Originally Posted by Anonymous
WCS parent here. If he is really 13 it’s ridiculous.

He crosschecked one of our kids during our game and the kids head literally bounced off the turf. Totally unsafe. Kid could have had a concussion.

Wow. I’m speechless that you guys over there are OK with a 170 pound teenager hurting kids at this age.

We’re not ok with it either. My kid isn’t a holdback, but it’s one thing if your kid is small and relatively young because you’re literally protecting them against the bigger players (assume has to play elite) It’s totally different if he’s big and old.

Either way it’s not right but not all cases are the same. I know of 3 holdback parents on clubs discussed on this board a lot, all are the loudest on the sidelines.