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A J5 outscored 25 level 5 teams including 17 of the Worlds teams at CDE Mid Atlantic in Richmond last weekend. My point is again if they change Worlds age to 14, the Worlds division will become a joke and J5 will dominate. The most skilled and motivated athletes will spend up to 5 years or so on J5 and average 2 on Worlds. My solution would be to require skill sets on a Worlds team for every athlete. If your highest score during the year was an 89 you should not be going to Worlds. These opinions are mine and do not represent any establishment.
If this would be the case hopefully it would lead to fewer gyms fielding inappropriate "worlds" teams. J5 is great division and the kids are extremely talented and I think that they should score similarly to senior level 5 teams if they've executed as good a routine. I also don't believe increasing J5s would be a bad thing. It's a way for the talented kids to get level 5 experience and mature before going to a senior level and to worlds. Additionally, I miss the days of strong J5s (it's been coming back). I definitely agree with the last point though.
However, I doubt this will happen because too few gyms have enough level 5 juniors to form a team instead/in addition to a senior 5. Your idea of worlds teams becoming a joke isn't really fair, there more than enough talented athletes over 14 to make competitive teams.
Personally, I reached a senior and worlds team when I was 14 and there is nothing that makes me look back and wish I had made the team sooner. In reality, theres even some things that, even at 14, I shouldn't have heard. I I had all 4 years of highschool on a senior team and then more worlds experience on an open team while in University.