Dont think he Deserves anything, he earned it by not complaing all through rec when he was younger. I never told him it is a disadvantge to be younger or that "it's ok the other kids are older". I kept encourging and just enjoying watching him compete wether he had a good game or got beaten down by those "older kids". I never complained about Sept 1 date line.
YOu seem obsessed with this Holdback thing. It is part of the sport and its not just a few, it is increasingly normal for a child to be 14 in Eighth Grade.
It sounds like you are missing out on watching your kid play and worrying about every other kid that you perceive is a hold back on the field because he looks big, fast etc. Just like you come on here a bash other clubs and parents when i know you have no idea the age of every kid on every Elite team in HOCO. Enjoy this time because it ends pretty quick. Again if your kid is truly talented them he will get noticed in high school and have a shot at playing D1. Not sure what else would bother you because i hope NOBODYon here is hoping their kids future is professional Lacrosse.
Just like Most parents reason for holdbacks is helping them academically in high school, more mature and able to handle things...but i do realize a few are doing it for the sport and that is not something i would choose but to do but i am not worried about their children just my own.
Once again you miss the whole point. Youth sports should be aged based. Grade based without age restrictions, allows select kids to get an advantage. That goes against all that youth sports stands for. Really a very simple concept that all major youth sports have adopted. And this " its part of the sport " is only a few years old. Maybe you dont understand that part either. I and many others think it is wrong for youth sports and should switch back to the way it was for 50 years prior. . There were several reasons that Youth lacrosse needed to go grade based a few years ago. ER was the main one . Thats gone.
Your knowledge of me and others like me is incredible. You might want to hold off opening a fortune telling shop. ; )
High School has been grade based always. . And even HS has some restrictions on age at the end of HS. But its a four year spread and its played by players that have reached puberty for the most part. Look at the HS forums. Very little chatter on older players. High School teams and Youth teams are completely different as many have stated earlier.
