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[QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 2422284, member: 250"]
On the bigs, it may be that Volleyball is siphoning off some of the more athletic bigs.  Impossible to measure though.  If your big and athletic and getting pushed around is not your thing, V-ball might just be your thing.

On edit:  Article on this:  "When I tried to show aggression, I'd end up hurting another player or fouling out of the game." More than that, White cringed, "I hated being touched. I'm a germ freak, so a sweaty person touching me freaked me out."

[URL='http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/18659764/why-young-athletes-flocking-volleyball-not-basketball-record-numbers']Why young athletes are flocking to volleyball, not basketball, in record numbers[/URL]

"Her decision to pick volleyball over basketball follows a national trend. Two years ago, for the first time, more high school girls played volleyball (432,176) than basketball (429,504), according to the [URL='http://www.nfhs.org/ParticipationStatistics/PDF/2015-16_Sports_Participation_Survey.pdf']National Federation of State High School Associations[/URL]. In 2015-16, volleyball added another 4,133 girls to those numbers, while basketball lost 276 participants."
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