Quote:
Originally Posted by jonny24
I know in rugby in NZ they do weight classes instead of age grades, I wonder if something like that would help football mitigate some of those concerns from parents.
I do think that eventually there will need to a fairly big change in how the game is played, not sure how tough.
|
It's amazing the size range of similarly aged kids. My son played 5 years of London minor from 4th to 8th grade. His first year, his tyke team won the championship and played an all star team from Windsor. They had a kid, 9 years old same as my son, who was 6 foot and 170 pounds. My son wasn't even 100 pounds yet and he was the oldest kid on the team. He loved the game, but after 5 years, he decided that was enough and didn't pursue it in high school. I kind of wish he had, for the exercise, sense of teamwork and more chance of making friends, and also because we loved watching the games and being part of it all, but he was also worried about injury and the game in high school is a lot more physical. We supported his choice of course, and he does other stuff now that he enjoys.