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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Watch out bc if someone is offering your 16 a 17 spot, it’s possible the 17s team can’t get enough players to fill their roster due to the shrinking pool of that age group. DD played 16s at a lower club last year and found the 17s team was less skilled than the 16s. Given the opportunity to play up, she declined. [/quote] Good advice. At 17 the consolidation of players at that age means there are a lot fewer highly competitive teams and the teams that lose out from that consolidation can be of variable quality as a result. It's not unusual for 16s players to play on one of those good 17 teams. But its usually 1 or 2 at most and they are usually in 11th grade. If you hear "we have too many 16s and not enough 17 and we would like you to play up" from a coach/club director, one reasonable interpretation is they are struggling to get a 17s team together and are trying to fill the roster with 16s that they don't want on their 16s teams.[/quote]
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