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Posted April 23, 2012 03:30 · last edited March 18, 2021 06:11

foal30 wrote:

Stretford End wrote:
foal30 wrote:

my kids have always played up because it was a better footballing option.

Players should be in their corresponding age grade. Player development is club coaching and FTC.


Foal, your self-acknowledged hypocrisy doth confuse me. Also, your own club plays lots of players up - especially at 15/17/PDL grades - so I'm a tad confused about your confusion around the 'playing up' philosophy
this season 10 -14's are all in the correct age grade. Vim might correct me on this, possibly 1 x14th grader is in the 15's. Regardless, that's over 100 juniors playing in the right comp. for the Girls, I think there is 1 in the 14's who could play 12's still. So I think we are doing the right thing.�for the 17's yes there is some 15's there but that is also to do with player numbers. I don't know about PDL.


Hoary Old Chestnut (continued): As someone said - Ronaldoknow I think but I'm happy to be corrected - there comes a time when "if you're good enough, you're old enough". So IMO, there should not be any age criteria for PDL but realistically it is and should be a considered decision to play a boy against men, and the reason should never be driven by a team/club being short on numbers.
My own view is that one rule will NEVER fit all and that there are a range of factors to consider. Just for starters, some kids mature earlier; let alone development stages of technical, tactical and other competencies. Because of all these factors (and differing views within age groups, clubs and even teams), there can only ever be guidelines from Mainland and each club/player/parent will need to make their own individual decisions. My over-riding guideline would be playing up should be the exception rather than the norm.

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foal30 wrote:

Stretford End wrote:
foal30 wrote:

my kids have always played up because it was a better footballing option.

Players should be in their corresponding age grade. Player development is club coaching and FTC.


Foal, your self-acknowledged hypocrisy doth confuse me. Also, your own club plays lots of players up - especially at 15/17/PDL grades - so I'm a tad confused about your confusion around the 'playing up' philosophy
this season 10 -14's are all in the correct age grade. Vim might correct me on this, possibly 1 x14th grader is in the 15's. Regardless, that's over 100 juniors playing in the right comp. for the Girls, I think there is 1 in the 14's who could play 12's still. So I think we are doing the right thing.�for the 17's yes there is some 15's there but that is also to do with player numbers. I don't know about PDL.


Hoary Old Chestnut (continued): As someone said - Ronaldoknow I think but I'm happy to be corrected - there comes a time when "if you're good enough, you're old enough". So IMO, there should not be any age criteria for PDL but realistically it is and should be a considered decision to play a boy against men, and the reason should never be driven by a team/club being short on numbers.
My own view is that one rule will NEVER fit all and that there are a range of factors to consider. Just for starters, some kids mature earlier; let alone development stages of technical, tactical and other competencies. Because of all these factors (and differing views within age groups, clubs and even teams), there can only ever be guidelines from Mainland and each club/player/parent will need to make their own individual decisions. My over-riding guideline would be playing up should be the exception rather than the norm.