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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid was on the C team until 9th grade and ended up First team All Met in high school and had offers to play in college.  Better to get to play regularly than be a bench warmer.  And you never know which kids are going to end up being really good.  Love of game and good connection with coach are more important than A team, especially at younger ages.[/quote]

Boys develop even later than girls, many boys aren’t even near full height/size at 15–some are just starting their growth spurt.

Similar story in my house.  Turned out to be a Gatorade State player too with lots of offers.  Years of getting overlooked, but focused on his technical game young. It paid off.[/quote]

What paid off? Growing?

Think about where he’d be if he hadn’t grown. [/quote]

Focusing on technical game young paid off. That’s PP’s point. [/quote]

And yet if his kid didn’t actually grow the technical work wouldn’t have mattered. [/quote]

This sums it up .. if you physically dont have the size and more importantly athletic ability the technical players can never catch up. I hate the my sons small but technically better BS. The best are athletes first with acquired technical skills.[/quote]

I’m not pp.  My kid was one of the best athletes prior to growth spurt and early puberty of others in the age group.  In males, there is a huge difference in a 13/14-year old fully through puberty and growth spurt and a kid that still looks 9 at 13/14.

So yes he was very technical and athletic but dwarfed by giants...just like his older HS brother could crush him in sports and races.  Once he made the physical transformation through puberty/growth spurt —he was again one of the best athletes on the field again.  The playing field levels.

Does that make sense?  We are a family of college and a few pro athletes (on mom
And dad’s side) so genetics was never an issue.[/quote]

I meant I “am that pp” that was quoted.[/quote]

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