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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My brother's Dutch soccer Coach (former Ajax Academy player--U17 National team) used to say he could tell which kid would be a good soccer player by the way he walked.  And he was dead serious.

He took to my brother---my brother ended up on full scholarship and going pro.  He also pointed out several others over the years that had big success.

I started watching my own sons..and the one that is a natural definitely has a swagger, distinctive walk.  So--I don't know if there's any truth to it--but I always found it funny. :lol: [/quote]

My husband is in the sports business and also can evaluate basic athleticism by watching kids walk. I find this amazing, as I would only notice if a kid was unusually clumsy.  We have 4 kids who have played a variety of sports, so we’ve watched tons of youth games. The kids he picks out as having the most potential at young ages are very often not the parent or coach favorites. I used to think the idea that you could watch a bunch of 8 year olds and confidentially decide that some of them had no potential to play elite sports while others had a chance depending on how life (including puberty) treated them was ridiculous, but his predictions have turned out to be remarkably accurate through the years. [/quote]

I'm fascinated by this and feel like this skill could be monetized. It might not prevent folks forking over $$$ for their kids to play at higher youth levels... could probably be used to justify paying additional $ for extra training no matter where you fall on the walking/gait spectrum.[/quote]

sorry Larlo, you're gate is wrong, so you're staying in rec. I'm sure that would be a service tons of people would utilize [/quote]

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