Laughton remains top prospect in Philadelphia Flyers' 2014 Fall Top 20

[FlyTimmo]

I don't know. But some of these personal examples don't even seem possible. Like growing 8'' in 3 months doesn't seem physically possible. Even 11'' inches in an entire year seems pretty impossible.

 

[Appleyard]

I don't know. But some of these personal examples don't even seem possible. Like growing 8'' in 3 months doesn't seem physically possible. Even 11'' inches in an entire year seems pretty impossible.

A guy from my high school grew from ~5'9 to 6'6 in just over a year from age 16 to 17.

My little brother just grew 7 inches in a year from turning 12 to turning 13, 5ft to 5ft7 in a year...

5ft age 12 and 0 days is ~70th centile.
5ft7 age 13 and 0 days is ~95th centile.

My other younger brother grew about the same over the same age, from ~5ft2 to ~5ft9 then just grew an inch a year for the next 6 years.

They are the three biggest growth spurts I have seen from people close to me.

But 11 inches in a year is crazy!

 

[Flyerss]

that would be one of the biggest growth spurts ever recorded

1)16 inches - David Robinson -- Double Growth Spurt - 10 inches - 6 inches - 5'9 his junior year of high school and 6'7 his senior year and then 7'1 in Naval Academy. last spurt was at age 21.
2) 13 inches - Dwight Howard from 5'8″ to 6'9″ in one year.
3) 12 inches - Jeremy Lin 5'3″ to 6'3″ in his junior year.
4) 11 inches - Actor Kevin Costner grew from 5'2″, to 6'1″ from 18-20 yrs. old.
5) 10 inches - Manu Ginobili in late teens. 5'8″ to 6'6″ (in two years time).
6) 10 inches - Dennis Rodman -- From 5′ 9″ to 6′ 7″ around age 20, 1 years time.

 

[FlyTimmo]

My biggest spurt was only 5'' in one year going from 5'3'' to 5'8'' at 17 years old, and i have only grown 2'' since.

I wonder how uncoordinated I would feel if I grew 16inches like David Robinson.

 

[Embiid]

I'm surprised there hasn't been a "that's what she said" comment with all these "growth" spurt examples....

Anyway..Sanheim in that pic looks like a T ball player....

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

I actually shrunk one year.

 

[Legion of Gloom]

I actually shrunk one year.

I shrink every time I swim in the lake.

 

[Broad Street Elite]

I shrink every time I swim in the lake.

Sure.... blame the lake.

 

[Insulin]

Corey Pronman released his top 100 prospects for this season. Laughton, Hagg, and Sanheim made it in that order. None of them were in the top 70.

 

[onlylordsvsmorebp]

I'm surprised there hasn't been a "that's what she said" comment with all these "growth" spurt examples....

Anyway..Sanheim in that pic looks like a T ball player....

yeah he kinda looks like pronger in that picture....when chris was 9.

 

[Flyotes]

Yea same, I was 5'3" my sophomore year of highschool and was 6'1" at the start of my junior year. That summer was fun...the amount of shoes, clothes and food I went through? lol.

Been there. The summer of growth I went through 3 different wardrobes. Thankfully, I was lanky so my extra large shirts actually fit for awhile. I completely wasted family money on pairs of pants though.