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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have really tough try out teams by this age. I’m curious what impact size had on kids ability to stand out. [/quote] Tall and stronger kids will generally get selected for most sports in middle school over shorter weaker kids. The coaches want to win and they are looking for kids who can impact the sport. We have a taller stronger girl on our soccer team. She has terrible footwork and poor passing abilities, but at times she just runs through players. She does not play the whole game, but I am sure she was selected over a shorter weaker player for her size alone. Coaches pick kids tased on potential also, they often think they can train and condition the bigger athletes to get them to fill a specific roll. These are just athletic principles in general. They apply more in middle school than at the youth level when there are often vast size differences between kids. [/quote]
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