There isn’t a huge difference when you are in 10th grade versus 12 grade so high school levels off but right now with 2024,2023 and 2022 (7-9th grade)there’s a huge difference in size and strength with puberty some kids hit it some kids didn’t so enjoy winning now with the hold backs high school will be bland when your little boy just blends and doesn’t have an advantage
Been there done that. The holdback advantage is at its peak in Middle School. The difference between pre-puberty, puberty, and post puberty is ENORMOUS. It’s the difference between small children and “men”. The advantage is still very significant through sophomore year, although nowhere near the advantage it was in the middle school years. By Spring of their Junior year, is when it pretty much evens out. That’s why HS’s have freshman programs, junior varsity programs (sophomores) and varsity programs (juniors and seniors). Schools have always had guidelines based around ages (grade) of children, in order to avoid the holdback advantage scenario that is exploited by the “business of youth sports”, where profit takes presidency over all.
