Anonymous
02/19/2024 15:31
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter? It’s hard to plan for, because some sports go by grade level and others go by age. Some have age cut-offs in August, others in December.
None of it matters, especially after puberty. My daughter is one of the oldest but the one of the shortest on her volleyball team. It’s club that is more competitive with tryouts and ages. High school doesn’t matter as much since it’s not as competitive.
Anonymous
02/19/2024 12:45
Subject: Re:what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Maybe it's just our experience, but I think that for a boy, August is hard. You are toward the end of the calendar year for calendar year sports and, assuming a Sept. 1 cutoff for school, the youngest in the grade. It's hard for kids in the second half of the calendar year, but at least those born toward the end of the calendar year are older than much of the grade.
Anonymous
02/19/2024 11:35
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Anonymous wrote:If you're really good, no such thing as a bad birthday. My sport was by age for travel/club and of course by grade for school. I was THE youngest in my grade every year and had to compete in a new age group less than 2 months before championship season. Still went to college on a D1 scholarship at 17. I did not spend a single second worrying about whether I had a "bad" birthday for my sport. I was more worried about being the last one to be able to drive in HS, and to go to the bar in college!
And when was this? It’s more competitive now.
Anonymous
02/19/2024 11:12
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:August - our DS was born in early September - and we reclassified him in middle school to the year below, end result was perfect he turned 19 a week into senior year. Wound up attending a top SLAC for his sport, 100% the result of the age advantage we arranged - younger DS won’t be so easy with August birthday
This is nuts.
Right? My DD will turn 17 a month into senior year. And I sent her ON TIME.
A 16 year old is staring high school? My DD, on time, will turn 18 a month into senior year.
Anonymous
02/19/2024 10:09
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
If you're really good, no such thing as a bad birthday. My sport was by age for travel/club and of course by grade for school. I was THE youngest in my grade every year and had to compete in a new age group less than 2 months before championship season. Still went to college on a D1 scholarship at 17. I did not spend a single second worrying about whether I had a "bad" birthday for my sport. I was more worried about being the last one to be able to drive in HS, and to go to the bar in college!
Anonymous
02/19/2024 09:37
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:August - our DS was born in early September - and we reclassified him in middle school to the year below, end result was perfect he turned 19 a week into senior year. Wound up attending a top SLAC for his sport, 100% the result of the age advantage we arranged - younger DS won’t be so easy with August birthday
This is nuts.
Right? My DD will turn 17 a month into senior year. And I sent her ON TIME.
Anonymous
02/19/2024 09:35
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is mid June good for anything? I feel like it’s late for school aged and bottom middle for anything else that starts in January.
Terrible for swimming, decent for baseball, middle for soccer. If you redshirt, good for lacrosse.
Our youth baseball league is Sep 1-Aug 31. Is yours different?
Our lacrosse is by grade level all the way through.
Softball varies between either Sep 1-Aug 31 (USA Softball) or Dec. 31-Jan. 1 (USSSA Softball). I wish they'd pick one.
Anonymous
02/19/2024 09:16
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Anonymous wrote:August - our DS was born in early September - and we reclassified him in middle school to the year below, end result was perfect he turned 19 a week into senior year. Wound up attending a top SLAC for his sport, 100% the result of the age advantage we arranged - younger DS won’t be so easy with August birthday
This is nuts.
Anonymous
02/19/2024 09:12
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is mid June good for anything? I feel like it’s late for school aged and bottom middle for anything else that starts in January.
Terrible for swimming, decent for baseball, middle for soccer. If you redshirt, good for lacrosse.
Our youth baseball league is Sep 1-Aug 31. Is yours different?
Our lacrosse is by grade level all the way through.
Your baseball league sounds like rec? I know that’s little league age grouping.
Here, travel baseball is May 1-April 30 so a kid with a June birthday would have the second oldest birthday month in travel baseball.
Naturally my kid has an April 30th birthday.
