New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- In an era of hyper-competitive parenting, where early sports specialisation is often viewed as the fast track to success, Heena Sidhu, former World No. 1 pistol shooter and Arjuna Awardee, is urging parents to take a step back and rewrite the playbook.

Sidhu challenged the rush to specialise young athletes with a direct appeal on social media -"Parents! Hear up! Want your child to be the next top athlete of India? Then you definitely need to watch this!"

The champion shooter outlined why committing to a single sporting discipline too early can be a developmental trap and advocated building a robust "movement vocabulary" rather than narrowing focus to just one game.

Before committing to a specific athletic path, she...