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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Soccer, lacrosse, hockey, football, basketball, baseball - do they all favor the biggest kids? [b]As long as they have decent mechanics/skill will the edge always go to the larger kid?  [/b]
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YES, if you attend enough tryouts (multiple sports but especially basketball) you will observe the shorter kids pulled off to the side or eliminated early before they even have a chance to show off their superior skills. Our youngest in middle school falls into this trap while our older, taller sons were given more opportunities to be [b]fairly evaluated[/b].[/quote]

I know what you mean, but when it comes to basketball, they have tried numerous times over the years to skew the game towards shorter players.  So, many rules in the NBA.  Three seconds in the lane, three-point shots, defensive five seconds.

Tall players succeed in spite of those.  I mean for some people it's not their sport, but I don't really think it's a matter of fairness, especially considering they do everything they can do to make it accessible to shorter players.  &quot;Here, here's the ball, go ahead and bounce it, see if you can score&quot;.  Like they never set out to make a game that was biased towards tall players.  In fact in terms of contact sports, it's one of the most approachable for smaller players.  Which is part of the problem, small players really like the sport.  Even compared to soccer, they aren't going to get knocked into next tuesday.  It was the basic premise of the sport.  Make it safe to play indoors.  It just so happens that indoors where you don't have to run very far, ball throwing sports are perfect for tall people &lt;-that isn't unfair.[/quote]

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