God this is dense. It all comes out in the wash in HS. If your son who is 6-8 months older in 9th grade makes Varsity, gets playing time, etc then he’s just really good as the kids are all 0-3 years older (especially if there are other older kids in each grade level). Who cares what happens in 4th grade? Really good kids are going to succeed one way or another
No it is not dense, except to the non thinkers like you. What you say is not true for many. The true athletic child will always go to the front. That is not in doubt. Lacrosse only gets a few true top of the foodchain athletes. If you are one, more than likely, its FB, BB, BB or maybe Hockey. The money sports and much better scholarships.
The big problem with vast majority of players in lacrosse is that they are decent athletes and similar in athletic ability. Getting your skill level up till 9th grade is what counts. And that means playing time and being on the coaches radar in youth with better teams. Having a 4th grader go against a 3rd grader is a recipe for 4th grader to get playing time.It is a no brainier. The older you are pre puberty, the bigger you are and more playing team you will get. With Clubs taking over now, It is about winning at an early age .
When youth was age based it was so easy to see progression of aged players. Many programs were U9,U11, U13, U15. Two year in between. It was the same every year. The better older players in two year span were always on A teams, There was always the occasional first year player on A but it was the oddity. The following year all those players became one year older and make A team over first year players coming in. Pretty good system as every other year you got a chance to be on A .
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