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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would be awesome if this rule existed for basketball.  I have a kid born two days before the cutoff who is small for her age.  She loves the sport, but will be late to sprout.  There are already girls who are 5'7" at 11 yo and full on into puberty, while my kid is still 4'4" and looks like a 3rd grader.  I have no doubt she'll eventually get there, but she may be 14 before she starts puberty.[/quote]

So what are her options? Playing down on a strong team? [/quote]
She's not allowed to play down.  She's going to end up choosing a different sport.  The cutoff date combined with her being late to puberty are too much to overcome.[/quote]
Stop, there's all kinds of opportunities.

For girls the equivalent of playing down is playing for the 2nd/B team.

This is the difference between Academy and pay to play age bound soccer. There's always a way to play for girls unfortunately parents often won't accept playing on a lower team.

Ironically as girls get older clubs struggle to find players because they've chased off so many with cuts, etc. Which means if you pay your dues on the 2nd team something will open up on the top team.[/quote]
Um, read my post.  It was about basketball, not soccer.  There are far fewer options for girls bball in this area.   :roll: [/quote]

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