My Opinion ..... Please Read.......This is gospel ...
If you want you son to have a chance at playing for a top D1 program....
If you want your son to have a great youth career....
If you want your son to be a starter as a Freshman or Soph .....
HOLD THEM BACK EARLY OR DO A PREFIRST
And this is what's wrong with youth lacrosse. Your kid stinks and couldn't hang with the on-age kids. Tell him to the hit the squat rack next time.
You're missing the point. A kid who stinks is never playing college lacrosse at any level whether he holds back or not. But if your son's goal is to play D1 lacrosse (or even D2 or D3) he has the best shot if he holds back, AND is naturally great athlete, AND works hard on improving himself outside of team practices by hitting the weight room, the wall, etc. Of course there are exceptions, such as the St. Paul phenom with the proud Dad who posted earlier. But if you look at the rosters of the top college D1, the majority of players do have the trifecta of holdback, lots of natural ability, and hard work.
All this is true.
Man I wish my kid loved a less weak sauce sport where playing down was rewarded.
Def a SAD sport when kids have to play down to be the best. I look forward to walking by the the holdback parents at tournaments this year. They always look so embarrassed and ashamed.
Really? for the record, I am the Dad of three lacrosse players, one holdback and two not, and my holdback was for reasons unrelated to lacrosse, and at least today, is not the strongest of the three. But I find your statement that holdback parents are "ashamed" on the sidelines hard to believe. Parents on the same team have a lot of interaction (good and bad) and not once have I seen somebody's holdback status be a source of embarrassment or shame within the same team. And parents of opposing teams have plenty of interaction too (good and bad) but nobody knows the age or school year of opposing teams, so parents could not be ashamed in front of opposing parents even if they were so inclined. And, trust me, the best players are not necessarily the holdbacks. So if anybody is embarrassed or ashamed at lacrosse tournaments, it is the parents of the weaker players or the kids sitting on the bench (holdback or not), but honestly I have never noticedwuth8 embarrassment on the sidelines by anybody at all. Just curious, how do you recognized an embarrassed parent - do they wear a paper bag over their head?
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