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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can tell by 7th grade. The gap between strong players and not strong players is pretty wide even then[/quote]

Oh no, no, no

Certainly not for boys!

I have 3 teens a lot happens between them and U17.  A LOT

Boys haven’t even hit puberty (12) and many have several years of awkward growing that causes imbalance.  My oldest was plagued with Osgoods and other growth-related issues all throughout middle school and it all came together at 15/16.  Look out![/quote]

Per OP

"At what average age does a [i]female[/i][i][b] player’s talent & performance plateaus even with private coaching, individual practices and exercises?"[/quote]

Even on the girls side, a lot happens between U14 and U17 -- I have DDs in both age groups right now.  Some of my U14 DDs teammates have been fully matured for the past 2 years.  U14 DD hasn't hit puberty yet.  She is as as athletic and fast as the girls against whom she plays, but she's not tall enough yet to win some of the 50/50s in the air.  But I think she will be.  Older DD is already 5'8" and according to doctors is still not done growing...

A lot also depends on the system they play in and what the coach is looking for/values in a player -- beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that.  My older DD has been told on one hand that little could stop her from playing high level D1 college by one coach, and that she wasn't good enough to keep a starting spot by another -- within a few months of each other.  I'm happy that she is self motivated and kept going after the negative feedback, with a desire to prove them wrong, but some kids likely wouldn't.  And then talented kids quit (typically at U15 or so on the girls side) because coaches make it even harder for them to stay the course at a time in life when they have a lot going on emotionally.  [/quote]

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