Absolutely Amazing Young Athlete

[Yankees338]

[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=00JYgC7pYWs"]YouTube - Young Basketball Phenom[/ame]

Simply amazing. What an athlete...

His work ethic is amazing. And I'm a pretty decent basketball player, but I guarantee that kid would whoop me one-on-one.

 

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[royemunson]

great video. I used to do all these drills in high school which taught me my work ethic and my discipline - not to mention I became pretty good.

I met a 6 year old at a Xavier U camp in cincy one time that could do ball drills that were harlem globetrotter like.

this brings me to an idea that i've been thinking about...

a social network site for high school and prodigy athletes to post their
resumes and videos for colleges.

i went to a small school and so do many others and am convinced that there's
a lot of unseen talent out there. hell larry bird was small town right?

Joe

 

[Russ H]

Very inspirational.

I s*ck at hoops, so I really can appreciate what this kid can do.

My jaw hit the floor when I saw his dribbling practice.

But then it just kept getting better-- a soon to be world record holder in the mile?

What an amazing kid.

I wish nothing but the best for him-- especially health and lack of injuries!

-Russ H.

 

[andviv]

"he does it over and over until it's second nature, until it's like breathing"

hmmm great advice here. If I can make financial analysis for deals "like breathing" I know I will be in a better financial shape.

He is just A M A Z I N G ! ! ! ! ! ! !

 

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[Yankees338]

great video. I used to do all these drills in high school which taught me my work ethic and my discipline - not to mention I became pretty good.

I met a 6 year old at a Xavier U camp in cincy one time that could do ball drills that were harlem globetrotter like.

this brings me to an idea that i've been thinking about...

a social network site for high school and prodigy athletes to post their
resumes and videos for colleges.

i went to a small school and so do many others and am convinced that there's
a lot of unseen talent out there. hell larry bird was small town right?

Joe

I've seen some services -- I'm not sure if they were social networks or just scouting registries -- advertised on Facebook and in a few other places that offer a similar service for young athletes. I'm kinda skeptical about most of them, though, but I've still considered signing up for a few (for baseball). Most services like that are expensive, but maybe a social networking site that basically just got athletes' names out there would work? They could post videos and contact info, I guess. Maybe more? There's gotta be a way to keep the information credible, though.

Anyway, good idea! Rep+++

 

[Yankees338]

great video. I used to do all these drills in high school which taught me my work ethic and my discipline - not to mention I became pretty good.

I met a 6 year old at a Xavier U camp in cincy one time that could do ball drills that were harlem globetrotter like.

this brings me to an idea that i've been thinking about...

a social network site for high school and prodigy athletes to post their
resumes and videos for colleges.

i went to a small school and so do many others and am convinced that there's
a lot of unseen talent out there. hell larry bird was small town right?

Joe

Very inspirational.

I s*ck at hoops, so I really can appreciate what this kid can do.

My jaw hit the floor when I saw his dribbling practice.

But then it just kept getting better-- a soon to be world record holder in the mile?

What an amazing kid.

I wish nothing but the best for him-- especially health and lack of injuries!

-Russ H.

hmmm great advice here. If I can make financial analysis for deals "like breathing" I know I will be in a better financial shape.

He is just A M A Z I N G ! ! ! ! ! ! !

I agree. His work ethic is probably the most impressive part of all of this. If it's true that he really does this ALL on his own, without much pushing from his father, then that is truly, truly amazing.

 

[carlhuber]

Am I being a downer by pointing out that he's one of the shortest kids pictured on the team of fifth graders (near the end of the video)? Not saying his drive and ambition are anything short of amazing but you have to be aware of the realities of your situation. Will he realistically make it, regardless of how good his dribbling skills are?

I know a guy can make a lot of scratch in basketball but I wonder if a kid that fast might be better suited towards lacrosse with ball quick hands and quick feet like that if he doesn't have the height.

Again, not being a downer. I'm just saying two things factor into every success story:
1) ambition, heart, luck, drive
2) reality of resources

I'm 6'3" - doesn't mean I'd make a good basketball player.

 

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[Yankees338]

Am I being a downer by pointing out that he's one of the shortest kids pictured on the team of fifth graders (near the end of the video)? Not saying his drive and ambition are anything short of amazing but you have to be aware of the realities of your situation. Will he realistically make it, regardless of how good his dribbling skills are?

