Jake Dorn
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Coach Tony :
Baseball players are better at other sports than other athletes are at baseball
2026-08-27 22:05:34
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Samand Garrett :
An athlete can pick up any sport late
2026-08-27 17:13:06
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Jaclyn Evans•CPT :
If you're athletic I promise you can pick up any sport at any time. All these clubs want you to think it's too late, it's never too late.
2026-08-28 12:37:44
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danielyoza385 :
If you are 7” tall, have a long wingspan, can jump out of the gym, but only have average hand-eye coordination, high-level basketball will find a place for you. There are like 20 guys like this in the NBA. None of these guys could sniff being good at another sport.
2026-08-28 13:50:10
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jarrett_573 :
Tough to pickup basketball late unless you are a big guy whos athletic. The shorter you are the more skilled you have to be and it would be tough for a guard to pickup the sport late.
2026-08-28 17:21:01
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GeraldGLowe.htx :
If your kid is less naturally gifted, then yes they better start early. If your kid is a natural athlete, they can start at just about any age and with a certain amount of concentration and coaching can be competitive quickly. Travel ball and AAU are business models for profit, your favorite pro athletes from your childhood did neither and still became legendary. A good bit of the arguments are just parents defending their financial investments. The real reason why the kids can’t pick up some of the sports late is because soccer, baseball and AAU basketball all are gatekept through clubs and pay for play opportunities. If there were more rec leagues in these sports then more kids could start late.
2026-08-28 17:13:52
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Minethemuse :
My son is trying out this year as a freshman never played competitive. Does play football and baseball.
2026-08-28 19:17:09
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Spricegurl :
Nah, you can’t pick up basketball late anymore. If you don’t start playing by 7 or 8th grade it’s over.
2026-08-27 20:59:31
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kodacx2 :
I think starting your kids in gymnastics young sets a great foundation for any sport.
2026-08-28 12:55:27
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holiday :
You can pick up lacrosse late
2026-08-28 19:35:55
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Beth B :
My son didn’t play baseball until 8th grade. He started catching in 10th grade. Played varsity 9-11th grade (senior year was 2020)
2026-08-28 16:42:15
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tyusdurant :
I think soccer is hard to pick up late. Even good to average players usually start around 5. Most of us just aren’t used to doing skill things with feet.
2026-08-28 11:36:45
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user6123634959557 :
If you have a 6’5” and above - you can start your senior year… (exaggerating)…
2026-08-28 12:29:29
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jjki292 :
I was being a bit hyperbolic. I think for the average HS athlete (not counting outliers where a kid is extremely tall) it's way easier to pickup football your junior year compared to baseball and basketball. If you are like 6 ft tall and never dribbled or shot a ball it's going to be hard to contribute. You can contribute on the football field.
2026-08-27 16:09:26
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griffmama :
I dare say wrestling is one thats harder to get good at and be competitive starting late. Sure, you have those freak specimens that just figure it out, however thats the exception not the rule. Even professional mma fighters will tell you anyone can pick up striking fairly quick, but it takes years to learn ground work and grappling and actually be able to apply it on people who are also very well versed in grappling.
2026-08-27 19:28:51
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joshmcdonald410 :
my son never played a sport, started basketball at twelve and a half, played varsity at 14
2026-08-27 22:30:20
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RogueTherapist :
Skateboarding lessons made my already athletic kid so much stronger, total game changer for his other sports!
2026-08-28 11:21:05
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tomharris570 :
What their like plenty of famous nba players who never touched a basketball till senior year of high school ? Tim Duncan , Hakeem oljuwan
2026-08-28 20:06:00
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Melissa :
Gymnastics is definitely a sport you can’t pick up late.
2026-08-27 20:24:52
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My name is no :
Lorenzo Cain didn’t start baseball until high school. Athletes athlete.
2026-08-28 10:38:51
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Morgan Eickhoff :
Basketball is one of the few sports you can practice a lot of it with minimal money, equipment, space, or even other people. Obviously it’s still really hard to be greatly successful, but it has an advantage there over hockey or baseball or swimming.
2026-08-28 15:44:21
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MarthaEch._ :
My daughter ultimately chose to pursue Softball, but I’m convinced that her foundation on Gymnastics helped her overall athleticism. Her body awareness and her ability to adjust very quickly has made all the difference in her success.
2026-08-28 20:58:28
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LivingAGoodLife :
Baseball yes but basketball you absolutely can start later.
2026-08-28 20:09:39
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Ro-Z :
I started sports in my 40s. I'm killing it out there. Especially soccer.😁
2026-08-28 18:45:50
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Megan Gresham :
Technically any sport can be taken up late and kids should be encouraged to try a sport at any point. I think young youth should "try" as many sports as possible before specializing because they'll gain skills to translate to other sports
2026-08-28 19:25:00
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