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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP- I raise my hand.

My firstborn was a late grower but he always had a more muscular/larger frame so he didn't look as small.  He went from 5'1" at 14 to 6'0" now at 17 and dr said growth plates still open.  He is predicted to be 6'2".  My brother grew 2 inches in college and even I (a woman!) grew 1 inch in college.  He finally started getting recognized in his sport last summer (after Sophomore year) when everything kind of caught up.  His speed increased dramatically after the growth spurt, testosterone burst and having relied on skill and brains on the field-it paid off

Unfortunately, my 14-year old is not only shorter but so, so skinny (no matter what he eats). Literally, skin and bones (though some impressive muscle definiton :)). So, yeah, around 7th-8th grade is when he really started to see less play time and kids that were now much larger were being played in favor of the other little guys.  The physicality really made a difference.

This year, as a Freshmen, I can see it's even worse for him.  There's just no match when he's playing guys 6-8 inches taller, deep voices, testosterone, 'filled out'.  I can see he looks like a baby in comparison.  He does all of the correct training and eating the right things, getting enough sleep, etc., and he can hang in there when he's in the game--but he's not a first choice anymore, sometimes not even a second.[b]  His skill is still much higher than a lot of the kids now playing over him so I remind him of that and what happened with his brother who is now being actively recruited.  I think this kid is even farther behind than his brother because he was still losing baby this Fall (all normal according to doctor and dentist).  His feet recently starting growing and right after Christmas he grew an inch so I'm hoping 15-15.5 is a big growth spurt for him,

All I can say is that I sympathize OP.  It is so hard on these late bloomers.  And, like the other pp, he was so good at basketball and loved it so much so it was really sad to see him give it up and get discouraged. Thankfully, his other sport isn't quite so height specific[/b].[/quote]

Yes I relate to this SO SO MUCH. Thank you for posting. It really is so hard to see them get so discouraged when what is happening to them is through no fault of their own. They are on the team because they do have the skill but then they just don't get played. [/quote]

Me three! Completely the same situation. It's especially hard on my kid because he was always tall, and is now about 40th percentile for height. So not super short, but short for his sport, for sure. I keep telling him to keep working on the skills, and when he grows, he will have the skills and the height. But it's hard. And there's a part of me that worries what if he just...doesn't...grow. We are seeing a doctor who's monitoring.[/quote]

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