Reply to "14YO trying out for freshman team next week"

Sandman500+ posts

Yes he has TR. He grew about 6" since last June, but was even smaller when we met you a few years ago. He's still only 5'6" and 120 lbs. tho, but he's up to 10 - 10 1/2 in shoes, which is bigger than me (I'm only 5'7"), so hopefully he'll continue to grow. 5'9" or 5'10" would be nice.

Say... are you in RI again this summer?

I totally agree w/ him playing where he'll PLAY. He'd [rightfully] ride the pine on varsity; but maybe on JV, he'd have a good shot at meaningful playing time. He (as humbly, but honestly as possible), already says that a lot of the kids on the freshman team (they had their first practice today) are not very athletic and not very sound fundamentally. FWIW, his coach gave them a speech today in which he told them pretty much the same thing ("only 2 or 3 passionate players who seem to know what they're doing here"). Now, I'm not sure if that's good or bad motivation, but that's his business. Just saying what he told them.

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