But that's the thing... nothing says they have to get out of shape. Crosstraining, individual training, fitness opportunities are available. Why can't they train with another team? Why can't they put together a group from their club who isn't playing HS to train? Not every HS-aged player plays in HS.
You’re confusing fitness which is something they should be doing year round regardless of season to game experience which is what lacks when girls are playing high school and the rest aren’t.
I will just say this is absolutely the least logical approach so of course SOCAL would do it. It fits with a bunch of other illogical approaches they take :/
Sorry GY should be BY in my post. The least logical approach is accepting but delaying a change by 1 year.
No, I'm not. 8th graders and HS kids who aren't playing for their school can use this as an offseason and do a lot of heavier strength/conditioning training that's not appropriate during the season. Nobody has given a good reason why the non-HS playing kids can't train together and why trapped 8th graders can't train with the year below them. There's no reason they can't scrimmage in training to stay sharp.
Whose attitude are you (mis)quoting?
and they do
I am from SoCal. MLSN teams don’t allow for HS play normally. This was originally a trapped issue comment.
You’re right but that just doesn’t happen… most coaches at this age are with their high school teams they coach in the winter and the trapped players are an after thought
No team is playing down a 6 foot 2 14 yo at U13 and saying they are bio-banding. They have to declare the bio-banded player, and there's zero chance an opposing coach signs off on that. TBH, you don't appear to know what bio-banding is, i.e. grouping athletes based on physical growth and maturation (e.g. height and strength), rather than chronological age.
Thats the opposite of what was intended by the comment, i.e. for non "elite" level, it makes sense that they can group together. At the top level, it'll always be a mix.
From my understanding you can play any player down if they are Q4 regardless of size or ability. (Thats the loophole.)
I've never heard of that and never seen it applied (vs bio-banding), are you talking about every league or just some - any links/citations?
Some coaches say that's pretty much the rule for bio-banding. Q4 kids have free rein. Since there was not really a player profile to say yes or no for bio-banding. This is the loophole we see exploited.
There are literally bio-banding calculators. Its nothing to do with Q4, although Q4 kids are more likely to be less mature physically, as it can be applied to any kid in an age group for them to play up or down (you do know it goes up also).
For most players bio banding is a waste of time. In general MLS Next is looking for players that can play up.
You think they use those calculators? We are talking about playing down and abusing the system. I don't make the rules it just is what it is.
