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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get him started in whatever he wants. If he is a good athlete, he can do almost any sport through middle school. If he is a phenome, he can do almost any sport through high school. In my experience high school is where they started cutting some talented kids in sports due to height.[/quote]

Depends where you are and what level your child wants to eventually play. I have seen very small kids participate at high or competitive levels for swimming and diving (national training teams), soccer (DA) but NOT for basketball. I have seen bias against short kids for competitive basketball for kids as young as in mid-elementary. Went to an AAU tryout a few years ago and the best kid at the scrimmages was the smallest. Rebounded a very large number of shots, stole the ball away from larger players and basically had the ball the whole scrimmage and passed it off or shot like a pro. I thought for sure he'd get in, but, no, when they broke out the kids into groups and had a few kids play with the existing team he was not among them. They did not even look seriously at him.

My child who did okay but is pretty tall for his age and the other 2 tallest boys were part of the group that made it in to the finals. It is like they took the three tallest kids and only looked at them. They only had one spot so my child did not make it but I keep thinking about that because younger DS2 is much shorter for his age and really enjoys basketball. I am picking up on a lot of things I didn't notice with DS1. On teams and camps they sort kids by height not by ability. DS2 is usually put with kids much younger than him which is discouraging. He's still very young but we have tried to encourage other sports knowing it will be an uphill battle for him.[/quote]

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