Imagine you’re an elite athlete.
You’ve spent almost your entire life training to develop your skills and fitness.
A lifetime of determination, sacrifice and discipline in the hopes of reaching the pinnacle
of talent and physical prowess, only to be beaten... by a child.
Unfair as it’s hilarious, some people are just born with freakish natural abilities.
While most of us can take years or decades to learn a new complex skill, there’s a
tiny army of kids that seem to master expert-level-talents without breaking a sweat.
I wouldn’t challenge any of the kids we’re about to see.
Ready to meet them?
Lets get it on!
BUNCHIE YOUNG You may have seen 12-year-old Bunchie Young
around recently.
He’s not just popular on YouTube and Instagram because of his sometimes-bleached afro-mullet.
Bunchie’s fast – like really fast.
I know what you’re thinking.
As if you couldn’t outrun a kid?
Well last year, Bunchie broke a decade long world record for the 100-yard dash in 10-year-old
boy’s division at a blistering time of 12.4.
The most impressive part?
He was only 9!
He’s not just a running star however.
Bunchie’s very quickly becoming a prodigy on the football field.
He burns his opponents for speed whether he’s running the ball at halfback, catching the
ball at receiver or knocking down opponents on defence.
But God-given talent is not enough – he trains 6 days a week with a specialty coach
to prepare him for his future career in Football.
He’s formed a mentor-like relationship with Tennessee Titans cornerback Adoree Jackson
– who rose up as a similarly unique young talent.
He was named Sport Illustrated sports kid of the year back in 2017, however his big
break came last year when he featured in a Super-Bowl commercial with NFL star players.
He had to keep it top secret, even telling his friends he was away shooting a commercial
for mayonnaise!
Bunchie’s got some high ambitions, he wants to be the youngest ever track and field gold
medallist – and then start his NFL journey.
Could this kid be the NFL’s next GOAT?
TILUCK KEISAM I don’t really mind being beaten by this
next kid.
I’ve never really been able to roller-skate, limbo seems painful and doing the splits?
Forget about it!
Somehow, this kid managed to master all three before his eighth birthday.
Introducing Indian sensation Tilukc Keisam.
This little master set a new limbo skating world record, and he’s only 7!
He skated a total distance of 524 feet under bars that were less than 10 inches from the
ground – smashing the old record by 165 feet!
This becomes even more impressive when you consider he only took the sport up 2 years
ago.
Since then though, he’s spent 7 hours a day practicing!
No time for toys then, huh?
When you think about how much this kid has achieved already, it really makes you think…
What am I doing with my life?
JUJU NODA Japan is known for its unique culture, sushi,
and a love for high- powered performance vehicles.
There’s also an emphasis on honouring family traditions so when Juju Noda got her first
car at age 3, she was just following in her father’s footsteps.
Her father had been a competitive racer, competing in the F1, Indycar and Super GT rallies.
By age 9, Juju was test-driving F4 machines – breaking the lap record at Okayama Raceway
a year later.
As she got older she would test-drive higher powered F3’s while dominating local karting
rallies.
She’s set to make her debut in the Danish F4 championships this year – that’s 24
races!
She also has lofty ambitions.
Sure there are female F1 drivers – but none have ever tasted gold at the top of the podium.
Juju wants to be the first.
Don’t let her cute innocence fool you – she will leave you in her dust without batting
an eyelid.
TIMA KULESHOV Sometimes you’re just born with natural
talent, a unique blend of fearlessness, superhuman balance, and Ukrainian heritage.
This 4-year-old youngster Alex Kuleshov possesses seemingly supernatural abilities that far
exceed his short time on Earth.
Let’s run a little timeline here, stay with me; this boy's astonishing prowess with anything
on two wheels has to be seen to be believed.
At age 1 his parents bought him his first strider-type bike.
Not super impressive, I mean I had one of these as a kid his age.
Fast forward less than a year – he’s on a pushbike with pedals.
He would have been riding sooner, but his little feet couldn’t reach the pedals.
He graduated to a mini-motorbike at two and a half, and is now racing in motorcycle competitions.
He’s unmatched amongst his peers, head and shoulders above children in his own age group.
Tima also loves to ski and bounce on the trampoline but bikes are definitely his passion, his
fastest goes a whopping 45mph!
This kid surely has a bright future, I mean at 4 years old, kids are only just getting
the hang of being coordinated.
MAXIM REZNICHENKO Prodigy isn’t a word you should throw around
often, but I’ll let you be the judge.
5-year-old Maxim Reznichenko is a kid with a mission, and that mission is to be the best.
The best at what you ask?
Well judging by his long list of hobbies – everything!
Maxim has already mastered BMX and motocross, quad snowmobiling, hover boarding, jet skiing,
skating, free-running, gymnastics, climbing, parkour, swimming and trampolining.
Are we sure he’s not just a pint-sized Terminator in training for Judgement Day?
