I was told that in Ohio if you turn 19 before the sport starts you cant play. So if your birthday is October you can play football but nothing after that.

I held both my boys back. Football or not, boys mature late. In regards to football, yes, the extra year to grow, mature, & develop does help them.

 

I held all three of mine back when starting school. You're right, boys mature later and my boys thank me for letting them be the oldest and not the youngest in the class. My birthday is in October. I was a freshman in college before I turned 18. That was normal back then but I wish I had been held back, too.

Too many parents are caught up in winning instead of developing and challenging their children. Play them up against older kids, that's how they get better. Holding your kid back to dominate is fools gold.

 

In youth football, they played by weight class. My boys were always playing against older kids, anyway, because of their size. Holding back is about more than just athletics. As a 5 year old, I hated school and cried every day not to go. I was too young. My sons liked school and enjoyed going. That's part of it, too.

 

The holding back is not about "dominating" it is about competing and succeeding. We all want our kids to succeed.

Why are we so caught up in this group of 10% of the student athlete population? At least these parents give a damn in some manner. Most in todays world dont care, and dont even know what their kids are doing.

 

As someone who sat on 3 task force in Frankfort to get the rules changed (or at least put on paper) to level the playing field for safety reasons across Kentucky, to get it to the point that holdbacks are not allowed to play from 5th through 12th grade and get age maximums for those grade groups, why cant parents try to do whats best for the kids and their dreams?

 

Because they are excelling because they are older not necessarily better. Thats not competition thats cheating. Might as well allow doping and steriods gor Ms and Hs.

People mad about hold backs are people mad that their kid's team was beaten by a team with hold backs. The most passionate are folks in middle school mad that they didn't win that KHSAA state title and get that ring commemorating their middle school success. Once kids make it to high school you will see holdbacks in pretty much every single game played in every single sport. Male and female.

 

I just don't understand all the angst against hold backs.

 

Congradulation of patting freshmen on the back for beating 8th graders. They should.

I held both of mine back in pre-school & Kindergarten. Best way to do it.

 

Glad to see someone else use this model. My son will be in Pre-K next year for the 2nd year and the plan is to do 2 years of Kindergarten.

I thought cheating was not playing by the rules. If i am not mistaken i think high school does have rules about age limits. So where is the cheating part.

I thought cheating was not playing by the rules. If i am not mistaken i think high school does have rules about age limits. So where is the cheating part.

 

Middle school for years did not have such rules in place.

Why would a kid stay back if he would be too old to play in high school?

 

This rarely happened if ever.

Congradulation of patting freshmen on the back for beating 8th graders. They should.

 

I'll never understand the hype of success in middle school. Who cares what happens in middle school? None of that matters once they step onto the varsity field.

I'll never understand the hype of success in middle school. Who cares what happens in middle school? None of that matters once they step onto the varsity field.

 

I disagree with this. These kids care as much as high school kids otherwise why keep score.

 

Middle school championships will never outshine high school championships so let them shine a little.

I thought cheating was not playing by the rules. If i am not mistaken i think high school does have rules about age limits. So where is the cheating part.

 

Some would make the argument that holding back for sports reasons is cheating. Holding back is supposed to be for maturity or academic reasons. Starting a kid late before first grade because you want them to not be one of the younger kids in the class is understandable. As parents we can all relate to that. Holding back just for sports reasons later on is playing around with the rules. How do some parents justify it -- lie and say its a "maturity thing", or an "academic thing"? Yet they know full well it is for sports reasons. Not judging anyone -- it is what it is these days and parents are going to do what they feel is in their kids best interest.

I'll never understand the hype of success in middle school. Who cares what happens in middle school? None of that matters once they step onto the varsity field.

 

I'm not raising mine with MS or HS glory in mind. We are not rich. No college fund here. My kids are athletic and I'm trying to get them into college with some athletic money help. I'm only commenting on what I observed and hear. At the younger ages 1or two years makes a difference.

I'm not raising mine with MS or HS glory in mind. We are not rich. No college fund here. My kids are athletic and I'm trying to get them into college with some athletic money help. I'm only commenting on what I observed and hear. At the younger ages 1or two years makes a difference.

 

I hear ya. Athletic money is great...it helped get me through college. But there is a ton more money available for academic achievement. And it gives you a lot more choices of schools than just the ones that want to give you a chance to play sports for them.

 

It amazes me how much people are willing to pay for personal trainers/lessons for sports on the hope of getting a rare, hard to get scholly, when you could invest in tutors and academic help which will usually give you a much better return on your money.

I hear ya. Athletic money is great...it helped get me through college. But there is a ton more money available for academic achievement. And it gives you a lot more choices of schools than just the ones that want to give you a chance to play sports for them.

 

It amazes me how much people are willing to pay for personal trainers/lessons for sports on the hope of getting a rare, hard to get scholly, when you could invest in tutors and academic help which will usually give you a much better return on your money.

 

Academics definitely help. We're making that a priority also.