You generally play against kids a year or so older or younger than you throughout your youth sports career. In HS and College you generally play against kids up to 3-4 years older or younger. This stupid loser argument of "holdbacks" is primarily and incessantly fueled by 7th and 8th grade club lacrosse parents who seem to forget that their kids have been playing in a two-year spread age group their entire lives, but for some reason it is now time to complain when some kids have developed more than others at this point in their lives. Most private schools do pre-k, most public don't. SO, as you leave the youth-based age groups with two-year spreads, and if you live in a very diverse public/private school community, that two-year age spread carries from youth sports (which you were already doing) into HS sports. Let's face it, there are very very few parents that convince a school to allow their kid to repeat as a teenager, and there are very very few parents that send their kids to private school, so they can add a pre-k year for athletic purposes. This is a loser debate. When you get out of school, you will compete for jobs against people with many more years and decades of experience, so get used to it. If you are good or great at something, someone will want you. If you are not good or great at something, than find something else. You know who could care less about this stupid argument - good lacrosse players. That is, until their parents whine about it so much that it becomes a reality in their own mind.
You can tell you are not from Maryland or are completely clueless about the education system in Baltimore.
Your "stupid" arguments that as an adult you will have to compete, it is fueled by 7th and 8th grade, etc are lame. I didnt realize that we were teaching our 2025 9 year old's life lessons on adult jobs.
Youth sports is one area most people with any character would have played with a level playing field.
You apologists always want us to teach our children life lessons, have our children play against older competition,etc ...but for some reason that does not apply to the children of the holdback apologists?? Wonder Why??
