Kid Athletes by David Stabler

Author:David Stabler [Stabler, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-59474-823-3
Publisher: Quirk Books
Published: 2015-11-17T05:00:00+00:00

The crowd fell silent. And to make matters worse, the next boy in line sank his shot underhanded.

Even close to the basket, Yao found it hard to heave the ball into the hoop. He was tall but also skinny as a noodle. Smaller kids pushed him out of the way, and his friends used to joke that his bony arms looked like chopsticks. After one or two trips down the court, Yao often ran out of steam.

When Yao was twelve, his mother took him to meet a famous Chinese basketball coach. The coach took one look at how Yao walked and immediately dismissed him. He told her that Yao would never be good at basketball because his arms were too scrawny and his butt was too big! He simply did not look graceful enough to be a good athlete. It was a very difficult conversation.

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