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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m seeing that now even with age 9. Coaches are prioritizing huge kids. Sometimes the parents are 5’2/5’6. They are just heavier or early bloomers. Jokes on them I guess. [/quote]

It's a really short-sighted approach in a lot of sports.  One kid grows tall earlier than another, and the coaches put all their time and effort into that kid while ignoring the others.  So even when others catch up in development, they have either quit out of frustration and boredom (because often they are being ignored by coaches and put into practices led by unqualified teenagers).  Coaches lose out on potentially excellent athletes that way, and kids who could be really good never even get a chance.  It's a sad state that youth sports are in today.[/quote]

I know. I've sadly noticed this with the late bloomers, smaller kids and younger kids in my child's grade in third. Very sad indeed! Just develop everyone equally and wait until high school to start deciding this. [/quote]

I have a 5th grader and over the summer a coach forming a new team basically told my DH he would be recruiting DC if DC wasn't so short. Funny thing was: coach was forming a team of kids a year older than DC and DC is a fall birthday. Uh, yeah. Kid is short compared to kids a year and a half older.[/quote]

Kids grow at different rates but you know that.  Younger kids can be much taller than the older kids in 5th grade.   That doesn’t mean anything.  I can’t believe they are judging height on kids who haven’t even started puberty.   So wrong.  [/quote]

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