Deadspin:
Here we have a highlight reel brimming with the exploits of Olivier Rioux, a 12-year-old basketball player who is said to stand at 6 feet and 9 inches. Since most 12-year-olds are not 6-foot-9, you can probably guess how this is going to go for Rioux’s poor opponents.
I was 6’1″ as a 12-year-old and played on those rims. I had a blast destroying the other kids in my school. Deadspin did their math wrong. The kid isn’t 6’9″ – he’s 6’11”. Not that it makes much of a difference here.
Dang.
🙂 I was 6’4″ at 13 so I can only imagine how this kid dominates
In Australia, our rugby league junior comps are being swamped by massive 12yr old Fijians, Tongans and Samoans. The poor anglo kids are getting trampled.
As such, many of the comps have gone from age divisions to weight divisions. The downside is young kids are now playing with older kids. They have the size but not the skills to match it with the older kids.
Not sure what the happy medium is.