But I would say the majority of kids are not holdbacks. The majority of mid low recruited kids are on age but the majority of top recruits are holdbacks for 1-3 years. What’s lost in all of that is the poor souls who hold back who don’t get a better college selection than if they just stayed in their normal year.
Sorry but this is wrong. Majority of players on college rosters are not on age for their class. Top recruit lists are dominated by holdbacks. The lax world rewards holdbacks through clubs-preps-showcases-colleges. Competing with other players their age generally means failure or not standing out. Its really a pathetic system fueled by the wealthy who will game any system but justified of course.[/quote]
Fairly myopic point of view. You are only looking at the top D1 and D3 schools. You said it yourself “top recruit lists”. There are ~190,000 high schoolers playing lacrosse and let’s estimate there are 40,000 graduating lacrosse players. The majority won’t go on to play lacrosse but I would imagine that the majority of ones that go on are on-age. This is because there are a 250 D3 programs and 75 D2 programs, the majority of which, I guarantee you, are not holdbacks.
