jpeter
PREMIER
Mixed signals with the boys staying combined u16/17 but the girls having both u16/17 & u16.
Doesnt seem like the best investment to train players for what 3-4+ yrs than see > 50% or more not play or walk away the follow year. There are combined ages in high school, other us club leagues like: super y, uspl (14,16,18 for example) so ussda is not the only league doing this.
The team chemisty changes every year with the combo age groups so it's harder to keep teams together this way but in the long run has helped my player work harder but playing up could have done the same thing so not sure of the overall value of continuing this model in da, maybe some short term savings but long term development could suffer.
Some of the da clubs are now going to play/support other leagues like nplwest so they have places for the calendar year age groups (u11,u12, u16) that da doesn't offer.
Doesnt seem like the best investment to train players for what 3-4+ yrs than see > 50% or more not play or walk away the follow year. There are combined ages in high school, other us club leagues like: super y, uspl (14,16,18 for example) so ussda is not the only league doing this.
The team chemisty changes every year with the combo age groups so it's harder to keep teams together this way but in the long run has helped my player work harder but playing up could have done the same thing so not sure of the overall value of continuing this model in da, maybe some short term savings but long term development could suffer.
Some of the da clubs are now going to play/support other leagues like nplwest so they have places for the calendar year age groups (u11,u12, u16) that da doesn't offer.