DNA Testing Could Help Choose Your Kid's Sport

[WinThemAll]

Would you do this?

DNA Testing Could Help Choose Your Kid's Sport | ThePostGame

Atlas Sports Genetics, a Boulder, Colo., outfit, uses a child's genetic code to decide if football, baseball, basketball, soccer, swimming or another sport is best for them. Atlas claims to give parents early information on their child's genetic predisposition for success in power or endurance sports.
At a charge of $160 per child, parents receive a specially designed DNA kit to collect a DNA swab. The swabs are sent back to the company before eventually ending up in an Australian lab. After a few weeks, the results are sent back.

Scientists are looking specifically for the ACTN 3 Gene, which is believed to be responsible for fast-twitch explosive muscles, according to WCCO Minnesota. Should they discover that a child's ACTN 3 is lacking, they'll recommend them for endurance sports such as long-distance running, cycling and swimming.
If your kid has a little bit of ACTN 3, he or she is what's known as a mixed-pattern athlete with strength and endurance -- meaning he or she has a chance of succeeding at any sport.
Should you be overloaded with ACTN 3, then you are blessed with strength and power. These kids are best suited for football, wrestling, boxing, weightlifting, etc.
<center></center> Although science is on their side, Atlas admits children can still succeed in a sport that doesn't match their DNA profile. That's where the controversy comes in for critics of the company that claim it's a worthless scam. Atlas stands by the testing.

 

[quincy]

No

Softball might not be DD's thing but she works hard and enjoys it.

 

[Sweet Lou]

I would not.

But my reasons are mostly political and I won't subject to the board to that kind of torment.

 

[YOCOACH]

Absolutely not. DD enjoys pitching and is a big strong girl. It's sort of like that sci-fi movie "GATTACA." I don't need a test to tell her what she can and can't do. She works too hard at being good.

 

[Coachmom]

No WAY. My reasons are also very political-philosophical too so I understand where you're coming from Sweet Lou!
Slippery slope and all that.

 

[chinamigarden]

I say let them play them all, then let it sort itself out.