It's Exercise for Kids but with an Extra Kick ; Experts Debate Whether Sports Classes for Tots Go Too Far

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Is early entry into sports a fast track to health and happiness or a path to unnecessary pressure?

It's called the goose step, and it's achieved by marching over- exaggeratedly with fully extended arms and legs rising and falling in unison. At In the Swing in Waldwick, they call it "stretching."

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It's Exercise for Kids but with an Extra Kick ; Experts Debate Whether Sports Classes for Tots Go Too Far

At 9:30 a.m. on a recent Saturday, this is how they get a dozen preschool-age enrollees in the Born to Play class to limber up before their more formal baseball training commences. Born to Play, run as part of the Major League Baseball-endorsed training franchise Frozen Ropes, is "a supervised exercise class designed to introduce 3- to 4-year-olds to athletic movement and beginner baseball and softball skills."

Without qu...

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