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Are we going back to graduation year from birth year?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostJust a question, if anyone knows, but what do they do for grad year in the case of kids that have stayed back?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI assume they would just play with their grad year. For the majority of kids who want to play soccer after high school, college is the goal. For recruiting purposes, grad year is what matters. If you are an "older" 2021 because you started school late or repeated, you're still a 2021 grad for recruiting purposes.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostJust a question, if anyone knows, but what do they do for grad year in the case of kids that have stayed back?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPrecisely why redshirting is a huge thing in the DC area. As in, all the way down to kindergarten. That area is so full of type A parents, many hold their kids back a year before school even begins, just so they'll be the bigger, faster, stronger kids on all the teams. I was surprised to find it wasn't nearly as common in this area when I moved up here.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postis the goal of USSF to help more kids play in college, or to improve the national teams?
School year cutoff helps 99%+ of youth players in the country.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIf you're trying to game things to help your kid play a sport in college, this would be one way to help them. But is the goal of USSF to help more kids play in college, or to improve the national teams? If they were to change back, and I don't believe this rumor for a second, it would be like waving the white flag on the international level.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIf you're trying to game things to help your kid play a sport in college, this would be one way to help them. But is the goal of USSF to help more kids play in college, or to improve the national teams? If they were to change back, and I don't believe this rumor for a second, it would be like waving the white flag on the international level.
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Meh, I've got one kid who is a march birthday and has benefited as she is one of the older kids on a roster and has been since the change in 2016. Not saying she doesn't get where she is now without the BY change, but it helped her when she was younger as the shake-up on teams gave her an opportunity. She had to prove herself, and did, but it was the shakeup that created the player movement and opportunity. Relative age effect is real.
Going back won't mean much for her now as she is midway through HS and her path is locked in. For my other kid, he's a young kid for his BY and will get caught in the 8th grade/Senior year orphan BS in the current system. He would actually benefit from going back to the old system at this point.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIf I was drinking coffee I would have spit it out at this point. You really think all the best players have been found? This is a pretty big country with a pretty small scouting pool.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMeh, I've got one kid who is a march birthday and has benefited as she is one of the older kids on a roster and has been since the change in 2016. Not saying she doesn't get where she is now without the BY change, but it helped her when she was younger as the shake-up on teams gave her an opportunity. She had to prove herself, and did, but it was the shakeup that created the player movement and opportunity. Relative age effect is real.
Going back won't mean much for her now as she is midway through HS and her path is locked in. For my other kid, he's a young kid for his BY and will get caught in the 8th grade/Senior year orphan BS in the current system. He would actually benefit from going back to the old system at this point.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFrom what I see the biggest problem with graduation year teams is the many, many, many repeats at private schools who play on club teams. Some of my daughter's grade mates are fully two years older than her. I suppose it won't really matter in terms of scouting, she's still competing with them for college spots, that's why their parents did it. Kinda annoying though.
Dare I say it...that's many...
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFrom what I see the biggest problem with graduation year teams is the many, many, many repeats at private schools who play on club teams. Some of my daughter's grade mates are fully two years older than her. I suppose it won't really matter in terms of scouting, she's still competing with them for college spots, that's why their parents did it. Kinda annoying though.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFrom what I see the biggest problem with graduation year teams is the many, many, many repeats at private schools who play on club teams. Some of my daughter's grade mates are fully two years older than her. I suppose it won't really matter in terms of scouting, she's still competing with them for college spots, that's why their parents did it. Kinda annoying though.
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