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very old

Years ago

Junior Age Grouping

Bugger - an Anon who correctly corrected me - Bugger SOOOO Embarrassing.

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very old

Years ago

alkl true , but I think you can be playing against someone who has an additional 2 years and 364 days of physical growth and mental maturity over you.

However that does not necessarily mean you cannot do well, Alison Lacey was born on 31 of December and did OK in the NCAA.

Phil Smyth had ( from memory) 3 years of playing in the u20 nationals for SA.

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Clapped Out Hack

Years ago

There is definitly an advantage but the line has to be drawn somewhere. It will always be in any junior sport. Only alternative would be to play in single year age groups, then you would play the same group for ten years and die of boredom.

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Clapped Out Hack

Years ago

Should have told them what Mantis just wrote. He would have been 15 by the time you finished.

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Mantis

Years ago

worst possible scenario

Player 1 is a first year born on December 31

Player 2 is a second year born on January 1

Season starts in October, Player 1 is 14, Player 2 is 16.

That's the biggest age gap possible.

At no stage does a player 14 play against someone who is 17.

Your example is wrong - if Player 1 is 14yo in October 2012, they will be a 2nd-year U16 (born 1997), and 16yo Player 2 would be a 2nd-year in U18s (born 1995).

But you are right, a 14yo won't ever play against a 17yo, even when he turns 15. The largest possible age gap would be if Player A was born on 1/1/98 and Player B was born on 31/12/99. In October 2012 Player A will be a 14yo 2nd year in U16s and B will be a 13yo 1st year. Next Winter season, they will be 15 and 14. In Oct 2013 Player B will be a 14yo 2nd-year and Player A would have moved up to U18s as a 15yo first year. Player A will play against player who are 17yo, but he'll turn 16 before that can happen.

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Clapped Out Hack

Years ago

Dont argue about it just let him go. Opens up a div. 1 spot for a kid that wants to get somewhere in basketball. I have seen more kids wanting to play up an age group than complaining about the big boys.

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