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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent of an August misaligned player, I hear the concerns about playing on age and how it could affect recruiting.

But I also wonder, what are the college recruiting chances when playing up with your grade if you are now the youngest competing with players 12 months older.[/quote]

One way or another your player is going to be competing for college spots against other players who are available on the market (graduating) the same year.[/quote]
This is correct. College coaches will compare your kid with other players in their grade for who they want to recruit. If an Aug birthday is playing up on a team thats their grade in school they're the same as all other players in their graduating class/year. If an Aug birthday is playing down on a team thats a grade below them in school they're considered worse across all attributes college coaches are looking for. Which puts them at a serious disadvantage for being recruited.

What the age guy doesnt understand is top college coaches will only be interested in the top 1-2 players on each team. And guess what? If these players are August birthdays they're the ones most likely to be playing up on a correct grade team. Lather rinse repeat and what happens is college coaches quickly (re)discover that Aug birthdays that choose to play down are a waste of their time.[/quote]

I don't understand this person at all - it's not "playing down" when you're playing in your age bracket. There are always kids who will be the oldest in their bracket - they are not playing down! They just fall on one side of the cut off.

This is so dumb, lol.

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