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s/o redshirting
Where I live and the other cities/states I have lived in have always used age as the cut off for sports, not grade. So, if you are 7 it doesn't matter if you are in kindy, 1st, or 2nd grade, you play on the 7 year old team. It's not until Jr. High and High School that grade determines team and then they have age cut offs on the other end, you can't be older than a certain age and compete on the team.
I am assuming my area is not the only area that works this way, so why would you redshirt for athletics when it doesn't matter until Jr. High? At that point all the participants have had roughly the same amount of athletic training.
Just curious if other areas organize youth sports differently.
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Re: s/o redshirting
Size and strength.
Some areas of the country are hard core into high school sports. I grew up in Texas where football is second only to God. You would not believe how important football was to the community on so many levels.
There are only so many years of eligibility in both high school and college sports and having an extra year of physical growth, training and maturity in the game can make a big difference.
My 17 yr old step son is night and day different from what he was just last year at 16. He's about 4-5 inches taller and has a LOT more muscle mass.
He plays baseball for his high school and the difference in his ability this spring from last is jaw dropping. He's not doing anything different this year - he's just got a lot more gusto behind his swing and he's faster with a much longer stride.
So to answer your question - as unbelievable as it probably seems to you there are areas of the country and cultures that will seriously red shirt a kid at 5 because they want them to have the best shot at sports on their Jr. and high school teams many many many years down the line.
I always wonder what happens to those poor kids if heaven forbid they're just not that interested in sports....
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
In some communities it's such a part of the culture that it's almost like military service. The grand dad played, the dad played and by golly.... all of his sons WILL play.
They honestly don't expect future college funding out of it. It's just a HUGE part of their community's culture.
I'm not joking when I tell you that at least 75% of the students and at least 50% of the parents went to the majority of Friday night football games for my high school growing up. It's a sporting event, it's a social structure, it's a place to see and be seen and it almost totally determines the pecking order in popularity within the school.
My school district paid to both bus and pay for overnight hotel accommodations for SEVENTY FIVE drill teamers (in addition to the football team, cheer squad and band) to travel out of town when my high school was in the play offs.
I have performed on what used to be Texas Stadium (home of the Cowboys) for state and it was IN-SANE.
The thought of how much money goes into the football program in my home town is staggering...
Saying it's a big deal is an understatement.
It wasn't until I moved away that I finally understood that the culture that I grew up in was far from the norm in our country.
If you get a chance to see Friday Night Lights it's a pretty good representation of the sporting culture I grew up in.
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
That's how it works here. DS missed the soccer cut off, makes the baseball cut off and makes the school cut off. So, he plays soccer a year behind his grade. It would be great if he liked soccer, he'd have an advantage there. lol