big kid

[stuckinbig11]

One of my grandsons turned 7 years old today. At 4' 7" he towers over classmates. Unfortunately, his dad is not a basketball player and his mom (my daughter) quit playing after middle school, so it remains to be seen if he will ever play.

 

[Ceerqqq]

One of my grandsons turned 7 years old today. At 4' 7" he towers over classmates. Unfortunately, his dad is not a basketball player and his mom (my daughter) quit playing after middle school, so it remains to be seen if he will ever play.

It's up to you, Grand Dad!

 

[CarolinaCuse]

One of my grandsons turned 7 years old today. At 4' 7" he towers over classmates. Unfortunately, his dad is not a basketball player and his mom (my daughter) quit playing after middle school, so it remains to be seen if he will ever play.

When your grandson turns 8 years old, gift him an enrollment to Boeheim's summer hoops camp. I was an awkward 5'+ 10 year old when I went to the camp. I towered above the other players in my age group so much that it was garnering attention from the camp coaches. I wore rec-specs and Mary Headd (who was my coach) called me "Rambis." Too bad I didn't grow past 6' because I crushed it as 10 year old center at the Cuse.

 

[stuckinbig11]

He lives in DC, and I live in Asheville. Otherwise, I would have him on the court.

 

[two3zone]

He lives in DC, and I live in Asheville. Otherwise, I would have him on the court.

Offer to pay for lessons or leagues, when you do see him pump him up about it. You got this!

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

One of my grandsons turned 7 years old today. At 4' 7" he towers over classmates. Unfortunately, his dad is not a basketball player and his mom (my daughter) quit playing after middle school, so it remains to be seen if he will ever play.

Grandparent custody

 

[sufandu]

My dad never played sports, he wasn't allowed to. Yet I was always playing something. If you get him watching and he is at all athletic he'll gravitate toward it.

 

[Shrmdougluvr]

One of my grandsons turned 7 years old today. At 4' 7" he towers over classmates. Unfortunately, his dad is not a basketball player and his mom (my daughter) quit playing after middle school, so it remains to be seen if he will ever play.

How tall is Dad? How tall is Mom?

 

[IthacaMatt]

When your grandson turns 8 years old, gift him an enrollment to Boeheim's summer hoops camp. I was an awkward 5'+ 10 year old when I went to the camp. I towered above the other players in my age group so much that it was garnering attention from the camp coaches. I wore rec-specs and Mary Headd (who was my coach) called me "Rambis." Too bad I didn't grow past 6' because I crushed it as 10 year old center at the Cuse.

Great story!

 

[stuckinbig11]

How tall is Dad? How tall is Mom?

dad 6'
mom 5'6"
grandpa 6'3"

 

[Shrmdougluvr]

Yeah, I wouldn’t sweat it then.

 

[kcsu]

When your grandson turns 8 years old, gift him an enrollment to Boeheim's summer hoops camp. I was an awkward 5'+ 10 year old when I went to the camp. I towered above the other players in my age group so much that it was garnering attention from the camp coaches. I wore rec-specs and Mary Headd (who was my coach) called me "Rambis." Too bad I didn't grow past 6' because I crushed it as 10 year old center at the Cuse.

Unless his parents or someone is tall he will most likely even out.

 

[crv1728]

Great story!

dad 6'
mom 5'6"
grandpa 6'3"

Here is my story - I am 5’9”, wife is 5’11”. Both of my sons were late bloomers but ended up 6’1”. I remember when my older first tried out for club volleyball when he was 12. He was barely 4’6”. There were kids close to 6’ with facial hair, he was the runt. The coach said it is so hard to tell at that age, some grow early, some late. We have video where sons were so very small relative to others on the court with them, but both caught up to the early developers. One ended up playing D3 volleyball, the other played club volleyball for SU. Never would have imagined it at their younger ages. You never know - some stay ahead of the curve and others catch up. So teach your grandkid all aspects of the game, he might end up a center or a point guard.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

One of my grandsons turned 7 years old today. At 4' 7" he towers over classmates. Unfortunately, his dad is not a basketball player and his mom (my daughter) quit playing after middle school, so it remains to be seen if he will ever play.

If he likes to play encourage .. if he’s coerced into playing just because of height .. he will hate it … basketball is full of tall kids who don’t love the game and just played because people thought they should

 

[upperdeck]

the biggest problem with young kids is that coaches play kids in positions early one by height so often. Not every tall kid ends up tall. Really work on making him more well rounded much early on.. Nice if he can learn the post/paint moves but dont make that the only focus. Much easier to learn paint skills later than ball skills.

