I don't know about all of the cliches, but at the end of the day, if you are worried about a one year age spread, you're probably more suited for rec., even though they have age spreads too, it will perhaps give your kid that chance to seem like the best one out there, or maybe not, and you can start complaining about the A's, B's, and C's. Have fun with it, but don't plan on taking it to seriously. If he ends up being really really good, you'll end up in the competitive club format for real one day, and will no longer be a holdback complainer, and will probably be a die hard Crab-er. We'll see you later, or maybe we won't.
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The ones worried about a one year spread are you prefirst/reclass apologists. You cant have your son compete against the same age children in Youth lacrosse. Do you even think thru your apologist excuses,

Whats next..That it makes us complainers children stronger going against older children. LOL..Heard that one too. Yet you apologists cant even have your child play against children their own age.

Crabs until the club explosion a few years ago had two youth teams ..U13AA and U15AA . Great teams and on age. It was a VERY rare day that a first year U13 ( technically a U12) or First year U15 ( technically a U14) made either of these AA team. It was almost always the second year kids of U13,U15. Yet you new to the Crabs parents want to tell us that it makes no difference having an advantage of a year.
Now tell me again why you apologist parents children get an advantage the rest of us dont?? [/quote]

Couldn't it possibly be that you just don't like that club, and this is the talking point (the big bad holdbacks) that seems to stick with your base, at least on an anonymous forum? If you are going to make an argument that these kids are taking advantage during youth ball, because they don't want to play against kids their own age, you should probably pick a club that doesn't commit the entire squad to College ball every year. I mean, doesn't your theory essentially dissolve once they hit High School and keep achieving? Holdback or not, you have to play kids 2-3 years older in HS and College at some point. What is it that you are seeing, but HS coaches and College recruiters are missing? It can't just be your disdain for the club that they are missing, because that wouldn't fit your agenda. They must all be holdback sympathizers, and the entire NCAA lax circuit is really led by a nefarious lax overlord, bent on beating up little kids.