You may not like that I held my son back 1.5 years, but it is going to pay off because of the covid holdback year that is creating a glut for college lacrosse scholarships.
Poor kid . Kids get held back for learning disabilities, it shouldn’t be because there dad wants them to get a 7k scholarship to college .
It’s not the 7K scholarship. It’s the college doors that get opened because of lacrosse. Schools kids would not get into otherwise. You think half those kids going to the Harvard, Duke, Yale, Princeton type schools would get in without lacrosse?
Exactly. These calendar cowards don't get that coaches don't care if you are two years older than your grade......they want wins on the field.
The only cowards in this holdback environment are the ones that hold their kids back so their kids can intentionally play against younger, less physically mature kids so that their kid looks better. Instead of relying on your work ethic and genetic gifts, you need to rely on playing against younger, less physically mature competition. If your kid is so good, keep him on age or have him play up. Call it what it is instead of deflecting. You’re cowards scared of the reality that your kid isn’t that good. Get over yourself
The holdbacks scenario is rewarded by opportunity in college recruitment. Check out D1 commits ages.
It’s hard to blame the parents for doing it, if others are taking advantage of the clear advantage. It’s not illegal and clearly gives kids major advantages! US lacrosse is at fault for the whole problem. Time to address it going forward.
In the meantime, hard to blame the parents. They want what other kids are getting for advantages. Is it right, no! However, if you don’t do it, it’s putting your kid at a disadvantage as far as playing lacrosse and getting opportunity to get in to some of the better schools. Hard to not do it.
