Here's a gigantic 12-year-old basketball player absolutely destroying kids in a youth game

[shopson67]

Yep. Send him up a level. It's not doing him any good to wax a bunch of midgets, he should be challenged by playing against older and hopefully more experienced players...a lot of which he will still have a height advantage over.



I started to say that, but when I played JV as a 12-13 year old, we used the standard rims. 8 feet seems more like a middle school or pee-wee concession

And yes, I was a PURE point guard

He's 12, which would be 6th grade, right?

 

[OregonDucks]

The 8ft rims have got to be part of the "Everyone Wins" movement.

 

[shopson67]

Only 5% of adult American males are 6’3″ or taller.

Wow, never would've guessed...and here I thought 6'3 was barely above average. I'm exceptional!

 

[Battlelyon]

I'm exceptional!

You are a Rams fan, of course you are.

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

These rarely work out. I used to play pickup games with a kid named neil fingleton a long time ago. neil went on to a career in acting after he flamed out of hoops.
this reminds me of him (I knew neil as a kid).

the 8' rims are a hoot.

Here's a gigantic 12-year-old basketball player absolutely destroying kids in a youth game

This kid sucks

 

[tlance]

Something like 20% of all 7 footers who are alive at any time play in the NBA. I read something like that.

Yep. Pretty good odds.

Especially when you consider it is like .00000001% of everyone under 6-5

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

Yep. Pretty good odds.

Especially when you consider it is like .00000001% of everyone under 6-5

7 footers are kind of like being a left handed pitcher. You can always find work

 

[tlance]

He's 12, which would be 6th grade, right?

Yes.

JV players are usually between 14-16. Some schools allow 8th graders to play JV, some don't. None around where I live allow anyone younger than 8th grade to play JV.

 

[tlance]

The 8ft rims have got to be part of the "Everyone Wins" movement.

8 foot rims are developmentally appropriate for children under 10. For 12 year olds it is a bit ridiculous.

But, I would argue that making 8 year olds play on 10 foot rims is worse than 12 year olds playing playing on 8 foot. The average kid under 10 isn't strong enough to shoot with good form on a 10 foot rim. SoMe are, most are not.

 

[cerealboi]

Yep. Send him up a level. It's not doing him any good to wax a bunch of midgets, he should be challenged by playing against older and hopefully more experienced players...a lot of which he will still have a height advantage over.

No shit. Have him at least play on some high school JV team.

 

[wlk3]

8 foot rims are developmentally appropriate for children under 10. For 12 year olds it is a bit ridiculous.

But, I would argue that making 8 year olds play on 10 foot rims is worse than 12 year olds playing playing on 8 foot. The average kid under 10 isn't strong enough to shoot with good form on a 10 foot rim. SoMe are, most are not.

I hated when my sons were 7-10 and they had to play on 10’ rims... 95% of the kids would just launch the ball with no form... my sons were mad I made them shoot from10’ or less but both have pretty good shooting form now...