Other sports vs basketball follow-up

I've read a lot about this on other blogs. This information came from the Oregonlive.com site. I thought it was ironic that I happen to place this vball vs. soccer vs. bball vs. softball blog. Check out what some of these contributors had to say.
My observation and experience over the years is that basketball being a more physically aggressive sport attracts the more aggressive girls while vball attracts very athletic skilled girls who do not like the physical pounding of bodies that occurs in bball. At the younger levels when these girls and their parents are deciding which sports to play the roughness of bball really disenchants a lot of girls from the sport. Further lots of girl bball players do not like vball that much because of the lack of physical contact. That is just human nature that different people have different personalities not one size fits all. Given a chance to play a sport year round that really appeals to you is an easy choice. The club teams would die off without committed athletes so obviously the girls in these respective sports have a strong desire to play year round and so naturally the clubs have developed to meet this need.
another said;
Went to watch a friend's daughter play in a volleyball tournament the other day. Amazing to see so many girls that could be basketball players that opt for year round volleyball. Specialization and pressure from club coaches has really changed the landscape for youth and high school athletes. Interesting to speculate how many might have picked the wrong option to get pigeon-holed at too early an age. I am sure most are having a very enjoyable rewarding experience, so this is not meant to be negative .... just that some of the skill, size, athleticism displayed makes you wonder what they could have done with a basketball rather than a volleyball with the same dedication and training.
and yet another said;
It started happening 25 years ago. Particularly on the East side of town, where the big volleyball clubs became dominant in the 1980's until now. For all this time did you think that the Metro league schools and TRL schools dominated basketball just because there were no athletic tall girls east of I-205? The V-Ball clubs are a little more widespread than they were 10-20 years ago, but still you'd be amazed at how many 6'1" to 6-4" incredibly athletic girls who DIDN'T play basketball. The clubs hook these little girls and their naive parents into year-round commitments at a very young age, and it works. Same formula now works for soccer. Over the years it's been frustrating to watch.
Interesting huh....