Tricky issues, with emotion on both sides. The aspect that stirs the pot the most are the bragging Dads of holdbacks, who want to pretend that there is not an advantage to age. You are proud that their son is a contributor, or maybe even a stud, on an elite team and you let everybody know (on this forum and in real life) how great he is. And then when somebody points out the age advantage, you fall back to the patronizing Little Timmy or hit the wall arguments. Here is some advice to holdback Dads - be proud of your son, but at the same time, remember that he is going against kids a year younger and be more humble?
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It is a good post, but bottom line , at Youth Lacrosse , age based is the right thing to do, not even close. No one believes that certain kids get an advantage that the other kids dont get with same exact birthday.
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