Originally Posted by Anonymous
While the clubs have no control over all these hold backs they encourage it. I was at the Crabs tryouts last year for U11 or 5th grade and the head guy said and that the team would be grade base not aged and he would actually encourage our children to stay back a grade if needed for development. This was said to all the parents.
He isnt the only club director that thinks this way. At the youth level I find all this whole back and grade based teams against all the things we constantly hear about fair sportsmanship at the youth level. Letting a select groups of kids play down goes against fair play at youth level no matter how you spin it...Dont you just love the same people who have no problem with all these holdbacks talking about the spirit of game..yep created said hold back that child and get a edge...


Crabs said from the start (even on the website) that the 2021 and 2020 teams would be grade based - not sure why anyone would be surprised