Best sport for a May birthday in an extreme red shirt area?

[Anonymous]

What’s some good sports that have worked out for your young for the grade kids? This is for a late May birthday in an area that 90 percent of kids who play sports are redshirted from January.

He likes almost all sports and plays 3 grade level ones already (lax, flag and basketball) so I want one option that is age based since many kids are already a full year older so it’s not as much of an issue to keep up.

We are in the south in a very wealthy area so this is the norm. I’m not interested in debating about this, just want some positive suggestions of things that worked out for your kids in a similar situation.

[Anonymous]

I have a September birthday kid who went to school on time in a state with a September 30th cut-off. May is not young for grade.

[Anonymous]

Travel baseball. May would be the oldest in the May-April age group. So for example, I have an April 2010 son who is the youngest in his travel age group of 15u; he has teammates who have May 2009 birthdays who are the oldest in 15u.

If your son has a May 2010 birthday, he would be the oldest in 14u.


PP- in the south, there are many kids with Jan birthdays who are redshirted, especially in private schools. So while May isn't a super young birthday up here, it could well be down in the south.

[Anonymous]

Swimming! You age up when you have a birthday. May is kind of bad for summer swim if that is big in your area, but regular club swimming is an even playing field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a September birthday kid who went to school on time in a state with a September 30th cut-off. May is not young for grade.

He’s the youngest boy.
It varies wildly by region.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Swimming! You age up when you have a birthday. May is kind of bad for summer swim if that is big in your area, but regular club swimming is an even playing field.

We do summer swim. The cut off is actually May 1 so it’s favorable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Travel baseball. May would be the oldest in the May-April age group. So for example, I have an April 2010 son who is the youngest in his travel age group of 15u; he has teammates who have May 2009 birthdays who are the oldest in 15u.

If your son has a May 2010 birthday, he would be the oldest in 14u.


PP- in the south, there are many kids with Jan birthdays who are redshirted, especially in private schools. So while May isn't a super young birthday up here, it could well be down in the south.

Thanks. What age did you start travel baseball? And it goes by one year groupings?

[Anonymous]

Baseball cutoff is 4/30

[Anonymous]

How old is he currently, and how tall are his parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Travel baseball. May would be the oldest in the May-April age group. So for example, I have an April 2010 son who is the youngest in his travel age group of 15u; he has teammates who have May 2009 birthdays who are the oldest in 15u.

If your son has a May 2010 birthday, he would be the oldest in 14u.


PP- in the south, there are many kids with Jan birthdays who are redshirted, especially in private schools. So while May isn't a super young birthday up here, it could well be down in the south.

Thanks. What age did you start travel baseball? And it goes by one year groupings?

Starts at 8u. One year groupings until High School.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Travel baseball. May would be the oldest in the May-April age group. So for example, I have an April 2010 son who is the youngest in his travel age group of 15u; he has teammates who have May 2009 birthdays who are the oldest in 15u.

If your son has a May 2010 birthday, he would be the oldest in 14u.


PP- in the south, there are many kids with Jan birthdays who are redshirted, especially in private schools. So while May isn't a super young birthday up here, it could well be down in the south.

Thanks. What age did you start travel baseball? And it goes by one year groupings?

PP here. My son started at 12u- he had no interest starting any earlier, which was good, as I only wanted one season of travel and Little League overlapping.

It does go by one year groupings. You could certainly choose to have your son play with his graduating year so he would be technically playing up on 15u (in my example) but you'd be well within your rights to have him play in the correct age group at 14u. There is one potential issue with him playing 14u which is he would get one fewer year playing on the big field before he entered high school, but that may not bother you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old is he currently, and how tall are his parents?

He’s 8. 5’6 and 6’3, 90 percentile for height and 85 for weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Travel baseball. May would be the oldest in the May-April age group. So for example, I have an April 2010 son who is the youngest in his travel age group of 15u; he has teammates who have May 2009 birthdays who are the oldest in 15u.

If your son has a May 2010 birthday, he would be the oldest in 14u.


PP- in the south, there are many kids with Jan birthdays who are redshirted, especially in private schools. So while May isn't a super young birthday up here, it could well be down in the south.

Thanks. What age did you start travel baseball? And it goes by one year groupings?

Starts at 8u. One year groupings until High School.

Thank you, that’s helpful as something that might be a good fit if his age becomes an issue. How do you typically find a travel team? He has played in the little league but didn’t play this year.

[Anonymous]

Is he white?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How old is he currently, and how tall are his parents?

He’s 8. 5’6 and 6’3, 90 percentile for height and 85 for weight.

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