Cardiff City set to lose another youngster to Man City

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

I like the idea of using the calendar year, rather than the academic one, for categorising their age group teams.

https://www.htafc.com/academy/

That's interesting. I saw some research a while back on ice hockey teams in Canada missing out on talent because they reject the younger, smaller kids in each age group.
Does switching to calendar rather than school years mean you just focus on those with January to April birthdays instead of "August to December"? (Surely they mean September to December).

[the other bob wilson]

That's interesting. I saw some research a while back on ice hockey teams in Canada missing out on talent because they reject the younger, smaller kids in each age group.
Does switching to calendar rather than school years mean you just focus on those with January to April birthdays instead of "August to December"? (Surely they mean September to December).

You’d think so wouldn’t you.i was thinking of this study when I suggested using the calendar year, but I suppose you’re going to run into the same problem however you do it.

https://www.casino.co.uk/footballers-birthdays/

[Citizen's Nephew]

You’d think so wouldn’t you.i was thinking of this study when I suggested using the calendar year, but I suppose you’re going to run into the same problem however you do it.

https://www.casino.co.uk/footballers-birthdays/

That's really interesting but I can't help feeling there'll now be some placebo effect for the poor players reading that who are born in the second half of the year. Like 'What's the point?!'