At a young age (before those pesky growing pains start!) most youth athletes, regardless of gender, have similar skill sets, talents, size, and so forth. Sure, there are bound to be exceptions but until puberty most male and female athletes are on the same playing field. Don’t believe it? Check out this great video of 9 year old female football player Sam Gordonwho smokes her opponents on the field. Granted, when her teammates get their growth spurts it might be a different story but for now Sam can play just as well (if not better) than the boys.
