Wait, my kid's school recommended he do prefirst, it's actually part of the curriculum, unless you get permission to skip (he was 6, hadn't started lacrosse yet). He's in 4th grade now. Should he sign up for 5th grade lacrosse? They didn't ask age, there was a grade box to fill in? Pretty sure like 90% of the kids at tryouts were private school kids, many are from his school, they are all in his grade. All of his 4th grade classmates seem to be signing up for 4th grade for some reason. Can you help, this is so confusing.
Your condescending tone and sarcastic approach are consistent with the holdback/double holdback parent. Another 20 year old freshman in the making.
OOOH, let's throw double hold back in there to make it sound nefarious. Dude, are you serious, you think every private school and every prefirst program participant are thinking about sports! How about education system evolving, unlike the third world government system! Oh well, tryouts are being advertised, looks like another year of the successful and growing grade based private club system. See you later. [/quote]
it's actually very simple, he should sign up for the correct age as recommended by US lacrosse. Unless there's something wrong with him he will make friends on an age appropriate team. [/quote]
No, he should sign up however the league has it set up, tell them to follow the US lax guidelines. Your argument is with the rules, not some 9,10,11 year old kid that doesn't even understand why he's getting the stink eye from some 40 year old parent. You get 50 private school kids at tryouts, there isn't going to be some unwritten public school parent rule that they can be expected to follow. All that being said, sure, playing up is a great way to get better under the current rules, but not a mandate because you say so. Argue with the league, not the participants.
