Explain what’s wrong with a holdback and why do you think some kids would be against it. Get to go to a beautiful campus with exceptional athletic facilities, get an excellent education that will enhance your opportunities for college. BTW no kid is embarrassed to be held back for a sport. To the kid it’s a real honor to be asked to be held back in order to go to an excellent school and play for an elite High School program.
Whatever helps you sleep at night. This is getting sad. There are on age public high school kids at Ivey's now. Your son will catch up I promise. Special needs programs have come a long way.
“It’s an honor” kinda.
Never been through the hs process, eh?
Many kids don’t even know that they are being held back until they show up with their public school transcripts and totally average placement test results.
Then they learn the news in the admissions office.
Little Johnny holdback becomes a little less honored to be recruited as a 26, only to learn he’s not good enough either academically or athletically so they make him leave his class and friends and repeat and “mature” another year. Academically or socially. Whatever is easier to explain in social circles.
Parents then have to spin their excitement to get Johnny as excited to leave his friends and come to grips that he’s not as talented as they thought in elementary/middle school. See posts above.
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