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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son was very late to hit puberty and didn’t hit his growth spurt until 16. (His voice also didn’t change until then and he didn’t grow under arm or leg hair until then, either.)

Until about age 12 he always was on the tall side and then was significantly shorter than everyone else as most of the other boys were in the throes of puberty. I went to the ped with our concerns and she assured me he was a late bloomer.

He’s now 18 and 6’5” tall (and still growing it seems) and has committed to a D1 school to play a sport next fall.

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Can I ask what sport, and how he managed to hang in there during the tiny years? My oldest was a very late bloomer and had to switch to track and cross country in HS- no way was he making any cut sports teams at his size (after playing club basketball and travel baseball for years). Ended up 6’2”. My younger DS is now 14 and is blooming “on time” but his smaller friends all started getting benched and/or cut last year (soccer and baseball). I really feel for them. [/quote]

He is playing football in college if you can believe it-  He’s always been a 3 sport athlete (soccer in the fall until freshman year) and goes to a private school (not one of the all boys ones) so there are definitely more opportunities. He played travel/club through 8th, but since then only has played for his school.

When they ask, my advice to friends with younger kids is to have their kid(s) play as many sports as possible as long as possible especially at the rec level. Rec sports are awesome. Avoid specializing in one sport too early at all costs. This was the first year my son didn’t play basketball and baseball and that’s only because he was so behind as far as strength goes. We didn’t want him lifting until he was done most of his growing. He spent the winter/spring lifting and working on skills specific to football. This year he’ll likely play basketball and baseball since he’s committed.

Also, the grass is brown everywhere when it comes to travel/club- so many politics. I’ve seen really talented kids get cut in lots of sports.

I also believe that travel/club sports have, in many ways, ruined sports for kids and all they are is a big money grab.  Probably not popular opinion in these parts, but looking back at my kids’ experiences I can say that with full confidence. [/quote]

Football is a sport that players really don’t do travel sports or club sports.  And football takes more skill than most people understand.   Why would he risk injury by playing basketball when he’s been recruited to a D1 school?   It’s not worth it. [/quote]

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