18-12-2014, 12:28 PM
robin moore Wrote:Should Scotland take players to an event of this nature (U16 World (Olympiad) level) if we are fortunate enough to have players of a similar ability and age to that of Daniel ?...
Or should there be a minimum age that players must reach to play in this top event incase they feel isolated from their own team and other players?
I think the only sensible answer to this is 'decide on a case by case basis'. Some kids will be more comfortable with / able to cope with this sort of thing than others. I certainly don't think it's something that we should avoid on principle if a sufficiently talented player exists, but I can also imagine that there would be people for whom it wouldn't be appropriate.
(And yeah, I'd expect that at least one of a nine-year-old's parents would want to travel to this kind of event.)