• kandoh@reddthat.com
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    Explore the birthdates of professional athletes, and you'll notice a significant cluster in January and February. It often begins with kids playing sports together in school. As slightly older children tend to have a size advantage, parents and coaches start to take notice, focusing more attention on these "promising" young athletes.

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      Huh?

      Maybe we're from different countries. In America it's not about calendar year, it's about school year. So if you're 6 years old in August (or whenever school starts) you start 1st grade. Some kids are 6 years 0 months, and some are 6 years and 11 months. They all go to the same class.

      Close to the cutoff and some parents will hold back or get them in early.

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        That's exactly why this happens. At young ages, even an extra six months can give you a huge leg up in sports. So coaches see a first grader performing really well – because they have that six month advantage – and hype them up, which ends up snow balling.

        I love when someone is belligerently wrong and down votes people that are correct. Go back to Reddit. I need to log off

        https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-athletes-birthdays-affect-who-goes-pro-and-who-becomes-a-star/

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          I love when someone is belligerently wrong and down votes people that are correct. Go back to Reddit

          Are you complaining about me?

          Your comment already has a down vote, and you're agreeing what I first said… And I don't see anything belligerent in my comment.

          But I dont know who else you'd be complaining about, I honestly don't know what you're talking about.

          Quick edit:

          Did you reply to the wrong person? You're not even the person I replied to