My son plays in the circuit around DSM and Beyond Ball is one of the teams included in these tournaments. Now my son is only a 7th grader, but we see a lot of 8th grade teams playing on the next court over. It is not unusual to see a player on each of these teams at the 8th grade level that are already 6’4”. Mostly, their coordination is still “catching up” to their bodies...
But 6’9”?!! Wow. Hope to see him at one of the upcoming tournaments.
There is another kid my 6’0” son played against who had that look, too. He plays on Iowa Elite’s team as a 7th grader and is 6’4”. He plays “up” on their 8th grade team, too. Don’t know much about him, yet, except that he just arrived in town from Chicago. He can really play. When I first saw him I was hoping he was on Elite’s High school aged team...
If I get any more info about these kids, I will report back.