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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How are all these kids the youngest on the team?  Don’t they group them by age or grade?   How is a nine year old just signing up and is in the middle of playing game?   Ridiculous.  Slow down. Take some drills and skills classes.  [/quote]

In case it helps others from obsessing over what sport this could possible be: it’s water polo. It’s not a huge sport where we live so the intro levels include pretty wide age spans in order to make the league work. They start with games right away because the summer season is short and fast and has to be wedged in after summer swim but before the HS season.

Kids can be 8-12 in the youngest group but most are 11-12. After that, teams go by 2 year age bands. There aren’t drills and skills classes beyond the hour clinics she’ll go to in the fall. This is the rec/slow side of the sport in our area- the next level up is club and travel.[/quote]

I thought it was basketball and it wasn’t making sense.  That’s why it’s helpful to name the sport.   I don’t know water polo so I trust you know what you’re talking about.  She’s new tell her not to worry it will get easier.  [/quote]

The girls who are the loudest on her team also play fairly serious basketball in the fall and winter! Maybe DD needs to play rec basketball this winter to pick up whatever they’re learning on the court. I can’t imagine how loud it must get in those gyms![/quote]

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