I was basketball shoe shopping for my son last
night.So the first thing we did was have his feet
measured and the salesman said he is a size 10,but
to buy a 10 and a 1/2.Well I was surprised to say the least(his baseball cleats are a nine bought in
September)the milestone here is I wear a 10 & 1/2.
My son is 10 y/o in the 5th grade and he wears the
same size shoes as me.He is tall like his mom`s
family 5`1`` 105 pounds,I am a white Kirby Puckett.
Just wondering if other parents have similar experiences.

P.S. I am not bragging or complaining RJM/TG

You know what they say about men with big feet, right?



Big shoes.

My son is 12 and wears an 11 1/2. He is 5' 8" 145lbs. I am a size 12...so he should be passing me shortly....I'm 6' tall and the dr's say he should top out at 6' 3" or more....great size for a left handed pitcher...lmao!!!

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Originally posted by ECTBDAD:
I am a white Kirby Puckett.
Just wondering if other parents have similar experiences.

P.S. I am not bragging or complaining RJM/TG

Shoe size doesn't mean a thing. How tall is your wife really mean something. Even you are like Kirby Puckett, that may not matters if your Dad is as tall as Randy Johnson. There's genetic nature involved in this. For your son's Chromosome, it has one X from your wife, and Y gene from you. It matters which one is the tall stature Gene, and which one is positively expressed. Your wife has two X from her parents, thus if your wife's BOTH parents are tall, it's very likely the X in your son is a tall Gene, that may positively expressed over your short Y gene in your son. As a result you son could be very tall. Much taller than you when he grows up.

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How tall is your wife really mean something. Even you are like Kirby Puckett, that may not matters if your Dad is as tall as Randy Johnson.

Not necessarily. I am 5'4", husband is 6', My parents were not tall.

My son started his freshman year as 5'7" and as a senior is now 6'3" with a 13 1/2 shoe.

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Originally posted by playersmom:

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How tall is your wife really mean something. Even you are like Kirby Puckett, that may not matters if your Dad is as tall as Randy Johnson.

Not necessarily. I am 5'4", husband is 6', My parents were not tall.

My son started his freshman year as 5'7" and as a senior is now 6'3" with a 13 1/2 shoe.

you don't understand my post, hey, your husband is 6', your son can be 6'3'' easily. My post is to the kirby Puckett Dad who wonder why his kid is big. Your son must has your husband's tall Y gene positively expressed over your short Gene. Is that hard to understand?

StarDad,
YOU are hard to understand.

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Is that hard to understand?

No need to be so testy, I was just giving my scenario

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Originally posted by emeraldvlly:
StarDad,
YOU are hard to understand.

Well, read some Molecular Biology and Genetic book, you will know my post is the easiest language of Genetic to understand.

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Originally posted by playersmom:

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Is that hard to understand?

No need to be so testy, I was just giving my scenario

Sorry, I should chose my wording better next time.

EC ...

I've been wearing my son's hand me downs since he hit size 10 1/2. My son was wearing size 12's when he was 5'4". We called him Bollo after the inflatibles that are bottom heavy and can't be knocked over. He recently grew five inches in five months. The pediatrician projects between 6'1" and 6'4". I'm 6'1". Mom is 5'8". His sister is 5'10". His uncles and grandfathers are all 6'2" and 6'3".

I asked our pediatrician about a wive's tale I heard. She said it's more likely to be accurrate than inaccurate. A boy will be 6-8 inches taller than this his mother providing his father isn't abnormally out of the range.

But then, go figure. A 6'1" friend has a 5'8" brother. The 5'8" was in reasonable range of the parents. There was also tall aunt on his mother's side.

Red Sox ...

My son is naturally lefthanded. Too bad we taught him how to throw righthanded before he started showing a hand preference at age five. He started throwing at age two at his sister's softball practices. I did teach both kids to bat left assuming a genetic inheritance of speed (mother ran track and faster than dad relative to gender).

At fourteen, he's asked to learn to throw lefty. But with high school academics and playing three sports, all with their off season requirements there isn't time.

RJM:
Exactly, You can't be hundred percent sure about the genetic stature. A lot of changing factors involved. So the safest way to chose a wife or husband and wish your kid grow taller is to do a Genetic map of three generation of her or him. And you still have to make sure the tall gene got positively expressed not depressed by some other factor like Malnutrition,drinking, smoking, or drug use...etc.

stardad

Another poster asked this and you never answered so I will ask it again

How is it in one post you write as if you are illiterate and in another you almost sound intelligent?


GO TROLL !!!

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Originally posted by TRhit:
stardad

Another poster asked this and you never answered so I will ask it again

How is it in one post you write as if you are illiterate and in another you almost sound intelligent?


GO TROLL !!!

TROLL! That's where midgets come from.

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Originally posted by TRhit:
stardad

Another poster asked this and you never answered so I will ask it again

How is it in one post you write as if you are illiterate and in another you almost sound intelligent?


GO TROLL !!!

TRhit: Please don't follow me, I thought your son already gradated from HS. If you like use the word "troll" then so be it.
well, what ever you say, I will just give my thought on the topic of my own interest.
When I was a Kid, I went to a science show. There is a machine to test people's reaction time. It's like a very old fashioned video car game. It works this way. When you see green light, you use your feet hit the gas paddle and hold on it, and when it changes to red light, you hit the break paddle. I scored the highest score possible. It called something like "Supper fast reaction" while others only scored "average" or "good." I was very proud of myself. Although it's like testing the feet and eye coordination, I think it is much more harder compare to the hand and eye coordination. So I want someone to design a machine, which can test baseball players hand and eye coordination combine with the strength and accuracy of their hitting. Thus future minor league player will know if they are major league bound before they commit all their life into it. I hate to brag, but my son inherent my fast reaction brain power and he is an athelet. He will be a great player in four years. Believe it or not, I will tell you the result in the year 2011. No more bragging for me from now on. I don't want talk to you "going pro" thread people anymore. So I come to the "pre-high school" thread here. Because I still have four years to enjoy my son's high school time. I don't want talk to you "internet bully" until 2011.

Does everyone remember the saying "It takes two to dance?"

Well... I can't dance but I can punch and kick like a mule! I think my grandson inherit this gift, he always seem to be kicking and punching.(10 weeks)
My 13 is about 5'9 and weighs 130, wears 11's,can grab a 10' hoop and wastes 3 hrs a day on a skate board.
His grandfather wears a 13 and his buddy a 7.

I believe the stuff my son (14yo) does on a skateboard adds to his agility and balance. He gave up most of the skateboarding this year after smacking a moving car using his board to get into the town center rather than ride his bike. He only does agility stuff in the driveway now.

Star dad with all of you accolades and insight why are you on a high school website. Go find a cure for some diesease and be constructive. Your posts here provide no insight, just entertainment.

I'm 5'9" and my wife is 5'6". But we're among the shortest members of our families. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law are both taller than me (5'11" each). There are a bunch of people over 6' tall on both sides of our families. Even knowing that, when our pediatrician told me a couple years ago that our oldest son (who was under 5' at the time) should be 6'1" to 6'3", I was still taken aback. Now at 13, he's about 5'8" and wears a size 12 extra wide shoe. I wear a 9 1/2 or 10 depending on the brand.

So even if you're short, if you have some tall people in your genetic history your kids have a shot at being taller than you.