My kid started out like that , pretty tall early on became a center.. Did some really nice stuff there going up thru the ages.. But I knew he wasnt gonna be the tall kid forever but coaches being coaches he only worked with the Centers all his best learning years.. Finally got into more AAU stuff in HS and had a better coach who made him do more things facing the basket and he did well at that, he topped at a 6'2" and for small HS thats more like SGPF/SF type size not center but to our knuckleheads he was still just a center banging his head against kids 6'7 at other schools. Then he would go to camps and during 1x1 stuff do really well attacking the basket and back to school a center again sitting behind our 6'8 kid. Best shooter on the team but always got stuck under the basket to rebound on a team that only wanted to hoist up 3's. So all those years learning post moves didnt amount to much.

Like most HS around here you are at the mercy of what you have for a coach. And we had pretty good teams won sectionals and state titles over the years but wasted alot of decent kids, many who ended up quiting with the coaches who wouldnt see what they had.

every kid at that young age should play some guard on offense. Do what you want to defend but teach all the ball skills early on.

Look at Marek, would not have been what he was at SU had he not started as a guard.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

One of my grandsons turned 7 years old today. At 4' 7" he towers over classmates.

That's nice and all but I'd take him down into the post and score jump hooks all day.

 

[GooseMutt]

Healthy and Happy.

At that age that’s my agenda for him

 

[sufandu]

That's nice and all but I'd take him down into the post and score jump hooks all day.

Would they really be "jump" hooks?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Would they really be "jump" hooks?

This is a fair question that I'm not prepared to answer.

 

[HtownOrange]

When your grandson turns 8 years old, gift him an enrollment to Boeheim's summer hoops camp. I was an awkward 5'+ 10 year old when I went to the camp. I towered above the other players in my age group so much that it was garnering attention from the camp coaches. I wore rec-specs and Mary Headd (who was my coach) called me "Rambis." Too bad I didn't grow past 6' because I crushed it as 10 year old center at the Cuse.

If you are in Carolina, she for custody, tell the judge what a great hoops fan you are and that the boy should be raised like every kid in Carolina, to play on the hardwood. Just leave off that you are SU can and DO NOT wear your Syracuse gear to hearings. Get an attorney now!

O.K. that may be a little overboard.

 

[JackBauer44]

I was the kid that had to bring my birth certificate to all my little league, CCYO, and youth sport events. 5th grade and I was 5’9. With my doctor saying my growth plates were still wide open, he predicted I’d be in the 6’9/6’10 range. My great grandfather actually holds a record for the tallest man in Cayuga County; well over 7 foot.

Imagine my disappointment when I hit 6’3 in 7th grade and didn’t grow an inch the rest of my life.

 

[EnviroSciGuy]

I was the kid that had to bring my birth certificate to all my little league, CCYO, and youth sport events. 5th grade and I was 5’9. With my doctor saying my growth plates were still wide open, he predicted I’d be in the 6’9/6’10 range. My great grandfather actually holds a record for the tallest man in Cayuga County; well over 7 foot.

Imagine my disappointment when I hit 6’3 in 7th grade and didn’t grow an inch the rest of my life.

My doctor said based on my growth plates I'd be over 6'. My brother is 5'10. I ended up 5'6

So stop whining

 

[Niastri]

Here is my story - I am 5’9”, wife is 5’11”. Both of my sons were late bloomers but ended up 6’1”. I remember when my older first tried out for club volleyball when he was 12. He was barely 4’6”. There were kids close to 6’ with facial hair, he was the runt. The coach said it is so hard to tell at that age, some grow early, some late. We have video where sons were so very small relative to others on the court with them, but both caught up to the early developers. One ended up playing D3 volleyball, the other played club volleyball for SU. Never would have imagined it at their younger ages. You never know - some stay ahead of the curve and others catch up. So teach your grandkid all aspects of the game, he might end up a center or a point guard.

I was 5'5" 135lbs at 11 years old. I graduated high school at 5'6" 145. I was a devastating force that first year of peewee hockey, though

 

[sufandu]

I was the kid that had to bring my birth certificate to all my little league, CCYO, and youth sport events. 5th grade and I was 5’9. With my doctor saying my growth plates were still wide open, he predicted I’d be in the 6’9/6’10 range. My great grandfather actually holds a record for the tallest man in Cayuga County; well over 7 foot.

Imagine my disappointment when I hit 6’3 in 7th grade and didn’t grow an inch the rest of my life.

6'3" is a great height. Tall enough to play a wide variety of sports and not so tall that you self consciously tower over people when your playing days are over.

 

[Niastri]

That's nice and all but I'd take him down into the post and score jump hooks all day.

Yeah, he's tall for his age, but he's short for my age.