If everything is fair and you’re not gaining an advantage then why holdback?
If everyone has to play older kids in high school anyway then why holdback?
The reason is because you are gaining an advantage!!
Let’s say you play JV as a freshman, you are the age of the Sophomores!
As a sophomore on JV you are the age of a junior.
As a junior on Varsity you are the age of a senior.
As a senior on Varsity you are the age of a College Freshman.
You just played 4 years and never played against anyone older than you!!!!!!!!
just worry about your own son. try it, you will feel better and less stressed.
that guy just gave a slap down and all you got is worry about your own son!! its like someone finally stood up to the bully. holdback moms and dads are awful.
Let me share some perspective that probably won't help, but here it goes.
(1) a large percentage of college players nowadays are holdbacks; the landscape is so competitive, that if you want to play on a college team someday, you need all three of the following attributes - God-given talent, fool hard work, AND holding back in 7th or 8th grade; the awful holdback moms and dads don't make the rules, but the smart ones do play by them;
(2) most holdback decisions are partly about lacrosse, but not entirely - every kid is different, and age, size, maturity, academics, all factor into the decision;
(3) to the extent that lacrosse does factor into the decision to hold back, it is about the long term advantage (see point 1 above), not the short term advantage in 7th or 8th grade; everyone knows that will be gone in a year or so, and few families are short-sighted enough to plan their son's education trajectory around a few good Instagram clips in seventh grade;
(4) here is the most important point - families will always do what is best for their son's long term development, and do not care one iota what you think!
