TSQL - If..Else statement inside Table-Valued Functions - cant go through

Question

Before posting I have read few articles about developing USD functions, but have not encountered solutions for my problem... which is as follows:

I have a very simple da

Answer 1

Something like this:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[Age](@set VARCHAR(10))  
RETURNS @Players TABLE
(
    playerId INT,
    Name VARCHAR(50)
) 
AS  
BEGIN 

    INSERT INTO @Players
    SELECT playerId, Name
    FROM player 
    WHERE CASE WHEN @set = 'tall' AND height > 180 THEN 1
    WHEN @set = 'average' AND height BETWEEN 155 AND 180 THEN 1
    WHEN @set = 'low' AND height < 155 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END = 1

    RETURN
END