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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes how annoying!

Little league forces the summer birthday redshirt kids to play their correct age group (rather than grade). I was always glad about that one.

It’s more frustrating in later years IMHO. For example a freshman baseball player that is almost 16 (turns 16 in June). And there are so many like this- usually they were held back in Kindergarten but more and more are  “reclassing”. I know two 8th grade boys who are repeating 8th grade next year - not for any academic reason but for sports.  
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Why on Earth would it be more frustrating after the kids go through puberty?  [/quote]

Because a great 16 year old is 99.9% better than a great 14 year old, and that age gap difference follows both kids throughout all of HS.  The 0.1% is reserved for the insane athletes like Cooper Flagg who reclassed the other way...graduated HS after his junior year at 17, so he will just turn 19 after his one year at Duke and will be the #1 NBA draft pick.

The kids that reclass in 8th grade aren't weak athletes.  Most are the strongest athletes.  Again, colleges don't care how old you are.  That's why you have 26 year old college QBs.  Also, I think during the NCAA basketball tournament that they said the average age of the Auburn starting 5 was slightly older than one NBA team (I can't remember which team).[/quote]

If your high school kid can’t get a spot on the team on his own merits, that just means he’s not destined to go far in his sport.  Once the kids are through puberty age has very little to do with how good the kids are.[/quote]

NP: If redshirting and reclassing didn’t confer some advantage, people wouldn’t be doing it. Let’s be real here. There is also a reason you rarely or never see this happening with girls (puberty and growth is almost always complete for girls by high school entry). . As for how much of an advantage it is: it really depends on the particular kid and the particular sport.

It really isn’t an issue at the youth levels (or certainly shouldn’t be)- because nearly all sports are organized by birthdate. But at the later middle school or early high school level (say, ages 13-16ish)? For males, it can make an absolutely enormous difference. In many team sports (and baseball is definitely one), strength and size are hugely important factors in making the high school JV teams at competitive schools. [/quote]

I agree that people do it because they think there is an advantage.  People do all kinds of dumb things trying to clear the road for their kids.  Doesn’t mean it’s actually effective.[/quote]

Except it’s absolutely proven to be effective.[/quote]

Sorry, the links to your research citations aren’t showing up.[/quote]

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