I know a guy can make a lot of scratch in basketball but I wonder if a kid that fast might be better suited towards lacrosse with ball quick hands and quick feet like that if he doesn't have the height.

Again, not being a downer. I'm just saying two things factor into every success story:
1) ambition, heart, luck, drive
2) reality of resources

I'm 6'3" - doesn't mean I'd make a good basketball player.

I noticed that when I watched the first time, too. However, his strengths are his quickness and his ball-handling skills. Who is the ball-handler? The point-guard, who is the shortest one on the floor 99% of the time.

Even if he only ends up being 5'10", he'll be fine with all of those handles and that quickness. I would understand and agree with your concern if he was dominating at his age down low, but he was small, but I don't think it's that significant for what he would be if he makes it somewhere.

And his dad looked like he was around 6'0", which would be more than okay for an NBA PG.

 

[bigmako]

Am I being a downer by pointing out that he's one of the shortest kids pictured on the team of fifth graders (near the end of the video)? Not saying his drive and ambition are anything short of amazing but you have to be aware of the realities of your situation. Will he realistically make it, regardless of how good his dribbling skills are?

I know a guy can make a lot of scratch in basketball but I wonder if a kid that fast might be better suited towards lacrosse with ball quick hands and quick feet like that if he doesn't have the height.

Again, not being a downer. I'm just saying two things factor into every success story:
1) ambition, heart, luck, drive
2) reality of resources

I'm 6'3" - doesn't mean I'd make a good basketball player.

I truly enjoy this video! Just goes to show you that these are the next Michael Jordans, Kobe Bryants, and Lebron James.

As for the size issue as stated earlier; did we forget who Spudd Webb was?

 

[biophase]

I noticed that when I watched the first time, too. However, his strengths are his quickness and his ball-handling skills. Who is the ball-handler? The point-guard, who is the shortest one on the floor 99% of the time.

He's only 9 years old. Growth spurts can happen any time. I'm hope his dad gets him the proper nutrition with all that working out. I was 4'9" my freshman year in high school. :smxF: I'm 5'11" now. whew...

 

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[biophase]

BTW, have you guys seen this video?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ls_MdlSXQ"]YouTube - WonderGirl CARLY Flag Football[/ame]

 

[Yankees338]

BTW, have you guys seen this video?

YouTube - WonderGirl CARLY Flag Football

Looks like the basis for a Disney Movie...

...mad skillz, though.

 

[bigmako]

Maybe the Patriots should have recruited her!

YOU THINK?

 

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[Russ H]

Incredible.

I particularly love the slo-mos, when you can see how amazingly agile and nimble she is.

Wow.

-Russ H. (a writer by trade, reduced to a blithering idiot in the presence of such greatness).

 

[snowbank]

great video. I used to do all these drills in high school which taught me my work ethic and my discipline - not to mention I became pretty good.

I met a 6 year old at a Xavier U camp in cincy one time that could do ball drills that were harlem globetrotter like.

this brings me to an idea that i've been thinking about...

a social network site for high school and prodigy athletes to post their
resumes and videos for colleges.

i went to a small school and so do many others and am convinced that there's
a lot of unseen talent out there. hell larry bird was small town right?

Joe

there's a bunch of services like that out there. i've thought of doing something like that as well, except obviously tweaking it so it's different/better than the other services out there for that. haven't really put a lot of thought into it in a while since i've been too busy playing poker, but have some ideas that could make it better than what's out there. if you wanna chat about it hit me up sometime; one of my majors was sports management(business of sports) and a friend and I in the program almost bought into a company who was doing that when we were graduating.

 

[snowbank]

He's only 9 years old. Growth spurts can happen any time. I'm hope his dad gets him the proper nutrition with all that working out. I was 4'9" my freshman year in high school. :smxF: I'm 5'11" now. whew...

In 8th grade I was 5'8" and waiting for my growth spurt so I could get to the NBA. I'm now 25 and I'm 5'8".:nonod: Still waiting for that growth spurt to help me get to the pros

 

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[PEERless]

Wasn't anyone else creeped out by his dull stare? "Look into my eyes as I mesmerize you with my dexterity..."