Why are kids so big now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because baseball kids are generally fat and out of shape?

Big Papi! Killed those baseballs with his bigness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because baseball kids are generally fat and out of shape?

what?! since when?

Baseball is the only rec sport the chubby boys can participate in since there is basically zero cardio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because baseball kids are generally fat and out of shape?

what?! since when?

Baseball is the only rec sport the chubby boys can participate in since there is basically zero cardio.

. Wrong.

There’s a lot of sprinting which is a specific skill. Eye hand coordination, strength in arms and legs are all necessary.

Fast sprinters are born not made. The "Speed Gene" One of the most studied sprint-related genes is ACTN3. It codes for a protein that allows fast-twitch muscles to fire forcefully. Elite sprinters overwhelmingly possess the R577R variant of this gene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because baseball kids are generally fat and out of shape?

what?! since when?

Baseball is the only rec sport the chubby boys can participate in since there is basically zero cardio.

. Wrong.

There’s a lot of sprinting which is a specific skill. Eye hand coordination, strength in arms and legs are all necessary.

Fast sprinters are born not made. The "Speed Gene" One of the most studied sprint-related genes is ACTN3. It codes for a protein that allows fast-twitch muscles to fire forcefully. Elite sprinters overwhelmingly possess the R577R variant of this gene.

No you wrong boo

[Anonymous]

Because the kids whose parents select them for extra travel and club sports tend to be on the bigger more athletic side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I assume this is some sort of all stars or travel team given the time of year. Baseball self selects for the kids who can pop a single or double into the outfield, or hit a HR. On our team, most of the kids doing that are the chunky kids. Looking at the parents of these kids, I think a lot will even out after puberty. None of the parents are huge.

There is a kid in 10U who is a giant, taller than the tallest 12U kids, almost as tall as his dad who is not tall, maybe 5'10. The kid must be 5'7 or so. I often think there's no way this kid is 10, even if he just turned 11 he's still off the charts tall. Maybe they slip him HGH or something idk. It's not clear where his height comes from genetically.

Growth patterns are weird. DH is 6'2", but was 5' when he started high school and 5'10" when he started college. This kid might just be an early grower.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because baseball kids are generally fat and out of shape?

what?! since when?

Baseball is the only rec sport the chubby boys can participate in since there is basically zero cardio.

. Wrong.

There’s a lot of sprinting which is a specific skill. Eye hand coordination, strength in arms and legs are all necessary.

Fast sprinters are born not made. The "Speed Gene" One of the most studied sprint-related genes is ACTN3. It codes for a protein that allows fast-twitch muscles to fire forcefully. Elite sprinters overwhelmingly possess the R577R variant of this gene.

No you wrong boo

The science is not wrong. And the “boo” thing is way played out. Let it go.

[Anonymous]

1) parents who are large themselves are more likely to put their sons in baseball- especially club baseball
2) size (and the accompanying power it brings) is often a factor in who makes a club baseball team in the first place
3) larger and/or older (in terms of age cutoff) boys often have more success in rec ball- so they & their parents naturally are more likely to see out more competitive baseball opportunities
4) puberty is beginning earlier for boys these days, as well. Yes, absolutely this can be a factor at age 10- which surprised the heck out of me. Some boys are at the “pudgy” stage at that age- often with a height spurt to follow. Google (which I take with a grain of salt but probably is not that off) says average onset of puberty for boys is age 10-12 and that a 10 year old beginning puberty is within range of normal. I don’t recall boys already hitting puberty at that age “back in the day” but- as a girl, obviously was not paying any attention to that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just got the roster for our almost 10 year old’s baseball club with height and weight. Kids are all within a year of him. My son is in the 95 percentile for height and 85% for weight and most kids have 15-40 lbs on him. He’s the smallest on his roster by 10 lbs! He’s 84 lbs and turns 10 next week and just under 5’. Why is everyone so big now? He is small in his friend group.

Tell me about it. My kid is on the smaller size, and it’s ridiculous how giant some kids are. What are people feeding them? And where can I get buy it too?😅

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid plays travel baseball and hangs out with these boys and OP is surprised that they are large? What about at school pick up or coming off the bus or school events or anywhere else you see a larger variety of kids? Are all of those boys huge too, or just the boys in your particular club baseball group?

In his elementary school he’s smaller but he’s one of the only kids with a summer birthday on time. This was that school year greatly impacted by covid and we are in a private school that almost everyone but us held back from February and March that year so he’s up to 15 months younger than many of the boys. Baseball is by age so we thought it might be better.

Almost 10 yr olds weren’t greatly impacted by covid.

[Anonymous]

Kids grow at different speeds OP.
DD was the tallest in her her grade until like 6/7th.

