I always stan rowing because it can't be started as a child. Boats don't scale down properly so you can't become a rower until you've grown tall enough. Some people take to it more quickly, some are more naturally athletic, but nobody's better because they started at 5 years old.
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The American approach of specializing early means they would dominate the junior Olympics. But the Soviets with stronger fundamentals would dominate the senior-level Olympics (talking weightlifting specifically). This might not be historically true, but it's thematically true.
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I wonder how much it matters that we're specializing kids before we know what the optimal sport is for their body and build. I'm guessing a lot.
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I sort of know that feel. The year ahead of me in high school had eight elite guys in the boat, two of whom made the national/olympic team. Their shoes were physically and metaphorically too huge to fill.
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My year wasn't even terrible, a few of us had strong collegiate careers and one made the olympic team, but we were nothing like the year before us.
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