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[quote=Anonymous]I have read these articles in the past.  I have been told the same thing by family members that coached and played for decades.

I am seeing it start to play out with my older child, 13 (u14).  It's so true about a 6-age span---where kids at this age can look anywhere from 10 to 16.  Some of the kids we play against have mustaches and are thicker/testosterone....and some look like my 10 year old.  I also see some of the players that were ignored/lower teams have worked their way up and are playing better than a lot of their peers that started out on top at age 8.

The real challenge in this day and age is getting your kid to stick with it when they get frustrated if they are smaller size and just as good or better technically and tactically---but aren't of the 'kick and run' style.  Since the sport is so big in this area and there are so many kids playing--getting put on a low team at age 8/9 is essentially a death sentence because it is very rare the kid from a 5-6th team that can jump that many teams.  They tend to promote one team at a time--or just take a similar player from another Club so as not to mess up the apple cart and have parents complain why one kid got moved up and not theirs.

Keep it fun.  Try to shelter your kids from the crazy sidelines.  And, if your kid truly isn't being noticed the way they should---it helps to have totally unbiased/impartial judges of this--you may need to move them around.  Parents need to look objectively.  I have certainly been honest when I see kids of a higher level on a higher team at that point and time in development.  I am okay with that.  It's when it is clearly not the case that you have to examine Club culture and/or coach and realize they all will never all appreciate the same style of player.  That's not bad and it's not personal.  It's just the way it is.  Kids have to work through that.[/quote]

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