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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is aggressive and fast but goes flying if hitting some of the larger kids. It’s just physics. But these answers do confirm our choice to move on. [/quote]

Not necessarily.  My younger son, just turned 13 is on track for a very late growth spurt---skinny, skinny ---can see his ribs and short. That kid never goes down and will come out of a scrum of 4 or 5 big players with the ball at his feet. He can shield effectively well. Playing with his older brother (U16) who also had a late growth spurt--but now almost 6 feet tall helped a lot with that.

The striker on my older son's team who is the same height and build as my son is on the ground literally every.single.play.  It's not his size as he is as big or bigger than most of the backs he's up against. [/quote]

Oh--but, yes, a lot of first teams at clubs look primarily at size.  We have blatantly been told that they will develop the smaller/haven't grown yet kids on 2nd team before moving them up.  You do need to shop around to find clubs that will keep them at the level of play they need.  For us, that meant leaving and spending U11-U13 somewhere else where he was able to play on a first team and in the same premier tournaments/leagues/state cup, etc.[/quote]

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