Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Dreaming? That's a fact 2, hold backs on that team and 2 who are playing up. They are clearly one of the best teams right now, I don't care if kids get held back or not. My point was that the 27 Hawks are not "full of holdbacks" which is the common theme above.

Again, what's the point? Reclass or not you can be good even playing against hold backs, seems like an excuse to me.

You obviously have not been thru the grind in last 5 years with respect to lacrosse played from 8-12th grade. Just wait until Puberty hits and many of your on age players are passed by holdbacks hitting puberty earlier and others that puberty has propelled along. Then it will be,,I got to do something, Johnny cant compete, These next few years are the big years to establish yourself, and being older works.

From 6 to 9th grade the lacrosse world changes. Reclass is on the way for many who really want to play on a top HS team. Sorry, No other way for many. 5-9 to 5-11 lacrosse player does not work on age for top HS or club teams. If your goal is Towson HS, you are ok, If your goal is MIAA, Dont even think on age will work. It wont for majority of players. The best teams starters are those same prefirst/holdbacks/reclassed everyone complains about and says will not make it. LOL

While this is pretty accurate related to starting players (still only about 50% of starters are holdbacks in MIAA, but yes that's a lot), this isn't at all accurate regarding contributing players (in MIAA, many of whom play in college), or regarding benchwarmers (in MIAA, a few of whom go on to play in college).

Different kids want different things. If your son and your family absolutely MUST get a lax scholarship to a TOP D1 college for whatever reason (legacy, "dreams" etc), then yes they should consider holding back.

But let's remember that a normal 14 year old has no idea what he wants to do in his life (a college selection driver...or it should be, even if it's Princeton vs Yale) and has not (really) discovered the distraction of parties and girls yet. Which makes the idea of holding back 6th-8th graders hilarious and risky. Many of those won't pay off in athletic terms. For those that do pay off in terms of athletic scholarships, remember that many of the holdbacks end up riding the pine at "Top D1 schools" once their year-older status can't give them a jump on the team's 24 year olds.