His parents claim that they even knew he would be an athlete before he was born.
Maxim mastered skiing at the age of one and a half years old!
While you and I were struggling to even stay upright at one and a half – this pint-sized
freak of nature was carving down the slopes with the grace of an Olympic skier.
When asked what he wants to be when he grows up, Maxim is adamant that he wants to be a
superhero.
I’d say judging by his range of skills he’s mastered by the age of five, he might just
achieve that goal!
Let’s just all be glad he’s chosen to use his powers for good, the last thing we
need is a super-strong mini villain!
KADEN GALATIUK This 9-year-old gained the attention of the
NHL after posting a viral video of himself training
for his chosen sport of ice hockey, balancing on a board while working on stickhandling.
The very next day, the NHL reached out to him because they wanted the hockey world to
know about this future star.
Kaden Galatiuk has been playing hockey for 7 years – ever since he was just 2 years
old.
I definitely wasn’t thinking about a future sporting career as a toddler, but I suppose
that’s why I’m not in his position in the spotlight right now.
His father is a former professional hockey player, and after seeing Kaden’s talent
and drive for the sport, he built him a miniature hockey rink in the backyard for him to train
and hone his skills.
It’s pretty safe to say that it’s probably one of the only home hockey rinks in his home
state of Texas! Kaden’s viral video has already had millions of views and has been
reposted by major sporting companies and networks.
He’s also had other kids reach out to him about their own drills and training regimes,
hoping to get some tips and tricks from this budding Wayne Gretzky.
QUE JIANYU The Rubik’s cube.
It really is the gift you buy someone you don’t really like, however I don’t think
this Chinese 13-year old will agree with you on that.
Que Jianyu is very likely the most insane Rubik’s Cube whizz you’ve never heard
of.
How great is he?
How about the fastest solution while hanging upside down at 15.84 seconds.
Want another one?
It took him just 96.39 seconds to solve 3 cubes simultaneously using both hands and
feet.
Don’t believe me?
Take a look at this!
But wait, wait, wait…
I can top that.
Last year he appeared on a Chinese television show and solved 3 cubes while juggling them
in the air.
Colour me impressed, I usually just cheat and move the stickers!
PJ BALL When you hear competitive cup stacking, does
that sound easy to you?
How hard could stacking cups be?
Well it turns out, stacking them super-fast is actually extremely difficult.
11-year-old PJ Ball is already a celebrity in the world of sport stacking – yes it’s
a thing.
He’s been featured on national TV and has more
championship medals than I have participation Trophies.
Competitive stacking is all about speed – while stacking and making formations with a
number of cups without knocking them over.
You need a steady hand to master this sport, and he has some of the steadiest in the business.
He took up the unique sport at just 7.
In the 4 short years that followed, he turned the hobby into a family business – with
both mum and dad coming along for his national
tours and demonstrations around the US.
He’s also a member of the World Sport Stacking Association and has competed with the
American national team.
In 2017, PJ competed in the Junior Olympics in Houston, where he
claimed yet another medal to add to his expanding collection.
JAMIE ADDISON If you’re anything like most kids, you loved
to go jetting down the street on your scooter any chance you could get.
But I’ll bet you never mastered some of the high flying tricks that this pint-sized
kamikaze can pull off with ease.
Jamie Addison got his first scooter from his father at age 9.
By age 11, yes you heard that right - just two years later, he was already outperforming
the adults in this extreme sport.
Back in 2012, the 11-year-old was making headlines, being labelled the whizz kid of the scooter
world, showing off some of the impressive tricks he had mastered, including 360s and
backflips – which he’s dubbed his signature move.
Fast forward to 2019, 18-year-old Jamie was taking the world by storm, finishing fourth
in the FISE Action Sports Festival in Montpellier – one of the most prestigious events in
the sport.
Somewhat a local celebrity in his hometown of Eastbourne in the UK, Jamie has amassed
an impressive Instagram following of over 51 thousand, where he shares his latest tricks
and manoeuvres.
He’s even scored a sponsorship with Root Industries, a leading scooter brand, with
this own signature collection of scooters and accessories.
CHASE CARRERA Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo, David Beckham
– all names that come to mind when you think of soccer, right?
Well commit this next name to memory, because this kid is sure to become a household name
in the not too distant future.
Chase Carrera is a 10-year-old Massachusetts local with dreams of taking the soccer world
by storm.
Except he already is!
In 2018, Chase competed in one of the largest international junior soccer tournaments in
the world, travelling to Spain as part of the Massachusetts squad.
How many adults can say they’ve played representative soccer in Europe?
His trainers are already predicting that Chase will make the national US soccer team within
the next 10 years.
And the youngster has big goals for himself too – he wants his name to be synonymous
with the sport.
But Chase understands that he can’t get there without a strong training regime.
He loves to train – he would do it all the time if he didn’t wear out his coaches so
quickly!