title":"Early Sports Specialization: Helpful or Harmful? - CoachUp Nation","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zBaabE4d8W\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/early-sports-specialization-helpful-or-harmful\">Early Sports Specialization: Helpful or Harmful?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/early-sports-specialization-helpful-or-harmful\/embed#?secret=zBaabE4d8W\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Early Sports Specialization: Helpful or Harmful?&#8221; &#8212; CoachUp Nation\" data-secret=\"zBaabE4d8W\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cropped-636498964575242317FullSizeRender.png","thumbnail_width":502,"thumbnail_height":282,"description":"By: Kendrique Coats, Owner of Coats Performance Early sports specialization seems to be the moneymaker these days, and why not? As numbers increase in youth development and travel leagues, surely someone has to take advantage of the naivety of many parents of athletes at this age group&nbsp;who think early specialization is \u201ca must.\u201d &nbsp;Forking over [&hellip;]"}