The Contact Conundrum: Are We Introducing Contact at the Correct Time in Youth Sports?

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Title: The Contact Conundrum: Are We Introducing Contact at the Correct Time in Youth Sports?
Authors: West SW; Centre for Health, and Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK. S.West@bath.ac.uk.; UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Bath, UK. S.West@bath.ac.uk.; Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. S.West@bath.ac.uk.; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. S.West@bath.ac.uk.; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. S.West@bath.ac.uk.; O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. S.West@bath.ac.uk., Hendricks S; Division of Physiological Sciences and Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.; Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa., Cumming SP; Centre for Health, and Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.; UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Bath, UK., Dane K; Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada., O'Connor S; School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland., Jones B; Division of Physiological Sciences and Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.; School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.; Premiership Rugby, London, UK.; England Performance Unit, Rugby Football League, Manchester, UK., Patterson B; La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia., Kolstad AT; Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.; Division of Physiological Sciences and Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada., Broglio S; University of Michigan Concussion Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA., Emery CA; Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.; Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.; Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.; O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada., McKay CD; Centre for Health, and Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.; UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Bath, UK.; Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.; Podium Analytics, London, UK.
Source: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) [Sports Med] 2026 Mar; Vol. 56 (3), pp. 607-618. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Dec 04.
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