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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't the whole point of redshirting to make them the best on the team? So what if they are bored, they will play better than their younger classmates.[/quote]

I doubt many parents who redshirt do it to make them best of team. Most often it’s because they are worried their child is not emotionally mature relative to other kids starting kindergarten. [/quote]

The kind of redshirting that you describe occurs prior to kindergarten. Athletic redshirting occurs closer to high school [/quote]

I agree with this statement (or both) but the OP said something about younger grades which to me says Kindergarten redshirting.[/quote]

Right.

OP is talking about first and second graders.[/quote]
Idk, because I see alot of coaches who want their kid to be an athlete doing it early so they don’t need to worry about doing it later.[/quote]

It's not just coaches.  It's parents who have dreams that their kids will be more athletic than they were so they redshirt. They may say it's because the kid isn't academically ready but, from the cases (several to 20) that I know of throughout my children's youth, that wasn't the case. These parents wanted their kids to be bigger and more mature for sports. That's all.

So OP, you got what you asked for, no?[/quote]

that says something about the people you're associating with then.  I know several, none of of whom did it for athletics.  As others have pointed out, doing it for sports is ridiculous since for the more important club activities, it is birth year that matters not grade.  [/quote]

The people I'm associating with? These are simply the other parents of the kids with whom my kid goes to school? I'm not their friend.  I'm simply the one sitting there and wondering out loud how these boys are so big for being 5th graders.  Their parents usually offer up the reason without shame or hesitation. [/quote]
It’s okay if people choose to reclass.  It works for some people.[/quote]

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