hippesthippo wrote:DCasey91 wrote:Chet’s frame the only concern is from the knees down, waist up is actually fine. Last thing you want is to be top heavy for zero reason, Zingis did that and can’t play for any stretch of time. They have similar frames, Zingis worked out in the wrong area. Some sportsmen can’t afford to hold extra unnecessary weight. Giannis will probably get more knee issues as the years go on.
Take Conor for example, is a hypocrite on to himself talking about being nimble. At lightweight he’s actually mediocre but at feather dude was all time potential. His frame allowed him to be a big feather but certainly not a lightweight because he’s always had tank issues and a taxing fight style. His last say 4 fights I reckon he was well over 15 pounds too large.
I hope Chet takes up swimming for a long time. Adds a bunch stamina and for core/leg strength and it’ll be fine, much better for a 7ft guy, less joint concerns too vs lifting heavy.
It's crazy. Most ball players don't realize it, but if they were to swim instead of hoop the top players be would uber elite all-time swimmers. Same ideal body type.
off topic but this reminded me that once upon a time there was serious consideration, at least among media, about whether it would be a good idea to ban the talk players from nba to give smaller players a chance and they interviewed a lot of basketball coaches among others (SI has the article from back then for free onlin, is really old)
most disagreed, some actually agreed. others suggested rule changes that deprioritized height
but one of the interviewees thst made the best points was the one pointing out that in reality and contrary to what most people would think, nba giants or ultra long and lanki dudes were not actually built for most sports and it was actually shorter athletes who had the advantage in most of them
is actually true when you analize that basketball bodies are far from ideal for most disciplines and sports where more Compact (football, contact sports) or relatively shorter (soccer, gymnastics, some athletism disciplines) bodies and their better cordination and mobility give a bigger advantage than being 7 foot
that it would be unfair for all sports to be made for people 6'3 or shorter and not have anythingh for the really talk people to Excel at
it seemed to me a really great defense against the common criticism of basketball for being a excluyent game that is so much about height
i think basketball, swimming, volleyball are the sports that definitely help these kind of body types the most
although it has always been a wonder of me what really long players with good mobility like durant or giannis could do as soccer goalkeepers
