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18:28 - but this isn't the same thing, given that many kids start playing soccer on a school team. Say you have two kids born in 2008, one in August, one in October. The kid with the August birthday went to kindergarten a year earlier. He had his two kindergarten seasons, his two first grade seasons AND his two second grade seasons before he tried out for U9 travel soccer.

The kid with the october birthday had to wait a year to go to kindergarten and play rec soccer with his classmates. He has 2 kindergarten seasons and 2 first grade seasons before he has to try out for U9 travel soccer.

Almost none of the kids I know with late 2008 birthdays made travel this year, vs. many kids with earlier 2008 birthdays who have a full year more experience.

Plus the 1st grade kids haven't played with the 2nd grade kids before. They haven't played goalie or played on a team that kept score. They're at a real disadvantage. Plus they're up to 11 months younger than the other kids, and maybe smaller and less coordinated.

My kid is a late 2008 birthday who squeaked into travel, but she would have been a lot better off had she had an extra two seasons like the rest of the kids on her team.



your kid could have played up in kindergarten and every year till they got to travel.. as a matter of fact i know a most of BRYCs u9 travel team were all playing up this year including a few 7 yr olds on their 3rd team so your kid could have played up to play travel as well same is the case at arlington and Loudon where my neighbor plays.


BRYC will take anyone's money at U9-U10.


+100. I also believe those kids playing up would have been better off playing rec with kids their own age.


Not PP but how do you know they would be better playing rec? Have you seen them play? Do you know what stage of their development they are in? Do you know if these are kids are committed to the game on a daily basis and want to improve and be challenged instead of running up the score 15-1 in rec. Do you know how they are being coached? Some kids are ready to play and others aren't. Kids need to be challenged if they want to improve. Maybe reason why playing up in Travel. If on BRYC's 3rd team unlikely that they were 7 since ODSL and NCSL have rules about being able to play prior to turning 8.

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Anonymous wrote:18:28 - but this isn't the same thing, given that many kids start playing soccer on a school team. Say you have two kids born in 2008, one in August, one in October. The kid with the August birthday went to kindergarten a year earlier. He had his two kindergarten seasons, his two first grade seasons AND his two second grade seasons before he tried out for U9 travel soccer.

The kid with the october birthday had to wait a year to go to kindergarten and play rec soccer with his classmates. He has 2 kindergarten seasons and 2 first grade seasons before he has to try out for U9 travel soccer.

Almost none of the kids I know with late 2008 birthdays made travel this year, vs. many kids with earlier 2008 birthdays who have a full year more experience.

Plus the 1st grade kids haven't played with the 2nd grade kids before. They haven't played goalie or played on a team that kept score. They're at a real disadvantage. Plus they're up to 11 months younger than the other kids, and maybe smaller and less coordinated.

My kid is a late 2008 birthday who squeaked into travel, but she would have been a lot better off had she had an extra two seasons like the rest of the kids on her team.

your kid could have played up in kindergarten and every year till they got to travel.. as a matter of fact i know a most of BRYCs u9 travel team were all playing up this year including a few 7 yr olds on their 3rd team so your kid could have played up to play travel as well same is the case at arlington and Loudon where my neighbor plays.

BRYC will take anyone's money at U9-U10.

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Anonymous wrote:18:28 - but this isn't the same thing, given that many kids start playing soccer on a school team. Say you have two kids born in 2008, one in August, one in October. The kid with the August birthday went to kindergarten a year earlier. He had his two kindergarten seasons, his two first grade seasons AND his two second grade seasons before he tried out for U9 travel soccer.

The kid with the october birthday had to wait a year to go to kindergarten and play rec soccer with his classmates. He has 2 kindergarten seasons and 2 first grade seasons before he has to try out for U9 travel soccer.

Almost none of the kids I know with late 2008 birthdays made travel this year, vs. many kids with earlier 2008 birthdays who have a full year more experience.

Plus the 1st grade kids haven't played with the 2nd grade kids before. They haven't played goalie or played on a team that kept score. They're at a real disadvantage. Plus they're up to 11 months younger than the other kids, and maybe smaller and less coordinated.

My kid is a late 2008 birthday who squeaked into travel, but she would have been a lot better off had she had an extra two seasons like the rest of the kids on her team.

your kid could have played up in kindergarten and every year till they got to travel.. as a matter of fact i know a most of BRYCs u9 travel team were all playing up this year including a few 7 yr olds on their 3rd team so your kid could have played up to play travel as well same is the case at arlington and Loudon where my neighbor plays.

