Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Tweens and Teens
Reply to "Small/late growing kids and athletics"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]My son is an early bloomer, so we haven't had this particular problem. Although he is young for his grade (8th grade), so even early bloomers look tiny compared to the kids who are a full year (or more!) older than him. One of the things that we've seen really help his smaller teammates in baseball, however, is strength. The players who are very strong are some of the best on the team, size notwithstanding. So if you have a smaller kid, make sure they are getting strength training, lifting weights, etc. Speed training also doesn't hurt! Finally, I echo the poster above who noted that the early bloomers often have difficulty harnessing their coordination after giant growth spurts. My kid really struggled with this. TL;DR: It's always going to be hard for kids who aren't super-star athletes, puberty notwithstanding; but strength and speed can help overcome a lot.[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
