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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Biobanding is such a disservice to smaller kids. Lots of kids never grow to the size doctors guess (or parents want) so all you are doing is ensuring your kid will never be able to keep up by playing them down. If they can't cut it at their age in MLSN go play in another league. We won't even get into the social aspect of making the clear statement my kid isn't good enough to play lol at thir own age. [/quote]

Soccer is a team sport with 11 players and strong emphasis on passing quality at the highest levels. A late developer can be extremely impactful playing with and against kids of similar size and skill level. They also will look completely lost while playing on a lower level team with poor passing skills, because they never receive the ball cleanly. Particularly obvious if the kid is less of a dribbler and more a playmaker (vision, timing, creativity, passing). It's not a coincidence that the biggest biobanding success story on global level is Kevin De Bruyne.  [/quote]

What a bunch of horsesh!t.  Biobanding in the P2P model is cheating and a way to retain players who want to be coddled.  De Bruyne would have be the same player even if your Biobanding tale is true.  [/quote]

So biobanding is legitimate in the countries that actually know how to develop young players and have successful top tier senior professional players

But in the US it's coddling hahaha[/quote]

Yes, US is pay to play which is very different, so it is coddling and a player retention tool disguised as development.[/quote]

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