All-Star Proposed Age Changes For Next Season From Doral.
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- Dec 15, 2009
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I'm not really a fan because I think it would be hard to do for small gyms. There is barely any overlap in ages so having cross overs would be difficult. The age ranges are pretty small and I don't think many small gyms have enough kids in each age range to form decent sized teams.
- Aug 9, 2011
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What about that one 7yo when all the rest of your athletes are 8+? Or that one 12 yo when you have a lot of 11- and 13+ athletes? Where do you put them?
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Can we not leave things alone for 2 mins to settle before changing them. And if you are going to change them PLEASE do it on a rolling cycle.
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Can we not leave things alone for 2 mins to settle before changing them. And if you are going to change them PLEASE do it on a rolling cycle.
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- Nov 20, 2011
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I think this will kill many small gyms if it is instated. It's already hard enough for small gyms to make it so all athletes are on a level appropriate team. Small gyms, and I'm sure even some medium size gyms, need the wiggle room that the current age grid allows. Not all athletes start at the same age and progress at the same speed so a lot of athletes may be stuck on a team that is a level too low or too high for their skill level simply because of their age and due to the fact that their gym can not field another team in that age range at a proper level for them. I think some bottom ages are needed, but I also think that the ones proposed may be more hurtful than helpful. The senior open and junior open allow some flexibility but the youth age, which I consider to be the heart and future of this sport, as well as tiny and mini will be effected immensely.
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MomOf2ThatsMe
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- Feb 18, 2011
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Tiny should be 4-6, not 0-6. That's ridiculous.
I would add an extra year to the bottom of each mini, youth, and junior be 9-14.
And what's up with the Open being 18 and under, and junior 14 and under?
I would add an extra year to the bottom of each mini, youth, and junior be 9-14.
And what's up with the Open being 18 and under, and junior 14 and under?
justpeachy
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- Mar 26, 2010
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- Jan 9, 2010
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Gosh no. My smaller gym would perish if they tried to put a bottom cap on junior aged divisions. What would we do with our handful of youth 3 athletes? They'd end up being placed on a team lower than their abilities, or we'd have to force a youth 3 team that would hardly be competitive and would push too many kids to get skills they aren't ready for.
I understand and appreciate the bottom age on seniors, but not on the younger age groups.
ETA: The argument for bottom age caps on senior divisions is that younger athletes should not be hearing/participating in coversations and activities that high schoolers have. When it comes to elementary and middle school though, this argument isn't relevant. If it is, then you have bigger problems that need to be dealt with.
I understand and appreciate the bottom age on seniors, but not on the younger age groups.
ETA: The argument for bottom age caps on senior divisions is that younger athletes should not be hearing/participating in coversations and activities that high schoolers have. When it comes to elementary and middle school though, this argument isn't relevant. If it is, then you have bigger problems that need to be dealt with.
- Feb 20, 2011
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Unless you're close enough to a bigger gym with a Y3, then you just lost that talented, young athlete to the big gym. I feel like the current age grid is fine the way it is, but that's just me. I have a S4 that is perennially a young team, although they do get older every year (ba dum ching...). Anyways, we moved into a senior division a few years ago to accomodate 2 kids that were aging out of juniors. There were 10 year olds on that team. Sure, 10 is young, but not when the oldest kids on your team are 15. I just feel like the current set-up with 10 as the bottom age for non-worlds senior teams and 12 for worlds teams is fine.
KikiD22
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- Dec 14, 2009
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Not liking the bottom ages either, and where I see the being a huge issue for small gyms, it is problematic at larger gyms too. I'm thinking specifically about the little ones. 3 out of the last 4 seasons we haven't had a Tiny team because there were not enough true Tiny-aged athletes to have a separate team (the one year with a Tiny team, they had 5 kids), and those 3 or 4 kids were just moved to mini 1. Would these kids have to sit out a couple seasons or go elsewhere? Yes. And I'm talking about talented little athletes that have the ability & maturity to handle the older team.
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- Jan 9, 2010
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Exactly. This is what bothers me so much. Gyms like ours would lose more than just our senior 5 kids if this rule was put in place.
Another point-- our Y3's (on J3) parents don't want to drive over an hour to get them to a gym with an age appropriate team. Judging by last year, the only gym remotely close to ours that fielded a Y3 was over an hour away and across a state line...and we're in MD! In areas that aren't saturated with gyms, young kids may not be able to find an age-appropriate, level-appropriate team until they turn 11. At some point it makes it difficult for everyone involved.
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