Let Nature Take Its Course

Mine was 5'9" as a 14 yr old, he'll be 19 in December and is 6'4"

His older brother (now 22) was 5'9" at 15 and topped out at 5'11"
There aint no rules for this stuff

Do you think I might grow an inch of two before I reach 50?

I'm hoping because I am looking really short around my son.

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Originally posted by BOF:
Do you think I might grow an inch of two before I reach 50?

I'm hoping because I am looking really short around my son.

In WIDTH? Absolutely...much like the rest of us.

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Originally posted by BOF:

Do you think I might grow an inch of two before I reach 50?

I'm hoping because I am looking really short around my son.

Gosh, I know exactly how you feel about this BOF. It's all I can do to stand beside my 18yr old who is now 6'1 and is surely to find another inch or two over the next couple years. How wonderful!

I thought I use to be King at 5'10 but now face reality each day with him around...ha ha.

A friend of mine was 5'6" as a high school freshman. As a 6'4" college junior he was an All-American pitcher and member of Team USA. He told me when he was a high school freshman it never crossed his mind he would be pitching in college, much less professionally.

I was 5'8" entering High School. I graduated 6'7".

Son #1 was 5'8" entering H.S., graduated 6'5".

Son # 2 entered H.S. this year at 5'8". Finished freshman year at 6'1.5". My best guess, he'll end around 6'8" - 6'11".

It doesn't take a genius to look at a kid and figure out whether he's still got room to grow or he's close to done.

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Let nature take its course. Works fine most of the time, but sometimes it needs a little help...

Hey,
The orange stuff is good! (oh, did I say that out loud?)

ahhhhhhh! TMI! TMI!

Krak,

There are many parents of kids on 27's team who are worried about their sons' heights. I keep reminding them that 14 is not the end-all age for many...it's just the start. Way too many cases of kids who have continued to grow through HS and into the college years for them to be worried at this point.

However, at 5'10" I'm looking up to a 6'3" 14-yr-old. Well...at least I have 2 younger ones to help me feel somewhat tall

Funny post, Krak. I, too, was worried when Bum, Jr. was 5'4 1/2 at 15. He was 5'6 1/2 at 16. Then 5'8 1/2 at 17. At Stanford they measured him at 5'10 --really!-- but I doubt that camp was being run by their mathematics department.

Bum, Rusty is THE poster player for parents who think their son has to be such-and-such a height to do well and gather interest! I wish now I'd got his autograph back at Irvine in ought-six!

The taller kids tend to be awkward! (not all) We have hired a personal trainer to help our 6'4" soon to be 15 year old son refind his mobility! He has been growing steadily with a few spurts - now needs bigger cleats after a year of size 13. This year it seems to have caught up with him.


We know two baseball players who have been told they are too small to play at the high school level. Both are about 5'8" as freshmen. While son will never be told that, he could be told he isn't fast enough, or isn't athletic enough. Even though he can work through this, there are two sides to everything.

What I've seen with some other kids are the classic late bloomers. It is really too bad that some good solid talent seemingly gets shelved at the HS level. If the HS coach does not believe in these kids what happens? They haven't peaked yet, but how will a college see them if they are not playing? The good news is two local community colleges are finally joining others by adding baseball. We have a great system in NC, and hopefully this will help these guys and others kids who may have had issues in high school.

Weight can be an issue too. My 18-year-old son is 5'11", but is about 20-30 pounds lighter than his teammates of the same height. You can see every rib when he undresses. His dad was the same way in high school and put on 30 pounds in college, so thankfully there is hope!

Krak,

I am there now and I do worry about it. Jr. is 5'7"/120lbs at 13. It's not easy when you see kids on his team who are 6'+/190lb.

I glad to see I am not alone!, I guess I need to relax and like you said - let nature take its course.

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Height is luxury...skill is a necessity...

Be carefull what you wish for...Height comes with it's own baggage (pitcher and 1B bias among MANY other things/let me count the ways)...mine are both 6'6", and I can tell you this, forget the height, work the skills...

And Bum....the interesting thing is that those scientific genius's at Stanford camp measured mine a full inch over his actual height...go figure...

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And Bum....the interesting thing is that those scientific genius's at Stanford camp measured mine a full inch over his actual height...go figure...

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Must be the early morning camp, Kids usually 1 or 1/2 inch taller in the morning than in the afternoon. I called this "growth potential".

Bum, I would trust those Stanford geniuses in a heartbeat. Try measure Jr right off the bed in the morning......

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They measured him in his cleats...

...In the afternoon...

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Krak- good point. There's only so much we can control so why not spend that energy working on things we can control. Things like grades, hitting, working on baseball skills. In retrospect I am the best worryier(is this a word?) I know and much of it was needless worrying. And quite often every player has what may be seen as drawbacks by many people and they can work hard to prove these people wrong. Unfortunately sometimes the shorter players have to work harder and be better than their taller teammates to get noticed.

And, sometimes you have to ignore these "helpful" peoples advice/comments as they just don't know what they're talking about but still freely throw around their advice and comments. Great to prove them wrong isn't it? Also it's interesting to look back and see that some players that were huge @ 13 years old stopped growing and are no longer the best players. Some mature early and it does give them a big advantage but as you say let nature take it's course.