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[PSV] is the first professional academy where a girl will play alongside the boys to further her development, 9 year old Liz will play alongside the boys at PSV U10 (www.psv.nl)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes this is absolutely true, but I don’t see how this applies to coed youth teams. This is a problem because of kids developing fast when they’re young so kids that are almost a year older will be further in their development. I don’t know if there is a difference but this doesn’t say anything about gender differences.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I added this bit to my post to hammer home my point. I'm not saying it's wrong or can't be managed, I'm just highlighting that its likely that it would matter from the perspective of development of ability in the general case. A supremely talented/developed female who has a good coaching network (which she'll surely have at PSV) will be absolutely fine and won't be worse off for it.

I don't think it's far fetched to believe that in typical cases, males will be more physically developed (bigger, stronger, faster) than an equivalent aged female. That's not to say in specific instances this isn't a valid thing to do or that I can't be managed by early years coaching being non-contact/ skill based.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah there might be a difference, I have no clue. My take was large based on my own experience with having the occasional girl in my team as a kid, and up until about 12 they could keep up. The girls that played in coed teams were usually also much better players than the girls that just played in girls teams.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Absolutely not disputing your anecdotal experience, nor that it is beneficial to the women in coeds. I thought I'd chip in with some added information cos frankly the point made in Outliers is a fantastic example of the power of compounding growth. Saying I was calling BS was just a banter-y way of opening.