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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weaker players become stronger players, stronger players become weaker players.  Tiny kids become big, biggest kid stops growing in 8th grade.

Just wait.

If you are talking about U17, okay.  But, if kids haven't even finished middle school and a good portion of the boys on your team haven't hit puberty yet: you are in for a shock.

Oh boy, do circumstances change.[/quote]

Of course.  But puberty doesn't just magically give kids technical ability and ball control.  They need to be developing those skills at any size, any age.  Any relative evaluation of players (weaker v. stronger, bigger v. smaller, faster v. slower) is necessarily going to be merely a snapshot in time.  But at any moment in time, trying to "hide" your weakest player in the striker position seems like something that is only done on teams trying to minimize the damage, not on teams playing to win.  [/quote]

In middle school years really technical, smart kids that are teeny, tiny and then blossom.  I had a kid that grew 9 inches at 15.5 years old (U16/17) that when he grew into that ball skill and had the physicality to go with it (speed came with the added size, inches and testosterone/muscle, toothpick legs turned into huge soccer thighs), got a D1 ride from a top school,,,,when he was passed around on 2nd level teams as he worked through Osgoods and growth plate issues, etc.

I'm obviously talking about kids that are very technical and have the genetics for late growth.[/quote]

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