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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It comes down to four things:  1- Your kid's physicality; 2- How much are you willing to spend; 3- How much time are your kid willing to put in?  4- Where does your kid go to school?

If your child is small and/or short, avoid sports like football, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, swimming, or any sports that size/strength is an advantage.  Choose sports like golf, tennis, or soccer (if your kid is fast).  That's why you see many Asians at golf, tennis, and soccer at high school level.  Height matters in tennis at college and pro level, not so much at high school level.  Golf is where everyone can excel, regardless of size.  Colin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele are not tall people, under 5"10, and they both won multiple golf grand slams.  At the same time, golf and tennis are expensive sports, and your kid is likely to compete with other Asian kids if your kid wants to make the varsity team.  Soccer also requires a lot of money, but much less than golf or tennis.  Where your children attend school also matters a lot. The more expensive the pyramid, whether public or private, the percentage of your child makes the team also decreases because everyone there has as much resource, if not more, than you do.[/quote]

My DS is 6'0", and the football coach wanted nothing to do with them. At the high school level, size/strength isn't enough. [/quote]

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