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[quote=Anonymous]Playing up on a u15?  Isn’t that putting her on a half year high school team when u14s would be full year?

Regardless it is a bad idea.

1.  The recruiting year will be off.  Coaches look for kids to fill openings in a certain class.  Her teammates and competitors will be in that class.  Your kid will not.

2.  Your kid will very likely not fit in with the age appropriate team.  What happens at say at your kids u16 year and she wants to make a move?  Will there be room?  Will there be several open positions to move into?  Is the younger team better or worse?

Frankly there is zero benefit to plying up as a teenager EXCEPT…..

3.  Stepping back. - why is your kid playing up in the first place?  Is she playing with her correct school grade?  If so then that is important.  College coaches are recruiting incoming freshman.  So if your kid is graduating with the kids on her current team then she is with the correct age group even if she could play her age and not her grade.

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