+1
Most of the top travel baseball teams (youth) seem to be full of kids who have late spring or summer birthdays right after the May 1 cutoff. A lot of them seem to be redshirted too, and will keep the same relative age advantage for HS ball.
Yeah for most sports, at some point it is about age relative to graduation year. A May birthday baseball player is not well served by dominating 13u baseball in 8th grade and then trying to make a high school stream with 19 year olds pitching the next year. So if you’re looking for an age advantage long term, I’d vote for a redshirted summer birthday.
A redshirted baseball player in 13U right now, is in 7th grade, not 8th grade. The kids who weren't redshirted are in 8th grade are playing 14U, that we know of. The birthdates are 5/1/2010-4/30/2011. I think a lot of people have already thought this through.
Anonymous
02/19/2024 09:03
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is mid June good for anything? I feel like it’s late for school aged and bottom middle for anything else that starts in January.
Terrible for swimming, decent for baseball, middle for soccer. If you redshirt, good for lacrosse.
Our youth baseball league is Sep 1-Aug 31. Is yours different?
Our lacrosse is by grade level all the way through.
Your baseball league sounds like rec? I know that’s little league age grouping.
Here, travel baseball is May 1-April 30 so a kid with a June birthday would have the second oldest birthday month in travel baseball.
Naturally my kid has an April 30th birthday.
+1
Most of the top travel baseball teams (youth) seem to be full of kids who have late spring or summer birthdays right after the May 1 cutoff. A lot of them seem to be redshirted too, and will keep the same relative age advantage for HS ball.
Yeah for most sports, at some point it is about age relative to graduation year. A May birthday baseball player is not well served by dominating 13u baseball in 8th grade and then trying to make a high school stream with 19 year olds pitching the next year. So if you’re looking for an age advantage long term, I’d vote for a redshirted summer birthday.
Anonymous
02/19/2024 06:53
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Anonymous wrote:Is mid June good for anything? I feel like it’s late for school aged and bottom middle for anything else that starts in January.
Mid June is my DDs birthday. It’s good for summer swim but not much else. It is what it is though. I don’t put that much thought into it.
Anonymous
02/19/2024 01:21
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is mid June good for anything? I feel like it’s late for school aged and bottom middle for anything else that starts in January.
Terrible for swimming, decent for baseball, middle for soccer. If you redshirt, good for lacrosse.
Our youth baseball league is Sep 1-Aug 31. Is yours different?
Our lacrosse is by grade level all the way through.
Your baseball league sounds like rec? I know that’s little league age grouping.
Here, travel baseball is May 1-April 30 so a kid with a June birthday would have the second oldest birthday month in travel baseball.
Naturally my kid has an April 30th birthday.
+1
Most of the top travel baseball teams (youth) seem to be full of kids who have late spring or summer birthdays right after the May 1 cutoff. A lot of them seem to be redshirted too, and will keep the same relative age advantage for HS ball.
Anonymous
02/19/2024 01:10
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is mid June good for anything? I feel like it’s late for school aged and bottom middle for anything else that starts in January.
Terrible for swimming, decent for baseball, middle for soccer. If you redshirt, good for lacrosse.
Our youth baseball league is Sep 1-Aug 31. Is yours different?
Our lacrosse is by grade level all the way through.
Yeah, that the scam - the "Red Shirt Mafia" will not have it any other way.
Anonymous
02/18/2024 19:15
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
If your kid wants to play competitive basketball the AAU cutoff is August 31, so a late August birthday is pretty darn lousy.
Anonymous
02/18/2024 19:05
Subject: what’s the worst birthday month for sports?
It really depends on the sports.
DS plays squash and it goes by birthdate. The competitive squash season is from September to late March so the best birthday to have is in April and the worst is in August.
DD plays soccer which goes by year so it helps to have a Jan- Feb bday.
DS plays squash and it goes by birthdate. The competitive squash season is from September to late March so the best birthday to have is in April and the worst is in August.
DD plays soccer which goes by year so it helps to have a Jan- Feb bday.