I must admit, I love Freddy Adu. Love everything about him, especially that he's 14. 14!!!!!! I barely stopped wetting the bed by the time I was 14. And this guy is a professional soccer [futbol] player.

Freddy is not the only child sports prodigy. And MSNBC looks at what's helping drive the push to younger and younger sports stars -- training technology:

Some of the sports prodigies are the result of improvements in training technology that have helped young athletes develop earlier and faster, some fitness experts say. Parents are willing to spend the money for strength and conditioning coaches, sports camps and other private coaching.

"There's more research on pre-pubescent strength training and we’re finding the more specific we can get to training the body, the less risk of injury and better performance," says Katherin Coltrin, director of Back Bay Fitness, a Newport Beach, Calif., training facility. "You’re going to see talent come out earlier and last longer."

The rest of the piece goes into potential problems with this trend.