Question for PARENTS of 2017 kids that were in 8th grade last year and had their 8th rrade daughter play varsity lax. My daughter (8th grader) is trying out for her Vsity school team - talent aside - if you child payed - did your daughter experience any social hurdles in spending time with girls in 11th and 12th grade who in some cases are alomost 5 years older? I now spending tie with much older kids, bus rides etc things may come up where an 8th grader may not fit in socially - I was just curious. Obviously it depends on the child as well - I was just curios. Thanks for the feedback.
Every school has a different environment. My child and her friends played on 2 varsity teams as an 8th grader. One sport the girls were terrific, the other had a posse of older girls who completely ignored the younger players. To the point where officials commented to the coach about poor sportsmanship (lack of passing to open players, no congrats after goals, etc-it was that obvious). Sadly, sometimes the younger players are more mature than the older players. Good luck to your daughter as it is a huge accomplishment to be asked to play up!
