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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't, so I am not really answering your question.  But I will offer that my reading of the education literature is that red-shirting may (not will, may) help athletic performance -- child is older, bigger, better coordinated and hence gets more play and practice time in sports and thus on margin is a better sport player -- but that being the youngest in the grade may (again not will) help academic performance -- child is in a peer group that may be a little more advanced, mature, focused and this on the margin pulls their performance up.  The effects are small for both -- it won't turn your awkward kid into a sports star nor your developmentally challenged kid into a genius -- and will not necessarily show up for all kids (there is a distribution of outcomes and these are the average effects).  But still you have to decide for your particular kid whether it makes sense.  The literature is only background for a larger number of kids.  It doesn't mean that it is the right decision of any one kid.  In fact, it could be quite wrong.[/quote]

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