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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sisters and I are all under 5'5" and we all played varsity sports in high school and college.  Don't let your daughter's stature deter her from pursuing a sport she loves.

A few suggestions:

sports where short girls can compensate for their height disadvantage with speed and agility:  tennis, soccer (think Megan Klingenerg), basketball (point guard)

sports where short girls have an advantage:  gymnastics, diving, cross-country

sports where you have to be short:  crew -- coxswain!![/quote]

I wouldn’t really worry about height in any way until she is around 12/13 in the sense that if she was quite short and loved basketball and soccer, I might gently steer toward soccer. I say this because I have a short 12yo DS who loves basketball and baseball..we are willing to pay for travel baseball but have steered him toward rec basketball for now. He is not going to be tall. If he really wants to play travel basketball in a year, we will revisit. [/quote]

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