No one cares about this age anymore. Most of the teams haven't even had a practice. This is all the dads being helicopters
Seriously, not playing for a t-shirt anymore. No one cares which team wins. It's all about the kids getting good looks for recruiting. Do you really think Breschi or Petro care if you kid's team won the tournament?
Yeah its all about the looks as you said, but sucks when a kid your sons age is getting attention because he is playing 1 or 2 years down. HE SHOULD BE DOING BETTER HE SHOULD ALSO BE PLAYING UP!!!!
Now i also hate the kids plaign my sons grade and are 2 years older. Sure my kid is staying with them but there time should have come and gone, the only way you look good is by playing down pathetic.
and age never goes away, i am disgusted at the 22/23 year old srs or 19/20 freshman.
I agree its not about the wins it is how you look playing and how smart you are.
Stop complaining about playing down. The boys are in HS and, with very few exceptions, they have hit puberty. Some may grow a few more inches and all will certainly gain many more pounds but they should be able to handle themselves with a handful of kids that are a couple years older. With the exception of the elite catholic schools and dominant public HS, your kid should be playing varsity at this age. If he is not then playing against a few kids a couple years older than him in club lacrosse shouldn't be your primary concern. Also, unless your kid is committed, chill out and enjoy the next couple of years of lacrosse. By the time these kids play their junior year and possibly even sophomore year there will be parity and your sons hard work and effort will pay off. Look at playing against older kids as an opportunity to gain experience so when he goes to a prospect camp and plays against kids his age he can out-perform.
Freshmen should be playing varsity?? Unless your public school's program is dogshit, that is the dumbest thing I have read on the internet today (but, the day is still very young, so there is hope for you!).
