I hope he's not the next kid who gets hyped to an extreme and ends up with a ton of unnecessary pressure on his shoulders. He's incredibly talented. Though I do wonder how much he's pushed by his parents...
I hope he's not the next kid who gets hyped to an extreme and ends up with a ton of unnecessary pressure on his shoulders. He's incredibly talented. Though I do wonder how much he's pushed by his parents...
I agree. The pressure can be a lot at that age. I’ve talked to his parents and they seem to be focusing on the long term and bend over backwards to not push him and let him decide how much he wants to do, but the external pressure gets to a lot of kids.
To the OP, I saw he ran a 9:53 2-mile. New 11 year old word record.
I hope he's not the next kid who gets hyped to an extreme and ends up with a ton of unnecessary pressure on his shoulders. He's incredibly talented. Though I do wonder how much he's pushed by his parents...
I agree. The pressure can be a lot at that age. I’ve talked to his parents and they seem to be focusing on the long term and bend over backwards to not push him and let him decide how much he wants to do, but the external pressure gets to a lot of kids.
To the OP, I saw he ran a 9:53 2-mile. New 11 year old word record.
His father, Chris, went 1:54/4:15/9:19 in high school in California. He's now a Superior Court Judge.