Why How We Select Young Sporting Talent Is Probably All Wrong
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The Difference Between Growth and Mature in a 14-Year-Old
During puberty you can have a range of six years in terms of biological age or skeletal age. That's the spread. And that's profound right because now you're a parent listening to this with a 12-year-old who's playing sports against 15-year-olds but yours might be biologically nine. Meanwhile you've got three years to make up on your pet. So it's relatively quick, non-invasive and gives a decent estimate but it's still new but from what I've seen it looks very useful.
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