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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

5 inches in two months. Sure...[/quote]

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[b] 5 inches per year.[/b].  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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