Let's be honest, all things being equal a coach will take a tall girl over a shorter girl. Period. If you don't agree, you don't watch enough sports. Bigger is better, in EVERY sport.
"All things" are rarely if ever equal. Coaches want the best player they can get and unless the position requires height they want the best athlete. As far as all sports go, when was the last time you saw a 6'5" cornerback in the NFL? How about a 6'4" running back? Those are two of the most athletic positions in all of sport and the best in the world are average height .
Lacrosse is not basketball , there is no position where height is required.
Bigger? Really, bigger is better in every sport? do you see a lot of 6' 250 lb women's professional tennis players. Are there many 6'5" 250 lb shortstops playing MLB?
If your daughter didn't have offers from Maryland, Carolina, Northwestern and the like it was not because of her height.
Bringing up womens tennis really goes against your argument , the most dominant womens tennis player in the game and probably the best player in history is big by female athlete standards.
Wrong. Once again, height is not the reason that she is good. And relative to many other top female tennis players she would not considered tall. She is 5'9" , her sister is 6'1" . Things are never equal.... There are many "things" considered and just about off of them are more important than height. To the person who believes "you can't coach speed" you are 100% incorrect.
The original post was not intended to be a Tall vs Short debate. It was to demonstrate that college coaches will recruit the best player. There are many factors and height is not of major concern.
I wouldn't say 100% incorrect. You can work on getting a quicker first step and yes you can improve your speed a little.. Either you got it or you don't. You can't make someone fast that's not. That's 100% a fact.
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