Let me apologize to everyone.. Myself include will never get the 30 seconds back that we just wasted reading that gibberish. For the 1000th time no coach gives a rats arse about the age of his new recruit. Period end of story..
You can apologize all you want. Your very thoughtful response says a lot about you!..
Youth lacrosse was not made for college coaches last I checked?
For some reason I thought it was about the boys and girls playing??
It is about the boys and girls playing, but your angst is being directed in the wrong place. So, say pre 1st kid has a bday of 7/28/01 and kid B has a bday of 9/2/01. Technically, pre 1st kid should be playing 2019, but is and always has been in the class of 2020. They are less than 5 weeks apart. Kid B who has been in class of 2020 since 1st grade decides in 7th grade to "holdback". So now kid B who is less than a month younger than pre 1st kid is playing 2021. But you want the pre 1st kid to play 2019 and group him in with the Kid B who is playing with kids 2 years younger at 2021? Its NOT the same.
Actually your reasoning is why most youth sports are based on age. And the exact reason we need age base in Lacrosse.
You are using TWO kids that were held back as your examples.
If they played in a age base league the most any kid would be is at the Minimum one day or MAXIMUM one year younger than EVERY SINGLE PLAYER. Both your players can be held back ten times and it wouldnt matter..They play with their age.
Even in your example, the MAJORITY of players are not heldback or prefirst. So the majority of players will suffer as you say the 7/28 kid does in a grade base league. Only one that wont suffer in a grade base league are the Holdbacks,,as they can be anywhere from MINIMUM one day to maximum 2 years older than the MAJORITY of players if they were held back just ONE year.
But we all know in age base league that their are kids at each end of spectrum. But add grade base and you still have the majority of players at each end of spectrum PLUS a bunch of holdbacks/prefirsts even OLDER ... How the heck is that fair in YOUTH Sports????
