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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My vball player and her friends played soccer all through grade school but mine just didn't enjoy the big field play of soccer, or the players on other teams kicking her shins or elbowing her chest all the time.    I think the small, close-in action (but without players from the other team trying to foul you all the time) is more her speed.  She's also not really a sprinter, so that held her back in soccer, but she's training cardio and weights for volleyball.
One thing I don't like about vball is the emphasis on height -- the college players, even at Div 3, are all over 5"10' except the librero (who still is typically taller than average).  So a lot of girls get pushed out because they just aren't going to be that tall -- you basically have to be within the top 5% of women by height to be able to keep playing.  My daughter is 5'7" as a 13 year old, but that's apparently short for a volleyball player.[/quote]

I don't know how many sports are geared towards smaller athletes. Size helps in pretty much every sport.

Some sports have weight classes so you have a trade off between lower center of gravity and longer reach/arm of momentum.
Some ports specifically require balance and lower center of gravity helps, gymnastics, skiing, etc.
Some sports are easier if you are lighter, equestrian sports, cycling, etc.

To the extent that smaller size leads to greater quickness, you generally see smaller liberos and smaller baseball infielders, smaller soccer forwards, etc.[/quote]

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