Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
No the kid who was the stud in 8th grade was the early bloomer and looked head and shoulders above everyone else. This is so true in so many cases. Seen it time and time again. And when other kids catch up in regards to growth and puberty it's a different story.


I've had different experieneces. The 8th grade varsity pull-ups I know may have dipped a year (sophomore slumps - it happens) but in my experience are still the top kids in the class . Not to say others in other peoples experience it is different but you say time and time again I don't see time and time again.


This wouldn't be a problem if only the handful of 8th grade studs brought up to varsity were the ones being recruited early. The issue here is that every single college commit these days is being recruited/committed early.