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[quote=Anonymous]DS is in a similar situation with track. He competes with a USATF club which has dual-age meets and groups kids by calendar birth year. Thanks to his late birth month, he’s currently 12 competing in the 13-14 group.  He’s had to be patient with, for example, high jump, where he’s up against lanky teenagers who have 5-6 inches on him.

For years he thought he sucked, because he always placed in the middle of the pack when racing the older kids. This spring for middle school track he finally got to compete with his own grade and realized that no, he’s actually decently strong and fast for his age. It helped put things in perspective for him.

They all catch up and get where they’re going eventually, but it stinks having to wait and lose out on team spots and self-confidence. If they love the sport and want to stay with it, they have to find some way of getting joy and reward out of it while waiting for things to equalize.

DS is coping with the waiting period by focusing on what he can control right now: trying to improve on his performances at each meet, having fun with his friends, and looking to the older and bigger kids as inspiration for where he can be in a year or two.[/quote]

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