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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admittedly haven't looked into this issue specifically for soccer, so yes, yes, I am totally uninformed about this issue, but I am struggling, from a practical standpoint, to understand why soccer, and specifically the professional pathway, is special and requires biobanding, where other sports that are based on DOB rather than grade do not bioband. I get that this seems to be something that is done in Europe for their soccer Academies, but what is the point in cases where the late developer is just small due to genetics and is never going to be as big as their peers?  Like, you can look at some parents and tell that their kid is never going to be big/tall.  Isn't the average height of pro soccer players still somewhere close to 5'11"?  [b]Just trying to understand the point (without reading up on it, lol[/b]).
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sigh...
But reading one study on Relative Age Effect (which impacts all youth sports, proven and documented) will answer all your questions.

Many top level players in soccer, basketball,  baseball, ice hockey were late developers. 
[b]They only made it to the top professionally because their parents and they didn't quit when bigger kids were always getting chosen for the 'A' team.[/b]

btw... the look at the parents method has proven flawed in many instances. [/quote]

But the not quitting bc you don't make A team is NOT the same playing down because you're tiny.  To me, sticking with it is playing on your age group on "B" team until you "grow" strong enough to compete with the "bigger kids."  It's no different than being developmentally the average size for your age, but developing soccer skills at a different speed than others your age.  Kids who aren't as strong from a technical standpoint at, say, age 11, but who bust their asses and put in the work so that they are better don't get to play down while they work on their technical skills.  But if you just are small for your age, you do.  I just don't get it.  But, I guess I don't really have to![/quote]

Kevin De Bruyne is a classic case of why Bio-banding works.[/quote]

That is one player that everyone seems to throw out.  Look, I am not a scientist by any stretch, but I have yet to see a long-term study regrading the benefits.  I could have missed, of course, without a large sample and a long-term study, I think it's just not as persuasive as people say it is.  And, like every study, there are studies that find that this isn't a cure-all and may not benefit all players.  But, I suppose just helping one kids stick with the sport is worth it.[/quote]

You amazingly continue to doubt the existence and impact of something academics have proven years ago and multiple times with multiple studies and research papers.

I believe the term that applies here is Deliberately Obtuse. [/quote]

Such fancy terminology.  It's too bad you resort to insults and name calling instead of engaging in constructive dialogue when someone is simply asing questions and perhaps challenging something that doesn't make sense to them.  You're a true gem.[/quote]

I thought your questions and doubts were being addressed.

Forget my statements. 
Google 'Relative Age Effect Research'[/quote]

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