[Steve_Seattle]

"It’s like a little league pitcher who physically matures a little faster than his peers."

That happens a lot. Precocious physical maturity is mistaken for exceptional talent, and people are fooled.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Precocious physical maturity is mistaken for exceptional talent

So much for my success with the ladies in High School.... :(

[snarkybob]

“That happens a lot. Precocious physical maturity is mistaken for exceptional talent, and people are fooled.”

I remember that from my own teenage years.
I wasn’t an athlete but in my small hometown the star athletes has an unrealistic sense of their own abilities.

I knew several that got scholarships to small colleges and couldn’t cut it.
Sadly most of those didn’t finish with their education. They really thought they were going to be pro athletes.