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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is a young 8th grader, summer birthday, average size for his age.  So technically 13u by birthday but 14u by grade.  He has always played by his birthdate on metro level teams.  We know he needs to skip a year essentially by next fall at the latest and at that point be playing 15u with other 2025 grads.  For this spring, is he better off sticking with a 13u metro level team that is competitive and will play other top 13u teams, or moving to a 14u second-division team in the same club that historically has not been very competitive based on reviewing records, box scores, etc on GC (lots of double digit losses)?  He would get equal playing time on both teams.  For next fall, he will make the rounds of tryouts at all the teams in our area for the 15u level so no particular club allegiance at this point.  Thanks for your thoughts.[/quote]

From what I have seen year older AAA teams are equivalent in talent to year younger Metro teams. If he’s 2025 I’d have him continue Metro 14u. Just remember that at the varsity level you may have as much as a 4 year age disparity.

More importantly choose a team that has the best development program and a coach your player connects with. As long as your son is challenged don’t let age of team be the determining factor.[/quote]

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