HS sports for small girls

[Anonymous]

5’3”, 105lbs, good speed, strong core and limbs, 5+ years of experience playing lax. She wants to stop playing lax and try something new. Any suggestions other than XC and track? TIA

The following have been ruled out.
Swimming, soccer, basketball, softball - no interest
Volleyball - too short?
Crew - too short/light?
Tennis - not into competitive tennis

[Anonymous]

Field hockey?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5’3”, 105lbs, good speed, strong core and limbs, 5+ years of experience playing lax. She wants to stop playing lax and try something new. Any suggestions other than XC and track? TIA

The following have been ruled out.
Swimming, soccer, basketball, softball - no interest
Volleyball - too short?
Crew - too short/light?
Tennis - not into competitive tennis

Crew - don't have to rule it out due to her height or weight - 5'3 is not too short and there's lightweight class. But it's nothing like lax so she might find it boring

[Anonymous]

She would be very small even as a lightweight rower. I was going straight to coxswain.

[Anonymous]

field hockey
poms
fencing
horseback riding (if they have a team, otherwise on her own)

Independent of her school
kayaking
rock climbing

[Anonymous]

Thank you all. I am going to discuss with her on the above. Rock climbing sounds very interesting as she is naturally good at it and loves to play at those indoor parks.

[Anonymous]

Look at your high school’s sports website and see what is listed. Depending on her current age she may be behind in skills but quite a few sports really do not kick in until early teen years.

[Anonymous]

I know short, athletic girls playing every sport in highschool. This is not elite level sports. If you are a good athlete and aggressive, you will make a team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know short, athletic girls playing every sport in highschool. This is not elite level sports. If you are a good athlete and aggressive, you will make a team.

+1. My best friend in high school played four years of varsity basketball as a point guard at that height. We had a decent team, too. Athleticism, personality, good fundamental skills, and good knowledge of the game are enough in high school.

[Anonymous]

cheerleading?

[Anonymous]

Coxswain- if she likes to yell at people, she could be great.

[Anonymous]

She's not too small for crew. She could cox and/or row.

What about badminton or squash, or would they fall in the same category as tennis?

Golf?

[Anonymous]

So many good ideas! Thank you! She is interested in crew and rock climbing. Neither of us have any idea about those sports though, so we’ll google and YouTube it first.

[Anonymous]

She’s been to top golf a few times. Not her thing. Badminton, ping pong, tennis all in her fun-to-do category. Not sure she’s flexible enough to do cheerleading. Know absolutely nothing about squash but we’ll check it out.

[Anonymous]

My small DD (under 5ft) is really good at field hockey.