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Message: [QUOTE="Sakibomb25, post: 4032580, member: 1076"] The one thing that has bothered me are the comments, "She needs to lose weight to be effective at the next level." To me, that is body shaming. Some people just have bigger body types, just like some people have skinnier frames. I have known people who do have larger body types who try all they can (save from getting an eating disorder) to lose weight and they just can't. It's just the body they were born with. The same goes for people who say, "She needs to gain muscle to be effective at the next level." No one except the athlete and the coach knows how much effort the athlete is putting in. We should just stop assuming we know what is best for the athlete. You can be in great shape and still have a larger body type - not all of us are blessed with great genetics to have a six-pack or a slimmed down body. Perhaps a better verbiage is, "The athlete needs to get in better shape to compete because you can see her laboring up and down the court." It has nothing to do with their weight or body type and all about how tired they get towards the end of the game. However, I don't even know if that's the best verbiage to use. [/QUOTE]