Originally Posted by Anonymous
Ok gang. Here is the roster from 2016 U19 US team. Same number of MD/DC as NY (including the one upstate) . Age-based selection, no? So what happened to age catching up with the “80% holdbacks” who only get ahead because they are playing kids “two years” younger. Please make this notIntelligent argument end as it’s accurate anyway. https://teamusa.uslacrosse.org/us-under-19-men/us-under-19-men-roster .


Wow. The MD clubs REALLY do have you people brain washed.

1. Were all of the MD kids on the list, holdbacks???? You don't know, do you.
2. How many MD kids are on the list, 6 - 8? So, in a grade where there are hundreds or even thousands of holdbacks, MD is able to find 6-8 that are good players. And, because there are 6-8 good MD players in a grade, that is somehow justification for holding back every MD kids that ever picked up a stick? Because that is basically what is happening.
3. Or are you trying to say that MD has the same number of holdback players on the U19 Team, as LI does, who are not holdbacks? Not sure how that could be construed as helping your argument.

Obsessed MD parents hold back their kids, because of the notion that will make them successful, which is brought about by the clubs, who tell them it is their ticket to D1, scholarships and status. That plan seems to work pretty well through the youth ages as the kids size makes a significant difference.

It's 8th grade and the boy is 5'8" inches tall and a stud on his club team, since he is still bigger than the other boys, albeit not the best lacrosse skills.

But, what you are missing is, average players will N*E*V*E*R be great players. Good players will N*E*V*E*R be great players. Great players are the ONLY ones that can be great players.

Then puberty happens. BANG! The holdbacks lacrosse career changes forever. Now it's junior year. That 5'8" 8th grader is now all of 5'9" and the smallest kid on the team, with the same basic ability that he had as a youth, which is AVERAGE AT BEST. The boy rides the pines through his HS career.

Remember that little non-holdback kid from his youth team, with the "GREAT" skills?? Well, he is now 6'1" and an unstoppable beast, headed to Hopkins, on a full ride!

Get it now?? If not, you will soon.