Anonymous wrote:18:28 - but this isn't the same thing, given that many kids start playing soccer on a school team. Say you have two kids born in 2008, one in August, one in October. The kid with the August birthday went to kindergarten a year earlier. He had his two kindergarten seasons, his two first grade seasons AND his two second grade seasons before he tried out for U9 travel soccer.

The kid with the october birthday had to wait a year to go to kindergarten and play rec soccer with his classmates. He has 2 kindergarten seasons and 2 first grade seasons before he has to try out for U9 travel soccer.

Almost none of the kids I know with late 2008 birthdays made travel this year, vs. many kids with earlier 2008 birthdays who have a full year more experience.

Plus the 1st grade kids haven't played with the 2nd grade kids before. They haven't played goalie or played on a team that kept score. They're at a real disadvantage. Plus they're up to 11 months younger than the other kids, and maybe smaller and less coordinated.

My kid is a late 2008 birthday who squeaked into travel, but she would have been a lot better off had she had an extra two seasons like the rest of the kids on her team.

Anonymous wrote:18:28 - but this isn't the same thing, given that many kids start playing soccer on a school team. Say you have two kids born in 2008, one in August, one in October. The kid with the August birthday went to kindergarten a year earlier. He had his two kindergarten seasons, his two first grade seasons AND his two second grade seasons before he tried out for U9 travel soccer.

The kid with the october birthday had to wait a year to go to kindergarten and play rec soccer with his classmates. He has 2 kindergarten seasons and 2 first grade seasons before he has to try out for U9 travel soccer.

Almost none of the kids I know with late 2008 birthdays made travel this year, vs. many kids with earlier 2008 birthdays who have a full year more experience.

Plus the 1st grade kids haven't played with the 2nd grade kids before. They haven't played goalie or played on a team that kept score. They're at a real disadvantage. Plus they're up to 11 months younger than the other kids, and maybe smaller and less coordinated.

My kid is a late 2008 birthday who squeaked into travel, but she would have been a lot better off had she had an extra two seasons like the rest of the kids on her team.

Anonymous wrote:the rules for all sports should age year not grade. its simple 10 year olds with 10 year olds. thats the most even playing field . i don't want to hear anything about kids in my kids class rec. should be fun blah blah blah. all of our kids have friends outside their classroom. why not in sports too? if you want to make rec just for fun open it to any friends who want to play together 10 yo 12 yo 15 yo why not have them all on the same team for fun? Save that mentallity for backyard games. let kids in organized sports compete with the same age kids. besides this rule will be an afterthought in in a few year and everyone will be fine all youth sports will continue to be played and so on.

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Anonymous wrote:the rules for all sports should age year not grade. its simple 10 year olds with 10 year olds. thats the most even playing field . i don't want to hear anything about kids in my kids class rec. should be fun blah blah blah. all of our kids have friends outside their classroom. why not in sports too? if you want to make rec just for fun open it to any friends who want to play together 10 yo 12 yo 15 yo why not have them all on the same team for fun? Save that mentallity for backyard games. let kids in organized sports compete with the same age kids. besides this rule will be an afterthought in in a few year and everyone will be fine all youth sports will continue to be played and so on.

Yep.

My kid that started K on time has many classmates that are 18 months-2 years older.

Ridiculous on the playing field. I love when they go to travel and finally have to compete true to age. They are way behind.

Anonymous wrote:the rules for all sports should age year not grade. its simple 10 year olds with 10 year olds. thats the most even playing field . i don't want to hear anything about kids in my kids class rec. should be fun blah blah blah. all of our kids have friends outside their classroom. why not in sports too? if you want to make rec just for fun open it to any friends who want to play together 10 yo 12 yo 15 yo why not have them all on the same team for fun? Save that mentallity for backyard games. let kids in organized sports compete with the same age kids. besides this rule will be an afterthought in in a few year and everyone will be fine all youth sports will continue to be played and so on.

Anonymous wrote:it can but it doesn't have to stay at grade-year because kids can play up and stay together. It does make sense for rec to also be at birth year so that players can develop with the same aged players for which they will be playing with or against when making the change to travel. I think it also makes the transition easier for parents to understand.

Anonymous wrote:I don't really like the classmate argument for Travel unless those same classmates have all been able to develop at the same rate and are of similar talent. It can be done but not always the case. The individual player that is driven will themselves want to be with the better talent to help him/her get better. Eventually the "friend" argument is no longer applicable. Rec is always available.