> what is considered short for an athlete?

what is considered short for an athlete?

Posted at: 2015-05-07 
I am 5'9 and 19. will I grow anymore taller?I'm going to try out for my college football team. I want to know what is the average height of a wide receiver. Idk why but I feel insecure about my size and question can I make the team. I can catch a football like Spider-Man if I put my all into it but I just feel small at times ????????????.

Your height is OK and is about average.

To grow taller plenty of protein, calcium, vitamin D and zinc all help.

To reach your potential height you need adequate sleep (from 8-10 hours per night), adequate calories and a normal healthy diet.

Plenty of protein from eggs, meat, poultry, sea food and dairy products helps as well as calcium from milk, cheese and other dairy products. You also need plenty of zinc from red meat, oysters, mussels, nuts and seeds and zinc fortified cereals such as Weetbix. Vitamin D3 via the Sun also helps.

Girls usually stop growing at 15 and in most cases any further height growth from 15-21 is insignificant but there are exceptions such as late bloomers.

Guys usually stop growing at 18 and in most cases any further height growth from 18-25 is insignificant but there are exceptions such as late bloomers.

Under eating and under sleeping can, to some extent, stunt your height growth. Exercise does not help your height growth and smoking can actually reduce your potential height by a whole inch.

You can see further tips in a web search for "how to grow taller naturally".

nooo i dont think height really matters it just depends on how good you are because i have a friend and he is a football player but hes only 5'5 and he made the team so i dont think there should be a problem

You are taller than the average adult male, but perhaps not quite as tall as most football players.

If you are fast, this is not a problem for your position, there are lots of professionals that are about your size.

There is nothing you can do about your height, you can only work with what you have and you have enough to be successful.

I would say anything < 5' 8" for Football.