lord nemesis
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I'd say middle school. At least for me that's when I gained a true appreciation of certain athletes and developed an analytical eye. That's also when I started playing sports myself so there's probably a correlation there
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lord nemesis;c-9692588 said:
I can see that. I had to think of what age I'd have a real sports convo with a kid at. If an 11-12 year old tried to have one with me right now, I probably wouldn't take him serious.
king hassan
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11-12 for me. And I was congnizant of Dr J when I was younger but wasn't watching like that
Valentinez A. Kaiser
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Yeah you've got to be 11-12 min in general.
That's also usually the age that you're playing said sport to the degree of understanding different positions, tactics, rules etc so the appreciation is there for witnessing greatness
That's also usually the age that you're playing said sport to the degree of understanding different positions, tactics, rules etc so the appreciation is there for witnessing greatness
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king hassan;c-9692612 said:
I'm like that with some players too. I remember watching them play. But I wouldn't say they were out there passing my eye test.
My eyes were hype for the power rangers movie, and Ninja Turtles: Secret of the ooze when Barry Sanders was out there embarrassing people...Not comparing the quality of him and E Smith's OL and supporting cast.
PanchoYoSancho
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bow to royalty;c-9692606 said:
This kid gotta be at least 13
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probably 13, that's when you start getting into high school sports, start learning the rules and recognizing the game better.
but with technology and 2k that age will probably drop, because kids can correlate a virtual image to a 90+ rating and understand and appreciate a player more.
but with technology and 2k that age will probably drop, because kids can correlate a virtual image to a 90+ rating and understand and appreciate a player more.
It just depends on how early you learn the concept of the game. For me it was hella early bcuz i come from a family that was heavy into sports. Had a uncle on the early 70's Steelers . So that team was a part of my childhood. Since i played football as early as PeeWee or Pop Warner league i knew what i was watching on tv.
Dr. J is the reason i became a Sixers and nba fan. Family was already taking us to Lakers games as a youngin but when I first saw Doc. I quickly became a huge fan. It was all i could think about. So i followed his career the best you could back then.
Dr. J is the reason i became a Sixers and nba fan. Family was already taking us to Lakers games as a youngin but when I first saw Doc. I quickly became a huge fan. It was all i could think about. So i followed his career the best you could back then.
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high school at the oldest. Also actually playing that sport gives you insight on how hard it is. Especially what constitutes talent. Talent is something that can be overlooked and sometimes mistaken for hustle. When you play a mfer with actual talent for the sport. You see it and understand what it means when everyone on the field or court has talent.
JJ Reddick has talent. Marshall Henderson played with hustle. JJ Reddick had to implement more hustle in his game to complement his true talent. Marshall Henderson was all hustle with no real NBA talent. That is why he is in Iraq and other third world countries playing.
JJ Reddick has talent. Marshall Henderson played with hustle. JJ Reddick had to implement more hustle in his game to complement his true talent. Marshall Henderson was all hustle with no real NBA talent. That is why he is in Iraq and other third world countries playing.
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playmaker88
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king hassan;c-9692612 said:
*Updated for my era*
The age is subjective IMO.
I would say once a person starts to understand the strategy and ruless of the games they are playing and watching. Take a coaches son for example. If they are around their father they are more than likely constantly soaking up game. So they would be able to recognize and understand things about said sport at a much earlier age than say a kid who just watching said sport cause it looks interesting even though they are the same age.
I think the worst sport out of all this is boxing. People watch boxing for years and still don't truly ever grasp an understanding of what they are looking at.
Also boxing is the only sport I know of where fans don't actually follow the rules set forth in how to score a fight. That is one of the reasons people get so many wild opinions about who won or lost a particular fight.
I would say once a person starts to understand the strategy and ruless of the games they are playing and watching. Take a coaches son for example. If they are around their father they are more than likely constantly soaking up game. So they would be able to recognize and understand things about said sport at a much earlier age than say a kid who just watching said sport cause it looks interesting even though they are the same age.
I think the worst sport out of all this is boxing. People watch boxing for years and still don't truly ever grasp an understanding of what they are looking at.
Also boxing is the only sport I know of where fans don't actually follow the rules set forth in how to score a fight. That is one of the reasons people get so many wild opinions about who won or lost a particular fight.
Tommy bilfiger
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13+.10 year olds can't understand sports like that.I have a nephew who is 10 and watches the nba and his favorite players are russ and curry cuz they are exciting to him.You think he can understand how flawed russ style of play is at age 10? Lol no
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Tommy bilfiger;c-9693973 said:
I'm with you on that. I think we as adults can forget what a 10 year old is like. They dunno much. At that age I think you're still too heavily influenced by who your friends and older folks around you (dad, uncles, cousins, etc.) think is nice. If I'm 10 and dad tells me players X is the shit, then that's what he is to me. And that gets burned into you, so you'll possibly always have that skewed view of them.
By high school though (about 13-14), I'll tell dad/unc/cousin he's wylin because I'm able to evaluate things better on my own.
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I'm skeptical on 10 because at that age you may not even understand some math concepts, let alone how to evaluate them. If you don't fully grasp averages, what does ppg, ypc, completion % mean to you? If you don't understand a small sample size can make averages unreliable you can't evaluate stats right. If you can't look at averages you can't compare players that didn't play the same number of games (from suspensions, injuries, etc).
Tommy bilfiger
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That marching band geek who celebrates whitey holidays and drinks draughts at delaware breweries tried to say he was watching kareem at age 5 FOH aint no 5 year old kid understanding sports.You got grown ass cheap seats posters who don't know shit.
Same apply with music.If you were 9-10 when tutu shakur and big died don't say you grew up in that era you a revisionist
Same apply with music.If you were 9-10 when tutu shakur and big died don't say you grew up in that era you a revisionist