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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of factors go into playing up. If your kid is big, fast and skillful, then they should be playing up until everyone catches up or not. The thing you need to watch out for is little playing time and missing out on skill development. This is more so in the younger age groups. You don’t want them trying to run before they can even walk so to speak. Just ask the coaches why they think this and would your kid miss out on any developmental training, or do they already think he has what is needed and ready to move into a different stage of training. [/quote]

Bad advice. Playing up because your kid is big is exactly what you shouldn't do. At younger ages, they need to develop footwork. Your kid being big might allow him to boot more balls into the net, but scoring goals at a young age has very little to do with soccer development. [/quote]

If you can just plow through kids or outrun them then you will never NEED to develop technical skills. That is exactly why a big kid should play up so that they have be both technical and physical to develop. [/quote]

If you think that you "plow through kids" at higher levels of soccer - U14 and beyond - you're watching a very inferior form of soccer. There is no defender above 5 feet worth his salt who will let someone plow through him. That approach stops working around age 10 for top level teams. [/quote]

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