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[quote=Anonymous]How do you keep them from feeling discouraged when their birthday happens to fall at the "wrong" time for their individual sport (so that they are always chronologically/developmentally the youngest for important championships, team selection, etc)? It's hard to see DS work hard all year only to be thrown to the bottom of the bucket again right before it really matters, and at his age it is starting to affect coaching and group selection. I want him to realize that although this is a big deal right now, eventually growth and development evens out so that if he wants to stick with the sport for high school/college, his "unfortunate" birthday won't matter as much. Any experience on how to deal with the mental side of this and help DS focus on self improvement and sticking with it?[/quote]
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