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Anonymous wrote:lol no blood tests. Bio banding is only allowed on the boys side for right now.

Basically, a late developing player (a small kid for his age) can be played down by 1 age group so they have a chance to play more and develop.

A club can do this for only a limited number of players.

Huh. Well, I guess the concept is decent, but seems rife for abuse without more guardrails. On the girls side it would help at the Ulittle ages but I guess people care less about that?

It works with boys involved with MLSN because nobody really cares about wins and losses (at least not the way girls parents do). For boys all that matters is individual development and the end goal is playing professionally not winning local league games.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol no blood tests. Bio banding is only allowed on the boys side for right now.

Basically, a late developing player (a small kid for his age) can be played down by 1 age group so they have a chance to play more and develop.

A club can do this for only a limited number of players.

Huh. Well, I guess the concept is decent, but seems rife for abuse without more guardrails. On the girls side it would help at the Ulittle ages but I guess people care less about that?

It works with boys involved with MLSN because nobody really cares about wins and losses (at least not the way girls parents do). For boys all that matters is individual development and the end goal is playing professionally not winning local league games.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol no blood tests. Bio banding is only allowed on the boys side for right now.

Basically, a late developing player (a small kid for his age) can be played down by 1 age group so they have a chance to play more and develop.

A club can do this for only a limited number of players.

Huh. Well, I guess the concept is decent, but seems rife for abuse without more guardrails. On the girls side it would help at the Ulittle ages but I guess people care less about that?

It works with boys involved with MLSN because nobody really cares about wins and losses (at least not the way girls parents do). For boys all that matters is individual development and the end goal is playing professionally not winning local league games.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol no blood tests. Bio banding is only allowed on the boys side for right now.

Basically, a late developing player (a small kid for his age) can be played down by 1 age group so they have a chance to play more and develop.

A club can do this for only a limited number of players.

Huh. Well, I guess the concept is decent, but seems rife for abuse without more guardrails. On the girls side it would help at the Ulittle ages but I guess people care less about that?

Anonymous wrote:lol no blood tests. Bio banding is only allowed on the boys side for right now.

Basically, a late developing player (a small kid for his age) can be played down by 1 age group so they have a chance to play more and develop.

A club can do this for only a limited number of players.

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda 2010 desperate for Ws

Anonymous wrote:Delco parents here Bethesda 2010 is abusing biobanding.

Anonymous wrote:Delco parents here Bethesda 2010 is abusing biobanding.

Anonymous wrote:ADHD kids are emotionally one to two years younger than their peers so seems like half of the DMV would be able to do this.

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Anonymous wrote:Bio-banding is a method by which players are grouped together based on their maturity and biological age rather than their birth year.

My understanding is that MLSN clubs use it? Which clubs? Do ECNL clubs use it as well?
What age does that start?
If you could please share any experience.
I’m sure some December birthday kids would benefit from that.
Thanks

I got this from another post:
MLS Next rules allow for 3 over-age players per team. It is called the "late developers" rule in MLS Next but is also referred to as bio-banding. The idea is to allow smaller kids who are late to puberty to play a year down until they catch up. At these years, there is a huge variability in height and weight and the rule is designed to encourage late developers to stick with the game. But, Bethesda abuses the rule for a competitive advantage by playing larger faster kids down.

Bethesda is misusing the bioband rule in the 2010 age group but using it correctly in the 2011 group. There was one, now two kids who technically skilled but very small. Not sure if the different usages are coincidence, difference in coaching, or what. But it's a shame to see them basically cheat in the 2010 age group.

If you're one of the Bethesda 2009 /10 parents, your kid is not physically delayed. They are being used to gain a competitive advantage. Look at the 2010/11 kid who bio-banded on Bethesda. Or, the one kid bio-banding with DCU. Both tiny and extremely skilled. That's the type of kids the program was designed for....not a 5'6" tall 15 year old who would be average sized in his own age group.

It is not about smaller kids. It is about muscle and bone development. It was not developed for tiny but skilled kids. It was developed for kids how show promise but a behind in terms of development. This would apply to a kid who had a big growth spurt.

So the 5'10" kid bio-banding for Bethesda 2010s who was a starter on the 2009 MLS Next team and is scoring half the goals this year - is who the waiver system was designed for? Where is your island for sale?

Bethesda would never allow something like that. They are about development, not winning.

This reads like sarcasm, but as much as I have many complaints about Bethesda, they’ve always been about both development and winning, on the boys’ side at least. I’m not sure that’s a bad thing in general, though the situation with the tall bio-banded kid sounds frustrating and suspect, if true.