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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What ever happened to bio-banding, where they did tests on how far developed a kid was vs. their parents vs. other kids, etc. Did US Soccer give up on that? I saw the English FA was looking at it too.

https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2018/04/us-soccer-introduces-bio-banding-initiative[/quote]

Great question. Saw some lip service about it, but nothing much more than that.[/quote]

It really does not fit with the win at each age group model.[/quote]

Actually, I think that have experimented with it at the DA level.

I have also noticed (at least on the boys' side) that some teams have one or two players who are allowed to play down a year.  I assume it is for size reasons.

As the parent of a soccer player in the who is barely on the growth chart (1st percentile), I find it ironic that at the highest level, we are willing to recognize that smaller and late developing kids are at a huge disadvantage in years below U16/U17 and take some measures to deal with that by allowing them to train at an appropriate level.  However, outside of DA, clubs just keep cutting or demoting the small kids until they quit.[/quote]

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