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[quote=Anonymous]My child had mixed results when they played up a year for two years.  The club wanted to continue challenging him so they moved him up a year, but the year can be a big difference unless your child is physically larger than peers.  It was kind of like goldilocks.  He was the top player by far at his age, but middle of the pack at best the year up.  We agreed it would be a good challenge.  However, we noticed a lack of confidence playing up and generally just getting pushed around.  By the end of the first year he had come around and gotten used to the physical differences and speed, but I was worried for a little there and almost requested to have him moved back many times.  After the second year we decided it was time to play back with his normal age group for many reasons.  Overall I think it was a huge benefit, but there are definitely some cons you need to be careful of along the way.  When he came back to playing his actual year he was more physical and faster than most of the kids.  Was that simply because he played up for 2 years?  I don't know, but probably.[/quote]

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