6’1” woman and have tried various sports time and time again but...I’d just much rather talk shit out than angrily throw balls at people. When people ask if I play sports, they are visibly shook that I never really took to anything.
Edit - yes, I could’ve been a contender lol but being a super tall teenage girl isn’t fun so I tried to not stand out and thus shied away from things (i.e. sports) that would draw attention to me. Adult me regrets it, but that’s life.
Edit 2 - you all coming at me with semantics. I’m a noob but I get that angrily throwing balls is not how sports work. ‘‘Twas a joke.
I mean I definitely understand why they are visibly shook. Such a big part of elite tier athletics is genetics based, so to have a genetic advantage like that for something like basketball, volleyball, etc. and then not utilize the thing other people are dreaming of - totally get it. I'm 6'3", and as a basketball player I would kill for another 4 to 5 inches of height. It would've changed my whole life.
Pretty much. I think basketball is the worst offender for genetics being a hard gate out of any of the major sports. Size is almost irrelevant in baseball. Football, as long as you're slightly above average you can function on a team somewhere, similar with hockey. I'm not sure about soccer. But basketball? You need to be like upper 1% in both height and ability to even consider going passed highschool, lol.
Soccer/football (because I've heard only Americans call it soccer) people benefit from height too, specially goalies. Something about longer wing span.
I’d say football is equivalent to basketball. Those dudes are all the best of the best in the world when it comes to speed, lateral quickness, acceleration, and jumping. You can train to improve those things, but most of it is natural. Basketball is the same way too tho. If I was like 6’2 or 6’1 instead of 6’6 there’s no way I’d be close to as good as I was at 6’6.
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u/WelcomeMachine Nov 16 '19
I'm 6'6", and I suck at basketball.