The real payoff for holdbacks is not winning youth championships but getting recruited. Y'all will figure that out once little, on age johnny gets passed over by most of the top ten schools in favor of a bigger, stronger, and more mature holdback. By junior year when most kids catch up there are very few good d1 schools left, if any. To me, that's a bigger travesty than any bragging rights in the hoco youth league.
Not to say on age kids don't get recruited, but when there are three middie spots on a school that recruits 8th graders, I bet half (maybe more) go to holdbacks. The other half go to on age long island kids.
Since we all know their names, we will check in with their progress in a few years. Even if they make it to the school of their choice, the likelihood of them playing when the growth all evens out is probably minimal. Strategy that has not yet been proven but perhaps your child can pursue their objective without impacting true youth players?
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