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In college they will face players 3 years older...greater physicality and speed of play. They will be "playing up" in college.

That is a grand assumption, who is to say they won’t be just fine. You’re speculating.

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That is a grand assumption, who is to say they won’t be just fine. You’re speculating.

I think at that age it makes no difference- they’re fully grown women

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Your statement makes no sense

If you play up when you are 15, 16, and 17 - you are facing players that are stronger and faster. Speed of thinking is also more advanced. If a younger player can ball at this level they will be ahead of their peers that are playing in their age group.

Playing up will ease the transition to the college game.

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Your statement makes no sense

Why are underclassmen allowed to play up in High School? Shouldn't all Freshman play on the Freshman team?

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If you play up when you are 15, 16, and 17 - you are facing players that are stronger and faster. Speed of thinking is also more advanced. If a younger player can ball at this level they will be ahead of their peers that are playing in their age group.

Playing up will ease the transition to the college game.

By the time girls are 15 or 16, everyone has gone through puberty and they are almost all at their adult height. Playing up has little value at that point. Any difference in size and strength between a 15 year old and a 17 year old is due to genetics and the amount of strength training they do. It has nothing to do with age at that point.

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By the time girls are 15 or 16, everyone has gone through puberty and they are almost all at their adult height. Playing up has little value at that point. Any difference in size and strength between a 15 year old and a 17 year old is due to genetics and the amount of strength training they do. It has nothing to do with age at that point.

Same challenges entering as a college freshman competing against older players with more experience and conditioning. Many freshmen come in completely unprepared.

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Same challenges entering as a college freshman competing against older players with more experience and conditioning. Many freshmen come in completely unprepared.

And those challenges have to do with individual training habits and overall genetics. Playing up vs. playing at age during high school years would have zero impact on that.

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And those challenges have to do with individual training habits and overall genetics. Playing up vs. playing at age during high school years would have zero impact on that.

Yup, you understand

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By the time girls are 15 or 16, everyone has gone through puberty and they are almost all at their adult height. Playing up has little value at that point. Any difference in size and strength between a 15 year old and a 17 year old is due to genetics and the amount of strength training they do. It has nothing to do with age at that point.

Playing on an older team has a few distinct advantages. Generally speaking, the older teams get, the faster and more skilled the level of play becomes. For youth players looking to develop and advance to higher levels, playing up can challenge them to improve. Whereas they might get comfortable and complacent against younger teams, playing on an older team will bring a variety of new challenges to push them to get better.
It’s the same thought process for deciding whether or not to switch teams when your kid is dominating in a lower division. The biggest difference is that moving up a division will lead to more skilled competition, but moving up an age group will bring more skilled players and also larger and faster competition as well.

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By the time girls are 15 or 16, everyone has gone through puberty and they are almost all at their adult height. Playing up has little value at that point. Any difference in size and strength between a 15 year old and a 17 year old is due to genetics and the amount of strength training they do. It has nothing to do with age at that point.

Completely agree except height not that important in soccer, unless you're a goalie of course.

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Completely agree except height not that important in soccer, unless you're a goalie of course.

I have watched U15 games and then watch U17 games - back to back at tournaments. To say the speed of play and physicality is the same is absurd.

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I think at that age it makes no difference- they’re fully grown women

Wrong. Transgender women will continue to grow and gain strength until 21++

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That is a grand assumption, who is to say they won’t be just fine. You’re speculating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUkzV4vvR_o

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By the time girls are 15 or 16, everyone has gone through puberty and they are almost all at their adult height. Playing up has little value at that point. Any difference in size and strength between a 15 year old and a 17 year old is due to genetics and the amount of strength training they do. It has nothing to do with age at that point.

Disagree.

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By the time girls are 15 or 16, everyone has gone through puberty and they are almost all at their adult height. Playing up has little value at that point. Any difference in size and strength between a 15 year old and a 17 year old is due to genetics and the amount of strength training they do. It has nothing to do with age at that point.

Just curious....have you ever played the game?