I mean she just was always big/tall. She ate really well and ate everything up until about age 8-9.

She's now age 14 and 5 foot 5, 120 lbs. You would have thought she'd be 6 feet when you saw her at age 8 I am

DS is age 16. He is 5 foot 9 1/2. He was always the smallest and skinniest kid until age 13.

My point is that your kid might be a late bloomer when others are early. When DD played soccer v other teams at age 8-9, holy crap some girls were huge! But now at 14, you can see how everyone has evened out.

I do think that kids these days are able to grow more because of so much food diversity we have as options. For reference, both our kids are taller than DH and myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids grow at different speeds OP.
DD was the tallest in her her grade until like 6/7th.

I mean she just was always big/tall. She ate really well and ate everything up until about age 8-9.

She's now age 14 and 5 foot 5, 120 lbs. You would have thought she'd be 6 feet when you saw her at age 8 I am

DS is age 16. He is 5 foot 9 1/2. He was always the smallest and skinniest kid until age 13.

My point is that your kid might be a late bloomer when others are early. When DD played soccer v other teams at age 8-9, holy crap some girls were huge! But now at 14, you can see how everyone has evened out.

I do think that kids these days are able to grow more because of so much food diversity we have as options. For reference, both our kids are taller than DH and myself.

+1

When my DD was in 5th grade she was maybe 4’8” and her BFF was nearly a FOOT taller than she was (around 5’7” maybe) and the tallest girl in their grade, by far. They are now in high school. DD is 5’7” and her BFF is 5’9”. Obviously the girl did end up tall, but nothing totally crazy- things even out eventually. Kids grow at such different rates.

The size discrepancies among kids ages 9ish-15ish are totally crazy, but things even out a bit (often a lot) later on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids grow at different speeds OP.
DD was the tallest in her her grade until like 6/7th.

I mean she just was always big/tall. She ate really well and ate everything up until about age 8-9.

She's now age 14 and 5 foot 5, 120 lbs. You would have thought she'd be 6 feet when you saw her at age 8 I am

DS is age 16. He is 5 foot 9 1/2. He was always the smallest and skinniest kid until age 13.

My point is that your kid might be a late bloomer when others are early. When DD played soccer v other teams at age 8-9, holy crap some girls were huge! But now at 14, you can see how everyone has evened out.

I do think that kids these days are able to grow more because of so much food diversity we have as options. For reference, both our kids are taller than DH and myself.

+1

When my DD was in 5th grade she was maybe 4’8” and her BFF was nearly a FOOT taller than she was (around 5’7” maybe) and the tallest girl in their grade, by far. They are now in high school. DD is 5’7” and her BFF is 5’9”. Obviously the girl did end up tall, but nothing totally crazy- things even out eventually. Kids grow at such different rates.

The size discrepancies among kids ages 9ish-15ish are totally crazy, but things even out a bit (often a lot) later on.

Exaggerate much baby boo

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid plays travel baseball and hangs out with these boys and OP is surprised that they are large? What about at school pick up or coming off the bus or school events or anywhere else you see a larger variety of kids? Are all of those boys huge too, or just the boys in your particular club baseball group?

In his elementary school he’s smaller but he’s one of the only kids with a summer birthday on time. This was that school year greatly impacted by covid and we are in a private school that almost everyone but us held back from February and March that year so he’s up to 15 months younger than many of the boys. Baseball is by age so we thought it might be better.

Almost 10 yr olds weren’t greatly impacted by covid.

If he’s in 4th now (which would make sense), the red shirted kids are the ones who would have had fully virtual kindergarten if they had gone on time, which is why there are so many redshirted kids (esp boys) in that grade. So yeah, I would say those kids were greatly impacted

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid plays travel baseball and hangs out with these boys and OP is surprised that they are large? What about at school pick up or coming off the bus or school events or anywhere else you see a larger variety of kids? Are all of those boys huge too, or just the boys in your particular club baseball group?

In his elementary school he’s smaller but he’s one of the only kids with a summer birthday on time. This was that school year greatly impacted by covid and we are in a private school that almost everyone but us held back from February and March that year so he’s up to 15 months younger than many of the boys. Baseball is by age so we thought it might be better.

Almost 10 yr olds weren’t greatly impacted by covid.

If he’s in 4th now (which would make sense), the red shirted kids are the ones who would have had fully virtual kindergarten if they had gone on time, which is why there are so many redshirted kids (esp boys) in that grade. So yeah, I would say those kids were greatly impacted

Nope. Baseball is by age not grade, redshirting is irrelevant. These kids were in preschool when covid hit. My 4th grader is fine. My 6th grader missed a lot of kindergarten and her first grade year was a nightmare. Her cohort is not fine.