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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of a Dec boy who was really technically skilled and coaches always told him he was the smartest player on the field. Unfortunately he was small for his age. He had a club soccer coach from Europe who really liked him and played the entire game. He always had the most assists on the team because he could dribble around other players then find these great passing lanes and his timing was great too as a midfielder. However once the coach changed and the physically bigger kids really started having growth spurts when they were 11 and my son was 10 we realized there was no future in soccer for him.

He switched to a different sport and ended up doing well in it. He finally had his growth spurt in high school. He is now 5’10” as a junior and fast but no longer has any real interest in playing soccer on a team. He was playing soccer on the beach last summer with some friends who are on his high school soccer team and they all were amazed and wanted him tj try out for high school soccer but he said no way.

So forget biobanding if you have a smaller boy born in the fall- find a new sport for them. We kept in touch with another small Nov born player from his team and they have been so frustrated with club soccer. [/quote]

If you want to know if your DS coach picked the most developed players just look at their birthdays. How many of your kids teammates are quarter 1 birthdays? However; the science doesn’t back up that quarter 2 players are the next best. Quarter 3 are, they are oldest grade wise and tend to be more mature. This also only really affects u13-u15. After puberty it all pretty much works itself out except for the players who quit in that time. [/quote]

Can you provide a link to a research study that shows most academy and top club team rosters have majority 3rd quarter birth months?
Also that the impact is concentrated U13 to U15

Because all studies and data I've seen pulled from real academy rosters show 1st half of year bias and and issue that extends to U17/18 [/quote]

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