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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here—DS loves sport, will continue to play and train outside of team. As long as he wants to continue playing we will support him. I grew up with sisters and our oldest is a girl so this is really my first experience with the size/strength/growth timing issue with boys so was really just asking how other supported their kids. I fully understand the competition for spots in HS, but I guess I’m just a little surprised to be feeling that so intensely at this age when there is such a range of when boys hit puberty and grow. I wrongly assumed coaches would be more open to fostering strong athletes who have not had their growth spurts yet but many/most seem more interested in big boys only. I’m seeing this with friends’ kids too—baseball, basketball, and lacrosse seem to be the three where I hear about this most. [/quote]

I’m surprised you’re just facing this going into high school. Our “late blooming” son began facing it with 12u baseball. The first to grow boys were coveted by the coaches and were selected even if they’d never played. I was told by a coach that they had the “potential” and my son lacked size to be “good.” He continues to play for fun as an undersized 14u, but only on rec teams. Two years later, most of the early growth coveted players have already moved on to something else and will not play 14u travel or HS.

I find it unfortunate that coaches do this and think it really cuts boys out too early. We’ve supported him by encouraging do extra training and play rec if that’s what he wants to do while also trying new sports. He picked up tennis quickly and is done well. We’re not in an area it’s popular though and he enjoys team sports more. [/quote]

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