Age Change Discussion/Impacts (Except for August Birthdays Playing "Down")

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think rosters will expand more than usual as to not drop as many kids and upset parents or most clubs with be business as usual? Particularly thinking about first team and whether they will keep a few up as to not upset parents as much, etc.

Do schools put or keep C and B students in advanced classes so as not to upset parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think rosters will expand more than usual as to not drop as many kids and upset parents or most clubs with be business as usual? Particularly thinking about first team and whether they will keep a few up as to not upset parents as much, etc.

Do schools put or keep C and B students in advanced classes so as not to upset parents?

Depends on public vs private. Public school, no. But then again, that isn’t pay to play, so you must be talking about private. And in Private, money talks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a huge difference between a 5 yard pass to an unmoving target with neither under pressure and a perfectly weighted, curved ball that slices two defender to drop in front of an attacker.

Yes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think rosters will expand more than usual as to not drop as many kids and upset parents or most clubs with be business as usual? Particularly thinking about first team and whether they will keep a few up as to not upset parents as much, etc.

Do schools put or keep C and B students in advanced classes so as not to upset parents?

Younger kids who have five months of older kids moving into their age group should be ready to move down. They can hope to stay at the same level, but very few will move up. Parents and coaches of these kids should explain this to them. It’s not a reflection of their talent. It’s a reflection of having all new competition that they’ve never had before. These “new” kids will be bigger and more skilled than similar kids on the same level team one year down. Even if they’re not personally bigger or more talented, they will have been playing against bigger and more talented players than the ones staying in the age group.

[Anonymous]

Does this also impact rec kids? How is the CYA U13 that everybody hates on going to manage this??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does this also impact rec kids? How is the CYA U13 that everybody hates on going to manage this??

Most likely yes, but rec leagues have kind of gone by their own rules for a long time (generally favoring school age groupings so if anything it's just staying the same).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think rosters will expand more than usual as to not drop as many kids and upset parents or most clubs with be business as usual? Particularly thinking about first team and whether they will keep a few up as to not upset parents as much, etc.

Do schools put or keep C and B students in advanced classes so as not to upset parents?

It's not the direct upset they care about, but a lot of the time the reaction to being dropped a level is to leave and take their money with them. This is especially true in the ages around puberty where it hasn't quite settled yet and the kid's top potential isn't known. At these ages too parents leave if they don't get promoted.

At the older ages, I see kids and parents realize they have neither the talent, the drive, or the attributes to be top and accept the demotion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think rosters will expand more than usual as to not drop as many kids and upset parents or most clubs with be business as usual? Particularly thinking about first team and whether they will keep a few up as to not upset parents as much, etc.

Do schools put or keep C and B students in advanced classes so as not to upset parents?

At the older ages, I see kids and parents realize they have neither the talent, the drive, or the attributes to be top and accept the demotion.

Yep!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think rosters will expand more than usual as to not drop as many kids and upset parents or most clubs with be business as usual? Particularly thinking about first team and whether they will keep a few up as to not upset parents as much, etc.

Do schools put or keep C and B students in advanced classes so as not to upset parents?

At the older ages, I see kids and parents realize they have neither the talent, the drive, or the attributes to be top and accept the demotion.

Yep!

And as they leave other players that started later will have an opportunity to play at a higher level.

The sword cuts both ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think rosters will expand more than usual as to not drop as many kids and upset parents or most clubs with be business as usual? Particularly thinking about first team and whether they will keep a few up as to not upset parents as much, etc.

Do schools put or keep C and B students in advanced classes so as not to upset parents?

It's not the direct upset they care about, but a lot of the time the reaction to being dropped a level is to leave and take their money with them. This is especially true in the ages around puberty where it hasn't quite settled yet and the kid's top potential isn't known. At these ages too parents leave if they don't get promoted.

At the older ages, I see kids and parents realize they have neither the talent, the drive, or the attributes to be top and accept the demotion.

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We are trying to make America great not raise pampered kids.

[Anonymous]

Man this thread is whacked. You are all crazy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our club is running new age group scrimmages based on what you will be in the fall. However, the top level does not need to come. So, I am assuming they will keep the ECNL level kids together and move all others around as they see fit.

my dd is an impact ecnl player that will stay with her current birth year team for reg season and then pick which showcases to play with school year.