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Why is crabs 2021 not trying to qualify for World Series of Youth Lacrosse? Last year they are runners up and this you they don't even compete. I know 2021 isn't loaded up like 2020 but still a decent team.

Who cares about that tournament? It is a sham. Last year, it only had two decent teams (albeit the 2 best in the US). The rest of the field was terrible.

With the exception of the TV angle, it is basically like the [lacrosse]'s tournament - a faraway tournament with 2-3 really good teams and the rest are garbage. That's a lot to make parents pay just so that they can brag in the carpool line that their son was on TV.

If the tournament was held on the East Coast and you could get the best teams from the tri-state are and mid-atlantic, it would be a much different story.

Competition was not as strong as it could have been, but the experience was incredible. Sometimes life is not all about being among the best, but the overall experience. I think the competition will continue to get stronger. I think it is great that it is aged based. It allows kids to compete with their peers, and not with their older brother's peers.

When do the Crabs teams get so age heavy? If you look at the 5th and 6th grade teams the Crabs boys look appropriate for their age? Do they shed boys or push them down a grade in 7th and 8th grade? Is this something that the Baltimore private schools foster? Are they the ones really advocating for the boys to hold back? Seems like they would be just as at fault as the Crabs organization?

So don't be fooled. There are kids on the 2022 team that are not what is considered age appropriate. There is at least one player, if not already, turns 14 this spring. There are others in the same boat for turning 13. But does it really matter? Probably not.

Fact: there are ZERO 2022 players that turn 14 this year and only a few that turn 13 before 9/1. Grow up dude and stop making up lies....

I am grown, dude. I know the family and my son is friends with one of the older brothers. Don't blame yourself when you find out. No one would or should suspect it. But like I said, probably doesn't matter.

No one on Crabs 2022 is born in 2002. I know that for a fact. So maybe you should get your facts straight.

. Be careful with your statements. Crabs rosters were accidentally released last November at the tournament at McDonogh school. There are quite a few people who have the rosters, which includes players dates of birth.

2022 crabs finish no better than fourth

Behind who?

The rosters that were accidently released were at a recruiting event. I can assure you the 2022 team roster was not one of the rosters released. You really should stop trying to trash a team you obviously know little to nothing about.

No. it was not a recruiting event, it was last November at a tournament at McDonogh school. This was not a recruiting event.
All of the Crabs rosters were released, by accident. I'm not saying their 2022 team has holdbacks, just originally said to be careful of statements because of the release as some do have these rosters.
I know nothing about rosters being released at a recruiting event. But I do know people who have the released rosters, I never asked to see them because I don't care, but if I wanted to see them they would show them.

If they are summer 03 then they are holdbacks

Born before September 1, 2003 they are holdbacks for 2022

Born before September 1, 2003 they are holdbacks for 2022

Agree with the above post. late summer birthdays are not holdbacks in my opinion.

They are not. A holdback is a reclass. It is a kid who repeats a grade -- usually eighth grade -- for non-academic reasons. It is for the purpose of gaining an athletic advantage. A child who holds off beginning kindegarten because he has a late summer birthday is not a holdback. Ask any kindegarten teacher: he or she will tell you that boys are better off waiting if they are a late summer birthday. You might thing: what difference does a couple of months make. Well, it makes a tremendous amount of difference. If you know anything about development or have ever taken an developmental education class, you would know this. Particularly in the modern classroom where kindergarten is what first grade used to be. Students are expected to be reading! This is why pre-first came about in private schools. Kids simply are not ready for the rigor of the curriculum when they are months younger than classmates. It gives parents the prerogative of waiting until the child is ready so that they do not fail from the beginning. If you do not have the option and are not a private school person, you can opt to wait to begin kindergarten in public school if you are a late summer birthday. Do some research about school readiness. Any kindergarten teacher will agree it is advisable. And don't even get me started about a co-ed situation. Boys are typically a full year behind girls in readiness and maturity.

Not a Crabs parent and can't say I totally agree with their philosophies but my son was born in Sep 2003 and my brother's son (his cousin) was born in July 2003. I don't consider my nephew a holdback when he's less than 2 months older than my son. Holdback according to what? A made up system where Sep birthdays prosper at the expense of August birthdays?

Making much more of the holdback issue than what it should be (in my opinion)

AGREE

These discussion arent why or what reason the children are held back. This is about a select group of children getting an advantage in youth sports that the majority of children dont get. Pretty simple concept..

And a kid held back in Kindergarten is heldback..Doesn't mean it is wrong in the less bit but the kid was held back compared to his peers.

how much advantage does a boy have with a July / August birthday have over a September / October birthday?

how much advantage does a boy have with a July / August birthday have over a September / October birthday?

how much advantage does a boy have with a July / August birthday have over a September / October birthday?

how much does a boy with May/June have over a July/August?
How much does a boy with a March/April have over a May/June?
...

Because someone made the school year in MD Sept 1- Aug 31, yes the Aug birthday is a holdback. (Used to be calander year way back when).

And while boys may be, on average, slower to learn, most kids are even by second grade.