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Yeah, the development of the single-sport athlete is almost certainly a contributing factor. There have been studies that showed multi-sport athletes have reduced injury frequency (I have no idea about severity).
It used to be said that there was a reason each sport had its 'season', and that playing a sport out of season was bad developmentally. I believe this is why sports that run all year round (I'm thinking gymnastics here) have such high injury rates.
That having been said, I don't remember ever hearing about injuries in swimming or golf (except for Tiger Woods), and those in tennis 'feel' like they're below the level of the seasonal sports. In the case of at least tennis (and maybe the other two), it may be that I'm just reading the wrong periodicals, and if I followed tennis religiously I would be aware of a lot more injuries. (Davenport and Huber are the only ones who come to mind.)
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