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17 year olds on the 2019-20 Under Armour South roster? Makes no sense

17 year olds on the 2019-20 Under Armour South roster? Makes no sense

Does it mean anything to be invited to a prospect day? My son was at an event where a D1 coach from a school was teaching. My son played well in a scrimmage where this coach was on the field and two days later I get an email thanking us for our interest in his school ( we never reached out by the way) and inviting my guy to their prospect camp. This is my oldest kid so not sure if this is meaningful. Email also wasn't personalized and didnt mention my son by name.

Does it mean anything to be invited to a prospect day? My son was at an event where a D1 coach from a school was teaching. My son played well in a scrimmage where this coach was on the field and two days later I get an email thanking us for our interest in his school ( we never reached out by the way) and inviting my guy to their prospect camp. This is my oldest kid so not sure if this is meaningful. Email also wasn't personalized and didnt mention my son by name.

My 2018 is still 16..... wow, Am I doing something wrong?

In Maryland most private school 9th graders are 16. Does not shock me at all to read rising sophs are 17. Our 2018 son just got his drivers license this last week. He is the only kid who wasn't licensed in 9th grade on his school team, and most of those kids have been licensed more than 1 year. One benefit is you can stop driving your kid to summer tournaments a year or two earlier.

Your son go to BL? Most MD private school kids are not 16 during freshman year. A lot of the summer bdays would turn 16 before sophomore year especially if the started in private elementary. BTW the UA South roster is Fla, Ga etc kids

Reclassing your kid for sports is beyond lame

Are you serious? Like these kids are on age? My rising Jr (committed) is still 16. Won't be 17 for nearly 6 months. He's considered old for his grade. You MD guys are a joke. Same with those over rated 20 yo college freshman Inter AC punks too. Nearly all of your kids play down. Imagine if you guys had to play on age? Talk about being exposed...

Hey sport. My rising junior is still 15. Not defending the hold back practice just correcting the poster claiming the majority of MD 9th graders are 16. That is a patently false statement. The original post commented on 17 yr old 2019 on UA south roster. UA south is not MD. It's Fla, Ga etc.

Ok let me clarify, clearly the majority of your top kids are holdbacks playing down. That "Sport", is a fact. The majority of the starting kids on your top three travel teams in 2017, 2018 and 2019, are beyond a shadow of a doubt, playing down. Not sure why? I can only assume that they could not compete with the best at the same age from the rest of the country.

Hey sport. My rising junior is still 15. Not defending the hold back practice just correcting the poster claiming the majority of MD 9th graders are 16. That is a patently false statement. The original post commented on 17 yr old 2019 on UA south roster. UA south is not MD. It's Fla, Ga etc.

Ok let me clarify, clearly the majority of your top kids are holdbacks playing down. That "Sport", is a fact. The majority of the starting kids on your top three travel teams in 2017, 2018 and 2019, are beyond a shadow of a doubt, playing down. Not sure why? I can only assume that they could not compete with the best at the same age from the rest of the country.

I think Ryan McClernan always has a few and loud examples of on age kids on teams 8th grade and up. The term I wrote was most. My DC area son is on age. He's one of only 3 on age kids in his class on his high school team out of 11. I would call this widespread. Anyone who says that holdbacks aren't an epidemic in Baltimore and in the DC area are absolutely misinformed or they are just lying.

Any one have any real life experience with D3 recruiting? Particularly, NESCAC schools? Timeline, strength of coach support for admission, etc. Any information would be helpful.

What an idiot. Please don't ever try and say Princeton is a disaster in anything. A degree from there and you move to the top of every resume pile in the country lacrosse or not. You dadies need to realize that lacrosse ends but a degree from a top 10 school lasts forever. Syracuse isn't even in the same zip code allowing C+ students in these days as long as you pay the $60k tuition

Hey sparky, Take a look at the UA Balt Highlight div 2017-2018. Out of 22 there are 3 boys born before the 9/1 cutoffs for their respective grades. I'm guessing that all of those boys are starters on their club teams. My point is it's not the majority or most. It's some. And most of those are born within a few months of the cutoff. There some teams, schools and clubs that promote hold backs and would have a majority (ie 2020 Crabs), but most teams in baltimore will have a handful (less than 5) that were held back early on. My kids are not held back and have spring and summer birthdays. I agree that it crazy to reclass for sports and youth should be age based. But to exaggerate to prove your point cheapens your argument. NY is at a distinct age disadvantage because of your school cut-off. However it was the long island clubs that started the grade based teams. To what end I'm not sure. But all club teams and local tournaments in baltimore were u13, u15 (including crabs and other NYPLL teams) until about 2013-14 when the club scene picked-up. Gradually most clubs changed to grade as most tournaments were grade as were the NY teams that kicked our butts. I know your teams weren't older but it opened the door for all this.

Also check out the birthdays of some of the other UA regions - sout, west etc. Might surprise you that this "epidemic" is not contained to MD

Nit wit. their coach elbowed an opposing player. one of the worst shows of sportsmanship since Woody Hayes. yes even a snippy little elite liberal institution gets real low marks for this kind of stuff.

Amazing how fast everyone adapts to the new normal. A couple years ago it leaked a kid committed to Hopkins before 9th grade even started. Last summer it was a kid on the middle of the summer before 9th grade. Now it is kids right on the last day of middle school. Is this like Duke telling their recruits to stay non public until they finish 9th grade "because Duke doesn't recruit 9th graders"? I privately wonder if kids are now being offered in the middle of 8th grade after fall ball and the coaches just think keeping a lid on it -- for now -- keeps it from looking more sleazy and more extreme.

This is absolutely destroying the youth sport. 5th and 6th graders now have anxieties over being noticed in middle school or it will be too late.

Kid is good - no surprise. I don't get committing to a school like UNC when he could have gone anywhere (ND, Duke, Ivy, etc.). To each his own ....

Amazing how fast everyone adapts to the new normal. A couple years ago it leaked a kid committed to Hopkins before 9th grade even started. Last summer it was a kid on the middle of the summer before 9th grade. Now it is kids right on the last day of middle school. Is this like Duke telling their recruits to stay non public until they finish 9th grade "because Duke doesn't recruit 9th graders"? I privately wonder if kids are now being offered in the middle of 8th grade after fall ball and the coaches just think keeping a lid on it -- for now -- keeps it from looking more sleazy and more extreme.

This is absolutely destroying the youth sport. 5th and 6th graders now have anxieties over being noticed in middle school or it will be too late.

It ain't the kids ... it's the parents. There is no reason a 5th or 6th grader should even know it's going on unless the parents and transferring their own misplaced anxieties on their kids ... which we know they are.

If you're one who doesn't think ER is ruining the youth sport, all you had to do is spend half a day around the 2020 & 2019 games at Adrenaline this weekend. Between delusional parents, coach screaming at player after game that he could never recommend him, to a recent 2019 D1 commit taking off his equipment at 4 minute mark because coach didn't put him back in fast enough, one kid even looking up at the scaffold to let them know that was his 5th goal....and I was only there for an hour ....I'd love to say college programs will get what they deserve, but with 55 man rosters I'm sure they'll be able to weed out their mistakes

That is just so sad and pathetic to read. We've really failed these kids. It is KILLING the youth sport.