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[quote=Anonymous]Most physical activities favor certain body types. My kid is naturally slim with long limbs. She does ballet and I think it's likely that she received more positive reinforcement early on because her body type suits the activity so well. I also think she has some natural talent in terms of body awareness and natural grace.

It's nice she's found an activity that suits her physically because I think it makes it easier to stick with it. I played basketball as a kid and really loved the sport, but was not suited to it at all (short, small) and couldn't progress very far. I worked very hard and did improve a lot, and that was rewarding, to see how technique and hard work could help even someone not physically suited. But ultimately I had to quit because I was never going to make a HS team and would have spent all four years riding the bench, even on JV.

But this is funny because I'm sure some people recoiled at my description of how my kid is well suited to ballet (they will view it as "toxic" that I'm saying that being thin and long-limbed is a good thing in this context) but no one really blinks when you say that obviously height or size helps athletes in sports like basketball or football.

But whether anyone likes it or not, some body types are well suited for certain things. It might not be fair in the sense that it means not everyone has equal opportunity to excel, but it's just the way the world is.[/quote]

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