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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry that these sports didn't work out.  From our travel experience - with short athletes (25% percentile),  for LAX, attack is a good position for shorter kids and an advantage - they lock in positions early unfortunately in many LAX programmes so good to know.  Agree with pp - short at an early age shouldn't matter as well as soccer, foot skills matter a lot in travel, speed/other things more in house.  Catching ground balls (think shortstop) helps when short at young ages, in baseball.      In all of these sports, short kids can often play division III sports, on occasion division I.     I would be very cautious on that "letting short" be the reason.    If a kid picks up on that they may become more sensitive?  And in middle school, boys compare heights more if they are short and not growing as fast.

At age 8, its probably more the dynamics of the team and / OR coach.   And in some of these sports, the parents, coaches, and/or kids can be uber competitive. I'd probably focus on the dynamics, particularly the coaches in these programs more - if you can.   A great coach can make most kids feel successful.    another thing we have found with many kids, is sometimes its more important for our DC to also be with several friends than the "optimal" sports solution.   Makes playing the game, having fun more important than winning.

hope that helps. 
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