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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here—DS loves sport, will continue to play and train outside of team. As long as he wants to continue playing we will support him. I grew up with sisters and our oldest is a girl so this is really my first experience with the size/strength/growth timing issue with boys so was really just asking how other supported their kids. I fully understand the competition for spots in HS, but I guess I’m just a little surprised to be feeling that so intensely at this age when there is such a range of when boys hit puberty and grow. I wrongly assumed coaches would be more open to fostering strong athletes who have not had their growth spurts yet but many/most seem more interested in big boys only. I’m seeing this with friends’ kids too—baseball, basketball, and lacrosse seem to be the three where I hear about this most. [/quote]

The truth is- by high school age- coaches want to win. They generally aren’t going to wait around for a kid to grow. They’ll choose kids who have already grown (and assume they will only get physically stronger from there with training).

It does stink- my DS ran into this and ended up quitting his sport altogether. [/quote]

By high school age yes, but favoring the big kids begins as soon as the first boys start puberty in 12u. My son was going into 6th when he got his first “too small” comment for baseball. At that point, some boys already had sprouted and developed broad shoulders. My son was not close.

However, if you look at the general size of the parents, my son will most likely be bigger than all the early sprouting kids. Three years later he’s begun to catch up to some. But, decisions made by the 12u-14u coaches eliminate these kids from opportunities. [/quote]

This is so sad.My DS is average height now but really thin and does not have broad shoulders. We are tall families and all males are over 6”, but we tend to be late sprouters. I am worried DS will be cut off at middle school and quit his only sport he enjoyed…[/quote]

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