Anonymous
05/19/2026 11:25
Subject: Re:Do all sports favor the big kids?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP - talking about youth sports right now. Have two large kids. Technically/sport ability they are pretty good but I definitely think that they have an advantage purely because of their size. I have a 9.5 year old girl who is 80 pounds and 4'8" tall.
A 9 year old hirl at that size might hit puberty early and end up one of the shortest in her class by 7th or 8th grade.
Sad but true. I was the tallest girl in 4th and 5th grade and I'm 5'3.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 17:15
Subject: Do all sports favor the big kids?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Crew (coxswain)
As a former coxswain it's a great team experience and teaches valuable life skills, but anyone remotely athletic who ended up coxing was green with envy over the rowers having the actual chance to work out. Sitting, thinking, steering, directing - those aren't a workout.
So it depends on what you want. For me, it was perfect.
My son is not very big and I asked him if he would be interested in cox and he looked at me like I was insane. He’s in the bow pair and loves it.