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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Birth Year is the universal way to go. It allows your kid to broaden their pool of friendships if anything. I mean whose to say the school friends are even all at equal skill levels ? Many may be placed on B or C teams or even at different clubs. Playing with their classmates over their talent level is a weak argument. [/quote]

It simply does not matter.  It is an arbitrary cut off wherever it is placed.  It can never accommodate all school children as there is o universal school cut off date.

And once the children get older, the age difference is not meaningful and they get sorted according to skill,  with stronger ones playing up .  Or they play on the varsity team with older players in the case of school soccer.[/quote]

In some clubs, the stronger team is on age and top talent could also stay on age.  It depends on the situation.  The age groundings just structure the sport for most players.  Outliers that need to adjust something will always exist.  They can try to find a situation to suit their needs.  No need to structure an entire youth sport to accommodate a few outliers of unique ability.[/quote]

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