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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots and lots of younger parents want to declare the race over at u13.  Reality is the race hasnt even started yet.

[/quote]Yeah, it seems like such an ilogical perspective. I have heard way too many stories about late bloomers etc. For example, my coworker's son got looks at Newcastle, but not until he was 15 because he grew like 6" over the summer. He was technically good, but couldnt compete with speed, size and strength, so always struggled. He ultimately got injured senior year so the race was over. I asked him for what he would have done differently and main advice was to not worry about it and just let it play out. [b]While girls are slightly different, their body goes through a tremendous amount of change around those years.[/b] Technical mastery definitely matters, just listen to Henry, but there are a lot of other factors. The race is definitely not over at 12.[/quote]

Just an observation, but if you look at my DDs team, there really hasn't been nearly the change that we saw with my DS through those years...you can pretty much look at a picture of my DDs team at U12 and then now going into U17 and the girls that were the tallest at U12 are still the tallest today.  Some of the faster girls on the team at U12, still fast today.  Technical skills and soccer IQ continue to grow, but some of those physical traits haven't changed a ton.

My DS on the other hand, huge changes with some of the boys.  DS was the shortest of his friends at that age and had one of those huge summer growth spurts in his teens and ended up the tallest at almost 6'-3".   One of his buddies topped out at about 5'-10" and was really close to that when he was 13 or 14.

Everybody's different, but sure, just because you think you have it made at 13, don't think that you will at 18 unless you keep putting in the effort and work.[/quote]
Girls mature sooner than boys so at u13 you have a mix of physically mature and those that are only starting to hit puberty. This will give some a huge advantage early but usually these players are 5'1". By the time they hit u15 coaches are on the lookout for bigger 5'6" and above ideally with skills as well. This is because the smaller players get physically pushed off the ball.

This is where the disconnect occurs with Talent ID invites. The early developers get looked at first and US Soccer likes to pick who will move forward based on things that arent soccer related.[/quote]

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