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[quote=Anonymous]PP is correct. It’s not about who has caught up in growth by what age. It’s the point that by age 7-8, the biggest and strongest kids, who tend to be the oldest in however that age bracket is defined, get on the best teams with the best coaches and even start to play more. It’s true and it’s real. The system favors older kids and early developers who accumulate those benefits. It’s also true that early developers might not be the older kids—but at young ages, a 9 or 10 month age difference is a huge developmental difference. So the general trend is older = bigger and stronger. Even at 8 years old, on my DCs former team, the coach couldn’t help putting the biggest kid in at striker and letting them score 8 goals in a game. Literally no one else got the ball. That kid is now on a top team and likely early college recruit, but no longer bigger, faster, or more talented than many others. Just better coached with more confidence. [/quote]
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