[cmccuist]

Couple of things to consider. Volleyball players - both men and women - are great athletes. Stamina, leaping ability, height, hand-eye coordination are important - even more so than other sports like soccer and softball. Is your daughter tall or can she get up to spike? If not, she needs to be a great leader where she can be the setter/quarterback. When you get to high school and college, there is usually one setter and five hitters. It's a totally different game than the "serve and volley" type volleyball that is played at the age group level.

So if your daughter doesn't have a both a great vertical leap and physical height, she could still be the playmaker, which is challenging both mentally and physically.

Bottom line, I would assess your daughter's physical and mental skills for long term participation in volleyball.

My son was a great springboard diver in high school (fourth in TX as a sophomore). But he grew taller and put on weight (muscle mass). Consequently, he wasn't able to rotate enough to do the more difficult twisting and triple somersaults that the smaller divers could do and ultimately probably wasn't suited to be a springboard diver. I should have kept him in baseball as well as diving.

Good luck! It is always gratifying to see a parent take such an interest in a child's athletic career. It makes the coach's job that much easier! Except of course when it comes to crazy little league dad and Texas high school cheerleader mom, which is the subject of another thread.

Oh, and easy on masraum. I don't think he meant any disrespect or for (note the just kidding backed up with a smiley). He just wanted to see some volleyball babes.