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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year my summer bday kid was top in their age division and multiple people brought it up to my H and I. We thought it was really weird, all things have age cutoffs that impact kids differently. All the grade year cutoff sports make my kid the youngest on the team.

We assumed they’d be back swimming at B meets this year since [b]they were at the bottom of the age bracket[/b]. That turned out not to be the case and they were top for the age group this year. No one mentioned their age to us. I have no doubt that next year or the following year a club swimmer will pass them and my kid understands that. They prefer other sports during the rest of the year.

I guess those of us with summer bday kids are more accustomed to age cutoff issues and that’s why summer swim age comes up year after year but not so much in other sports. [/quote]

Summer bday kids are never really at the bottom of the age bracket.  At worst, they are in the middle of the distribution for each two-year age group.[/quote]

I know you are talking about summer swim, of course, but saying "summer bday kids are never really at the bottom of the age bracket" is hilarious to anyone who actually has a kid with a summer birthday. Unless you redshirt, they are literally ALWAYS at the bottom of the age bracket. Except in summer swim, assuming they have a July/August bday and not June.[/quote]

So true!  My summer bday kid played flag football against a kid who was 3 years and change older than him b/c the kid was redshirted and the league does it by grade level.  He looked like a giant next to my kid (who thought it was really cool to be "defending" against a big kid). [/quote]

How do you get to 3 years by redshirting 1 year?[/quote]

It was grades 3-5. My kid was 3rd with summer bday redshirt kid was 5th with a May bday. [/quote]

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