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JixHedgehog posted...

You'd think a 6ft guy would be an asset to a team.. any team.

I wouldn't. Because I was a 6ft 3in guy for most of middle school and high school and it was more of a detriment than an advantage.

Mainly because my initial growth spurt was so major that it kind of threw off my sense of balance and coordination for years, which made me kind of awkward and clumsy. Which left me pretty shit at most sports that required interaction with something else (kicking a ball, throwing a ball, catching a ball, hitting a ball with a racket, etc). Which is why my sport of choice basically became running track. Because I was actually good at that.

By the end of high school I'd kind of gotten used to my monstrous new form and started to get better at certain games (volleyball for obvious reasons, and soccer as long as I was playing defense and not offense), but I still suck at most of the games where you'd expect height to be a huge asset (like basketball).

Of course, now that I'm old and feeble I suck at pretty much every sport other than competitive napping.