I don't really think it'd be correct to say it's 100% a question of maturity and nothing else. Things like genes, nutrition and health are examples of factors that could be playing a part. Loads of things contribute to a child even getting the chance to start playing a sport, which is a requirement for them to be good at it. To reduce all that down to differences in "maturity" is a bit simplistic in my mind.
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I don't really think it'd be correct to say it's 100% a question of maturity and nothing else. Things like genes, nutrition and health are examples of factors that could be playing a part. Loads of things contribute to a child even getting the chance to start playing a sport, which is a requirement for them to be good at it. To reduce all that down to differences in "maturity" is a bit simplistic in my mind.