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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Especially when they are younger, do they feel bored and like it’s not competitive enough in grade level sports if they are always the oldest? [/quote]

This is a moot point in my area because all sports- rec, club, you name it- is based on birth year instead of grade, until middle school sports.

Instead I hear complaints that little Larlo “has to play with third graders all the time and it’s hard for him to fit in” when Larlo should actually be in third grade to start with. [/quote]

This is not always the case. Our basketball league is based on grade. We can see the birthdates of the kids on my sons team, two of the 5th graders are within a week or 2 of the 6th grader on the team. And one of the 6th graders is 2010 birthday that could be in 7th grade. Volleyball is by grade in our area as well.

Soccer seems to be the sport that is most consistent about assigning teams based on birth year. Baseball seems to have 2-3 year year groupings, at least our league allows kids to play up so we have kids who are young on the team as well as kids who are a few years older.

It seems to benefit some of the kids, there are a few kids who were redshirted and are way taller then their year mates, but there are some kids who were late September birthdays who were redshirted and are shorter then their year mates. [/quote]

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