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Date Posted: 16:22:45 02/27/25 Thu
I assume that, when you refer to little league, you are referring to a pre-pubescent age cohort. I have no doubt that the best player or athlete in any pre-pubescent age cohort can be a girl.
When I coached coed kids' soccer, on average the boys were better simply because they were slightly bigger and probably slightly more aggressive. But the single best player by far was a girl. She was a danger to the goalies because, while the other kids were lucky if their shots actually left the ground on their way to the goal, her shots were line drives which exploded off her right foot.
When her shots reached the goalies, they were at chest-level and still heading upwards toward one of the corners. Every time she took a shot, there was a risk the goalie was headed off the field with a bloody nose, crying for his or her mother. I told my wife, "It's all fun and games until she kills somebody."
And of course, the girls hit puberty a couple years earlier, so in fifth or sixth grade, they will peak in terms of relative athleticism compared to boys.
The best athlete in my sixth grade class was Georgeanne Powell, a beautiful blonde girl. In our coed field day competitions, she would leave the boys in her dust. But once the boys hit puberty a couple years later, she would not have been competitive.
Fun facts: (1) Georgeanne gravitated to the sport where she maintained her competitive advantage, cheerleading. (2) Georgeanne was the first girl I ever kissed, in fifth grade. It was the first time for both of us and, on our first attempt, my right front tooth lightly touched her left front tooth. She reflexively pulled back in dismay, as if we had made a major error. We pressed on, like Kevin and Winnie on "Wonder Years." I can't remember what I had for dinner last night, but I can remember that.
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