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(youtube) Girl plays tackle football and is really fast. She scored 35 times and ran for 1,911 yards, averaging 8.2 yards per carry. This girl was fun to to watch!
Yogisays...

>> ^legacy0100:

Damn she's good. But alas, only if she could produce as much testosterone as boys will once they hit puberty... Nature is unfair.


Yeah it's great watching younger kids play sports together. I used to ref a pair of girls who would beg their coach to put them into a game with the boys, the coach finally relented. I only realized he didn't want to because they ended up scoring 6 goals between them making all the boys look like they were standing still, it was great. They weren't just skilled for girls, they were focused and seriously good.

Heck I was a really fast kid, but I remember the day a girl I knew beat me soundly in Jr. High. She beat all the boys.

This girl is WAY better than I ever was at football. Her parents taught her to wrap up better than most pros.

MonkeySpanksays...

I know I might get some rap for this, but girls at this age are on par with boys in terms of physical capacity; however, as testosterone kicks in in the early teens, the gender difference starts to become apparent. Nonetheless, she has some amazing football skills.

Yogisays...

>> ^MonkeySpank:

I know I might get some rap for this, but girls at this age are on par with boys in terms of physical capacity; however, as testosterone kicks in in the early teens, the gender difference starts to become apparent. Nonetheless, she has some amazing football skills.


No one is under any illusions about this girl or her ability to hang with the boys.

Sepacoresays...

Some of the best professional players across many versions of football are great because they can very efficiently avoid contact in a number of ways.

E.g. During my teens I wasn't bulked up or built to take a hit, but due to excellent acceleration, top speed and balance, when I broke their line there was little chance of catching/intercepting me, even by the back markers.

There is no reason a female couldn't achieve the same at teen or pro level. Speed and balance (and timing) is all it takes to be highly competitive.

Sam is on the right path!

Stusays...

>> ^Sepacore:

There is no reason a female couldn't achieve the same at teen or pro level. Speed and balance (and timing) is all it takes to be highly competitive.


There's a huge reason. If a female were to play in college or some how make it to the professional level. She may have tons of skill and balance like you say, she might even be the next Barry Sanders, but even he got hit. you put a 140 pound-150 pound girl in at running back, she will get injuries that would end the career as soon as it starts. Quickness is a lot, but men's natural ability to have that extra muscle and padding is why they keep men and women in different leagues.

dirkdeagler7says...

>> ^Stu:

>> ^Sepacore:
There is no reason a female couldn't achieve the same at teen or pro level. Speed and balance (and timing) is all it takes to be highly competitive.

There's a huge reason. If a female were to play in college or some how make it to the professional level. She may have tons of skill and balance like you say, she might even be the next Barry Sanders, but even he got hit. you put a 140 pound-150 pound girl in at running back, she will get injuries that would end the career as soon as it starts. Quickness is a lot, but men's natural ability to have that extra muscle and padding is why they keep men and women in different leagues.


This pretty much. Just take gender out of it and look at any professional football player that is under 170lbs of mostly muscle (which as has been referenced would be much harder for a woman to accomplish). Then tell me how many of those guys exist and actually play.

It's not just women that would struggle in professional football, it's ANYONE who doesn't have the frame and dedication to produce a highly athletic, robust, and strong physique. There's a reason why 300lb lineman can outrun some of the most fit guys at your local gym. Professional players are pushing the limits of our bodies for any gender!

Sepacoresays...

>> ^Stu:

>> ^Sepacore:
There is no reason a female couldn't achieve the same at teen or pro level. Speed and balance (and timing) is all it takes to be highly competitive.

There's a huge reason. If a female were to play in college or some how make it to the professional level. She may have tons of skill and balance like you say, she might even be the next Barry Sanders, but even he got hit. you put a 140 pound-150 pound girl in at running back, she will get injuries that would end the career as soon as it starts. Quickness is a lot, but men's natural ability to have that extra muscle and padding is why they keep men and women in different leagues.


If we were focusing entirely on brute-force forms of football, I agree. Except I wasn't, I was thinking more in the direction of how she could continue to utilize her honed skills.

I'm not disputing that males have a significant muscle advantage for handing out and taking impacts, but nor was I forgetting there are multiple versions of football, given that I loosely referenced such as a precursor to my point. My statement was an alternative to the 'testosterone wins everything' view.

To clarify, I specifically had Touch Football in mind when stating there would be no reason females couldn't effectively play with men post-puberty.

bcglorfsays...

The reality is unfairly that testosterone does give males a huge athletic advantage when it kicks in. Similarly, most professional level sports are extremely dependent on athletic ability. Speed is included in that. There is a reason that the male world records for every sprint are faster than those for females. That reason is genetics and it doesn't care about political correctness or being fair.

In HS our senior girls basketball team had much better game sense, court awareness and overall basketball IQ, than the boys junior team. Those of us on the senior guys team were getting tired of the lack of respect the junior guys were showing for the senior girls and so we arranged a game between them. Knowing how much smarter and aware the girls were on the court we figured it'd be very humbling for the young guys to get beat. We were unpleasantly surprised to watch the younger guys simply running circles around the girls from one end of the floor to the other. They were just plain faster, a lot faster, and all the smarts in the world just didn't make up that difference.

It may not be fair, but that's the way it is. If smarts could make the difference, Michael Jordon would still be getting better every year, but realistically as age cuts into his athleticism smarts just aren't enough anymore and the torch is passed on to those in their prime.


>> ^Sepacore:

>> ^Stu:
>> ^Sepacore:
There is no reason a female couldn't achieve the same at teen or pro level. Speed and balance (and timing) is all it takes to be highly competitive.

There's a huge reason. If a female were to play in college or some how make it to the professional level. She may have tons of skill and balance like you say, she might even be the next Barry Sanders, but even he got hit. you put a 140 pound-150 pound girl in at running back, she will get injuries that would end the career as soon as it starts. Quickness is a lot, but men's natural ability to have that extra muscle and padding is why they keep men and women in different leagues.

If we were focusing entirely on brute-force forms of football, I agree. Except I wasn't, I was thinking more in the direction of how she could continue to utilize her honed skills.
I'm not disputing that males have a significant muscle advantage for handing out and taking impacts, but nor was I forgetting there are multiple versions of football, given that I loosely referenced such as a precursor to my point. My statement was an alternative to the 'testosterone wins everything' view.
To clarify, I specifically had Touch Football in mind when stating there would be no reason females couldn't effectively play with men post-puberty.

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