I do like when Ty Xanders releases his 5 stars every year he includes the birth date. We here on LI have holdbacks as well.
Agree that we have holdbacks on LI too. Usually they are smaller, weaker players who can't hang with their own age group, saw it with S2S coach. Out of state it seems to be more prevalent. It's definitely something that needs to be addressed. I know most sports are age based, obviously wrestling is based on size, is lacrosse the only sport that is grad year? I can't think of another?
I disagree with the smaller weaker player comment. Just look at the 2022 and 2023 classes. The Number 1 2022 recruit is from LI He would of been the number 1 recruit in the 21 class. LI has their fair share of holdbacks, The more common trend on the island are kids commiting in their year, then doing a PG year. This is all discussed during the recruiting process with the school they commit to. I believe you see even more of this in the coming years.
