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[quote=Anonymous]Worth checking out medically.  And, it sucks to be short as others grow.

1.  Right now - get him involved in wrestling.  Big demand for small guys in the 120-130 range.  It will give him a high school athletic group.  If you can swing it, get him weightlifting now and working with a coach.  Seriously.  Wrestling teams hunt down small kids to join.  A kid who has been lifting and learning will be very much included and for a small freshman guy that is a big thing.

2.  Expect late growth (though do consult medical specialist too).  Lots of guys do not hit their big growth spurts until later.  
Story:  We have good friends whose kids paired up with a couple of ours.  They have an older kid though.  He was a good high school athlete but really hoped to play  big college  basketball.  He was a 6’ to 6’1” point guard in high school on a good  high school team and a good AAU team.  But - just could not get D1 school interest.  So - went to a D3 basketball school.  Freshman year he grew 4 inches.  As a now 6’5” good ball handling and shooting swing man he was in very big demand for good D1 programs and he transferred to a top 20 BB school.  Ask around a bit - you willhave lots of friends and acquaintances who have adult kids who grew late.

But - the fact that your kid may grow when he is 18-19 is no help right now to him.  So - do look for activities where he can excel as a small kid.  In school sports though the biggest benefit is in wrestling.

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