kids having major growth spurts...
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My son has grown 5 inches since early March. He's a very young U15. Turned 14 at the end of 2019.
He had an injury and doctor said his growth plates indicate he has a LOT of growing left to do. He was on smaller side with most teammates and opponents having mustaches and full growth. My kid does not even have facial hair yet. We grow late. He is looking to be well over 6 feet tall. He's always relied on excellent ball skill/IQ because of size discrepancy. This Covid thing with teams not having tryouts for a year and just keeping teams is not going to work at certain age groups. What do we really think about tryouts--- a year from now?? Kids are going to come back so different and with very different conditioning, physical, and skill levels by the time everyone goes back. |
Anonymous
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My son is exactly the same age. This is the least of my concerns.
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Many kids stop growing by 8th/9th, particularly the early growers (not all of course, but MANY).
Certain ethnic groups do not grow tall and peter out by HS. Stars of youth soccer are often not there any more by 16/17/18. A lot has to do with physical growth catching up with very skilled, smart smaller players. And, a lot of it has to do with young stars being passed on top team from year to year without ever having to work for it. That certainly does not develop grit or determination. |
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Tryouts or physical growth or both? |
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My neighbor is concerned. His 16 year old topped out at 5'7" in 7th grade and hasn't grown since. Doctors think he has finished growing. The dad has told me that he is seeing his kid start to both physically and skill wise start to falter against the kids just coming into their growth now.
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Anonymous
| Watch out for Osgoods at this point. It occurs a bit with sporty boys during their growth spurts. Definitely emphasize stretching exercises during the growth spurt. |
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5 inches in two months. Sure... |
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I'm 5'5". He was my height at the beginning of March. He is now the exact same height as his dad 5'10". Yes. My nephews all developed bone spurs from very accelerated growth patterns. My side of the family, men are between 6'1"-6'4". Every relative getting photos, and my mother in the area who saw him in March and then on Mother's Day are flabbergasted by how much he has changed in such a short amount of time. During puberty both girls and guys grow about 7-10 inches. Some boys experience both puberty and this growth spurt later - usually starting by 12 years and averaging 3 to 5 inches per year.. However, some kids hit most of their growth over the course of a year, e.g., 9 inches. This is particularly true of boys that develop later and go through puberty at a later date. Males can grow 6″ in 3-6 months depending on nutrition, puberty and age. One of my nephews at age 21 went from 5′11″ to 6′5″ and my youngest nephew at age 14. September to February, he went from 5′7″ to 6′ and he's still going! So, yes, depending on family history it most definitely happens. David Robinson was only 5'9 during his junior year of high school but remarkably grew a staggering 15" in just a short space of time and was almost 7'1 by the time he was in college. Scottie Pippen - It's usually rare for most people to grow after high school. Scottie Pippen beat the odds by growing from 6'1 to 6'8 after high school. Dennis Johnson - Dennis Johnson went from 5'9" as a high school senior to 6'4" in one year after graduation. Dennis Rodman - Dennis Rodman stood at only 5'6 in high school. At age 19, he experienced an unbelievable growth spurt that propelled him from 5'6 to 6'8. Tim Duncan - Before he turned 17, Tim Duncan stood at 6'3 which, though not short, wouldn't be considered tall by NBA standards. At age 17, Duncan had a massive late growth spurt which saw him reach a towering 6'11. Zion Williamson - Zion Williamson grew six inches between eighth and ninth grade, and another four inches the following year, sprouting from a stocky 5'9" to a manly 6'7". I could keep going and going. It is NOT uncommon. So many kids nowadays are going through puberty earlier and hitting their max growth by Freshmen year. We have a history of growth in college (females and males) in my family and we always have stressed good sleep habits (fairly strict about it) and good nutrition. |
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| Yep. Us too. Which is one the gigantic U13 and under kids with shortie parents, I know they will peak and peter out before high school. |
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He had a different version of this early winter, Sinding Larsen johansson syndrome. Same type of overuse/growth related injury. It is an inflammation of the bone at the bottom of the patella (kneecap), where the tendon from the shin bone (tibia) attaches, so different portion of knee then Osgoods, but similar trajectory and recovery. Orhtopedist predicted in November he was going to have a major growth spurt this year. His feet were size 11.5 in November and he was 5'2" then. |
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At our Club, the coaches are always telling parents and players that grow on the later side will change rapidly from U14-U18 and their impact in the game when it is coupled with the skills and IQ they had to use to compensate for small size all comes together.
This is why they don't rely on physicality to win and develop players and game intelligence in the younger years. It pays off in dividends when the player matures. The kids that suffer are the ones coaches used solely for size in the early years. Of course, some kids were big and skilled too---but the vast majority were just much bigger than the kids they are playing with/against. |
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I've seen this with my son's friends after a single summer. They come back to school after 3 moths looking incredibly different and much, much taller.
Not every kid has the same growth trajectory. Some grow very early fast young and peter out before middle school. Some are slow and steady 2-3 inches per year. And others will have crazy accelerated growth over a short period of time at a later age. |
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Jumpers knee |
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My U15 son is 6'0" now. He was growing 3-4 inches at a time (seem like overnight) and developed terrible Osgood Schlatter that kept him out on and off last year. Physical Theraphy and stretching exercises helped a lot but some days the pain was unbearable for him... |