VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

Wed, Jul 23 2025, 12:00:34 [ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 16:47:59 06/26/25 Thu
Author: ...get a life
Subject: At youth levels, age-appropriate development is a thing. But you're proving my point - the trophy is super important to you apparently, not the taking part.
In reply to: Curious 's message, "Would you say the same about combining U10 with senior ladies?" on 07:06:16 06/24/25 Tue

At youth levels, it is absolutely about encouraging age-appropriate development. At the adult level, yes - what matters is different. I've done lots of activities as an adult, and never once worried about who did it as a child, from art, to sports, to chess.

Like most activities, there are youth divisions based on age-appropriate things. And then, there's open categories - MAYBE wide age bands "U30, U40, Seniors" -- but the idea of "elite" competitions that separate out former youth competitors is ridiculous. Or just admit that "non-advanced adult" isn't actually championship worthy...

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

[ Login ] Create Account Not required to post.
Post a public reply to this message | Go post a new public message
 * HTML allowed in marked fields.
Message subject (required):

Name (required):

  Expression (Optional mood/title along with your name) Examples: (happy, sad, The Joyful, etc.) help)

  E-mail address (optional):

Type your message here:

Choose Message Icon: [ View Emoticons ]

Notice: Copies of your message may remain on this and other systems on internet. Please be respectful.

[ Contact Forum Admin ]

Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.