As a youth coach, I'm in favour of size and weight bands replacing age bands. In youth there is huge variation in size and weight, with larger players able to dominate some games.
In my view is we played in SW bands, then all things being equal this would promote skill and game management over size advantage.
Its not good for big players who develop early to base their games on their size, likewise its not good for smaller players feeling they can't compete.
As coaches i'm sure we all try to skill up our players, but playing in size bands would force clubs to focus on skills and game management to win games.
Once they get over 18 then this dropped.
In my view is we played in SW bands, then all things being equal this would promote skill and game management over size advantage.
Its not good for big players who develop early to base their games on their size, likewise its not good for smaller players feeling they can't compete.
As coaches i'm sure we all try to skill up our players, but playing in size bands would force clubs to focus on skills and game management to win games.
Once they get over 18 then this dropped.