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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
I know the football coach of a large local high school, he didn't play football until 10th grade and ended up playing receiver at a D1 college and was on an NFL roster until injury cut his career short. Excellent coach as well, they just won state last year. That's pure natural talent.
I think wrestling appeals to small guys, because they will only be matched up to guys of similar stature. That's not the case for most sports. One of my son's best friend is an excellent wrestler, he is a tiny kid. His dad was an excellent wrestler through high school, also not a very big guy. Having weight classes is a great equalizer.
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Understood on both points, just mentioning there may be other factors. (I actually logged in specifically to edit my comment about size - I'm not a doctor and there a likely many other factors that affect these athletes.) There are also several stories of HS basketball players that turn out to be very competitive football players in HS/college/pro; but, there are truly very few athletes that excel to that degree in multiple sports. After all, there is a reason Bo Jackson is so special.
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Originally Posted by jyl
The HS lists "Equestrian" too, but NFW am I going down that money pit . . .
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Good decision. I married into a family of horse owners, and they make the P-car look cheap.