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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is now a PG but for a long time, he played a forward. He had to switch many teams to get there.  It was a long road.[/quote]

From what I’ve seen, most coaches in this area will not allow a big kid to play PG. It really stunts their growth in the sport. You basically have to refuse to play a different position and it doesn’t go over well with coaches or the team. [/quote]

At younger ages, it's harder to find a skilled big than a good PG. The kids who are best off are those that start as guards and then grow. A kid who is tall early, but won't end up tall enough to stick as a big is in a really bad position because they never develop the skills they'll need as they have to shift from 4 or 5 to a 3 or even a 2. On the other hand, a kid who starts as a 2 and grows will make a great 4 [/quote]

As a college basketball player not that long ago, I'd also mention that positions (1-5) matter less and less now and there is rarely more than one real post player in the game at a time in most modern offenses. If your child is playing on a competitive team where only one person always brings the ball up and they have two people spending most time on the low block, I'd consider switching teams for reasons beyond assigned position! [/quote]

My kid was as big as the one true big on his AAU team, but when the coaches saw he could shoot, they made him a 2 and started working with him to develop his ball handling to also play 1.  We really appreciated it. [/quote]

But they weren't good coaches if they also werent trying to develop the shooting and ball handling of the other big kid.[/quote]

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