[MacMattico]

It would be hard to pry my youngest from Soccer, but you've got me thinking. My husband was a very good Lacrosse player and would love if she'd do that instead. He went to Syracuse University and of course it's very big there. But when he was in HS a kid got hit with a Lacrosse ball directly in the chest and died. But that's very rare.

Here Volleyball season and Soccer season are at the same time once you reach high school. Maybe my oldest can convince the youngest to go the Volleyball route. Youngest likes Volleyball but is small. Oldest is 5'11”.

When my dad was in HS they stopped playing (American) football in the area because of a death. They replaced it for a few years with Soccer. This was in the 1950’s and there coach was from the UK. My dad loved being on an undefeated team!

[USARightSide]

Your youngest may be small (short -), but could be a scrapper, and play like a 6 footer! He/she can just ‘get in there’ not even realizing a lack of height.
The tall ones won’t know what hit them!