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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Genetics is what it is. A child of very athletic parents (and grandparents) is predisposed to be athletic. Tall parents often have tall children, etc. That doesn't mean the child of obese parents cannot be athletic -- there are plenty of stories of parents of Olympians in lots of sports who weren't at all athletic and initially didn't know what to do with their gifted children, but they are the exception not the rule. Also doesn't mean that kids of athletic parents don't sometimes want to build robots or play video games or the trumpet and not do sports. It's more about lifestyle and expectations. The world is full of wanna be parents who weren't athletic or didn't work hard or succeed easily in athletics who now want to live vicariously through their kids. I agree with the PP that those kids will indeed excel early because of the relentless practice schedule, but may be caught by others when they are older. And/or just be tired of it and lose their love of the game.

The picture of Abby's parents in their 40s doesn't show you that she is going to be successful.  But it also doesn't predict that she would NOT be.  Some pictures of youth prodigies and their parents would suggest likely success.  Others would not. (Not referencing the Spirit girl here -- don't know her.)[/quote]

Spirit girls mom was an athlete. She holds track and field records according to her Twitter feed.[/quote]

I wonder how many of these posts are from her.[/quote]

Her kid really has you worried. Lol[/quote]

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