Hold backs and reclasses are not about youth lacrosse and winning t shirts. It’s about college. It could mean the difference between D3 and D2 and scholarship $. Or D2 and D1. It’s about using lacrosse to get into the school that maybe as a regular student applying you get wait listed.
Good luck with that holdback/reclass dad. I have now personally seen quite a few holdbacks and reclassed kids that are just not that special and won't make a difference for them . I've seen a reclass not play that much, I have seen a reclass make the B team etc......just because they reclass doesn't make them a great player . And definitely haven't seen any one kid dominate this past fall that reclassed so you're just one of the bunch now just one year older . Oh and by the way , nobody cares about lacrosse that much anyway.....so good luck trying to get your one year older son I to a school for lacrosse, when he joins the real world it will be irrelevant.
