Also pretty sad that lacrosse parents have so unanimously read over Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers" as a bible for holding kids back the grade. Seems like very few of them read the rest of the book very carefully. One chapter talked about the low stakes / high consequences "tournament" kids enter to be street drug dealers. Most drug dealers live with their parents, and very few ever see riches at the top of the tournament results.
Lacrosse isn't as odious as drug dealing, but the principle isn't too far off. The best of what's around in this sport is a partial scholarship to a good college. And that is pretty rare to accomplish...it is also a very small fractional reward for such a life imbalance all the way through childhood. I'd love to see more kids playing club and high school lacrosse because they are enjoying it. The rewards at the end are a pretty low stakes game anyways. Parents and kids should know that.
Why is there an assumption that there is a life "imbalance"? As compared to what? Many goodlacrosse players are very well-rounded kids.
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