Holdback parents lack confidence in their kid. Practice, training, hard work makes a kid get better. All holding a kid back does is weaken the competition around him. Johnny is a good 7 year old player. Mom and dad aren’t happy with a good player, they want to tell their friends at work their son Johnny is a great player. Let’s see, what can we do to make that happen? I got the answer, let Johnny play with the 6 year olds. Pathetic. Facts are the facts.