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SALT LAKE CITY — Welcome to today's From Left Field! Here are some more of the most fun and sharable things to happen in the world of sports.
1. Tom Brady: Let your kids play multiple sports
There's been a recent trend in sports specialization in youths. That is, from an earlier age, having a child focus on just one sport, in order to maximize the amount of practice time at that sport.
Tom Brady, New England Patriots quarterback, disagrees with that trend. In an interview with Boston radio station WEEI, Brady talked about his experiences growing up:
"My parents always exposed us to different things, different sports. It was basketball when it was basketball season, it was baseball when it was baseball season. I didn't play football 'til I was a freshman in high school. A lot of soccer. And there were just some camps. But I just played in the neighborhood in our street with all the kids that we grew up with."
More from Brady is at that link, but studies have also shown that it's a good idea to allow kids multiple activities, rather than forcing specialization.
2. Boise State kicker dances alone
Tyler Rausa made a field goal. In all other cases, his teammates would congratulate the field goal kicker on the successful effort. Saturday, they didn't, and Rausa had to improvise.
This is GOLD @T_Raus! 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/8ggdXtmGy2 — Will Hall (@WillHallKTVB) October 4, 2015
Rausa's teammates need to do a better job in the celebration game. No wonder they lost to BYU.
3. FC Barcelona's youth teams are pretty great too
How can we tell? This goal features two nutmegs, a pinpoint pass, and some great cutbacks to finish. These kids are definitely better than me, a grown adult, at soccer.
In the basketball blogging community, there's a commonly-used phrase: "highlight truthers." What's a highlight truther? Whenever anyone posts a basketball highlight, someone, somewhere, will comment that the player traveled, or carried the ball, or otherwise broke some small technicality of the game's rules that should make the highlight invalid.
These people are insufferable, because they can't enjoy great feats of athleticism and skill for themselves. Not only that, they feel like they have to comment on the video, and ruin it for everyone else as well! They are the Scrooge McDucks of basketball.
Well, here, the player, Terrence Ross, definitely double dribbled. The refs noticed. The dunk didn't count. Congratulations, highlight truthers.