Why even bother having a 2020 team?? Leave the girls at this age in the hornet development program. I can see a 2019 team for this year, where the girls will play up one year. BTW, The first age group for 2012 summer tournaments is 6th grade, that is 2018. There is a huge physical difference at this age, it is far different than an 8th grader playing up 2 years. If you ask me it is dangerous and irresposible to do this. They are still young and have plenty of time to develope, why push it?
They can have 2020 teams but they should play more local tournaments like Liberty does and a couple of the other programs. They don't need the full out of sale tournament schedule like the big girls have.
This debate about the 2020 teams is interesting. On the soccer side, the local league administrates a full U/10 league season (Fall/Spring), state cup tournament, and local club playoff style tournament. [Soccer has launched U/9 leagues on Long Island and will likely form U/8 leagues in fairly short order.] Baseball sees similar structures emerging at at U/10 age group.
Club teams then opt to do tournaments atop this structure across Long Island and sometimes a bit further. Again, this is part of the club team's philosophy that should be discussed when you sign up for a program.
Holding teams at this age group, whether town based or elite program based, are similar enterprises. Honestly, what is the issue? A team needs to exist somewhere to learn how to play the game, not just for skills training.
There is no issue depending what tournaments they intend to go to. If they are sending them to the same tournaments as the older girls then this group will be playing in a division that starts at 2018, so they would be playing up two years, and it's not only a skill level thing, the girls are much bigger. My daughter played up one year and even that was pushing it at this age. Now if they do local tournaments like someone had mentioned, with age appropiate brackets, that is fine. Wasn't the hornets program good enough to support this level at this age? I just see it as pushing the issue to be called a yellowjacket.
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