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re: Kids getting held back for sports
Posted on 8/6/23 at 9:54 pm to Tiger1242
Posted on 8/6/23 at 9:54 pm to Tiger1242
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See you started early, I think that’s a mistake as well in most situations (obviously it depends on the kid). My youngest sons birthday is in June, so basically he’ll either be one of youngest or one of the oldest in his grade. We are going to start him late and he’ll be one of the oldest, otherwise he’d graduate high school at 17. I think is makes sense for boys to start late in situations like that, but to hold back a kid in middle school who is the proper age so they can develop more athletically is a little crazy.
I agree, my son turned 18 the day he graduated high school. If I could go back to when he was starting kindergarten I would have waited, but I would never have held him back during his school years.
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Posted on 8/6/23 at 9:55 pm to jangalang
quote:I was a very late bloomer.
I wish I got held back. I was kind of a late bloomer and graduated when I was still 17. When I was a Senior there were juniors older than me.
I promise there is no way being a late bloomer can hurt your potential.
Will Clemson give you a scholarship? Probably not. They need men and dudes who can come out of the bullpen next season in the Supers.
But holding someone back(for what exactly? I still haven’t figured that out) to look better for suitors is a bad thing, imo.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 9:58 pm to ReauxlTide222
You have to realize, with the transfer portal, Covid Redshirts, 5th year Seniors, etc….you have 17/18 year old kids playing against 24 year old grown men.
It’s a huge difference
It’s a huge difference
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:00 pm to ReauxlTide222
This isn’t just for sports, they look for any reason today. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told my son or daughter would benefit for some bullshite reason other than sports. F6ck off
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:04 pm to ReauxlTide222
I graduated and went in military at 17. I hated it and felt younger and smaller than most guys in my grade. All of my kids will be 18, I’m not in a rush to get them out the house.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:13 pm to BZ504
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Because they think by getting held back a year, little Braxton has a better shot at getting a scholarship.
Is that line of thinking false?
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:13 pm to Tiger1242
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I think is makes sense for boys to start late in situations like that, but to hold back a kid in middle school who is the proper age so they can develop more athletically is a little crazy.
I know of a 5th grader that is getting held back, but from what I understand it's the kid that wants to get held back because he has more friends in that lower grade. This kid is fat, and is also the little brother to a 10th grade athletic phenom. He is going to live out a tough comparison. Personally, I don't think he is as motivated athletically and he only appeases his parents by playing sports, so I don't think he was an ideal candidate to get held back. To his credit he has found a new hobby in fishing and fishes like he is obsessed. He is trying to make a name for himself to the all the kids younger than him.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:19 pm to jangalang
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I know of a 5th grader that is getting held back, but from what I understand it's the kid that wants to get held back because he has more friends in that lower grade. This kid is fat, and is also the little brother to a 10th grade athletic phenom. He is going to live out a tough comparison. Personally, I don't think he is as motivated athletically and he only appeases his parents by playing sports, so I don't think he was an ideal candidate to get held back. To his credit he has found a new hobby in fishing and fishes like he is obsessed. He is trying to make a name for himself to the all the kids younger than him.
Again, I’m not against holding kids back period. Some kids can benefit from being held back and developing. I’m saying holding kids back specifically for athletics is not cool.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:22 pm to BeepNode
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There's a local travel ball organization in central when I lived there that gets their parents to hold kids back. a lot of kids on their teams will graduate when they are 19. It's pathetic.
Why would travel ball want to hold kids back?
I could see it for high school though
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Will Clemson give you a scholarship? Probably not. They need men and dudes who can come out of the bullpen next season in the Supers.
THIS x 1000
High schools and colleges now want their teams as old as possible. Big time schools don’t want to develop, they want to win and no coach really has the leeway anymore. The smaller schools are there for kids to develop and then hit the portal
This post was edited on 8/6/23 at 10:28 pm
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:23 pm to Tiger1242
I am guess you don’t see educated parents doing this. Likely something poors do thinking this will make their kid the next Tom Brady
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:23 pm to ReauxlTide222
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I was a very late bloomer.
I promise there is no way being a late bloomer can hurt your potential.
Well then you're not the same kind of late bloomer that I was in high school. In no way was my high school career a privilege just because I was young. The summer of my junior year I finally started looking like I lifted. I was basically a practice dummy before then. And just to be clear I am not really saying I wanted to be held back for the colleges to look at me. I just wanted to enjoy the BMOC experiences of outclassing some of the competition a lot longer.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:32 pm to Tiger1242
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I’m saying holding kids back specifically for athletics is not cool.
I actually agree with you regarding starting late is better and makes more sense...Just sharing.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:43 pm to jangalang
I hear you.
But man, it isn’t in everyone’s future to be an elite athlete.
I never thought I needed to be held back to demolish them. That thought was a massive asset in high school. It was a massive asset when I played professionally. And it’s a massive asset in my professional life now.
Hold me back so I can compete? Christ you’re dead in the water the second that’s even a thought.
But man, it isn’t in everyone’s future to be an elite athlete.
quote:You can’t be wanting to outclass the younger kids when you’re fighting to be seen as a junior. As a junior I was 170 and a frick ton of kids were getting more attention when I knew I was WAY better than them.
The summer of my junior year I finally started looking like I lifted. I was basically a practice dummy before then.
I never thought I needed to be held back to demolish them. That thought was a massive asset in high school. It was a massive asset when I played professionally. And it’s a massive asset in my professional life now.
Hold me back so I can compete? Christ you’re dead in the water the second that’s even a thought.
This post was edited on 8/6/23 at 10:45 pm
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:52 pm to chalmetteowl
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Why would travel ball want to hold kids back?
I could see it for high school though
Kids in travel ball can play down a year if they are held back. If a kid is 10 and he is held back he can play 9U. Im not making this up. It's that ridiculous.
Travel ball should wake the frick up as to what they're encouraging with these grade exceptions and not only eliminate grade exceptions but move the cutoff date to mirror what schools use which is September or October.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:52 pm to Tiger1242
If my kid was born in july or august i might wait until next year to start kindergarten. Otherwise its dumb
This post was edited on 8/6/23 at 10:53 pm
Posted on 8/6/23 at 11:11 pm to matsuflex
quote:You didn’t use that to be the best you could be?
I graduated and went in military at 17. I hated it and felt younger and smaller than most guys in my grade
My dad did the same. He’s 80 now. I’m glad he taught me to be more perseverant than you folks
This guy one time watched me from 50 yards get beat up by 7+ older kids over a wall ball dispute without stepping in. I was 9.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 5:28 am to Tiger1242
I was a year young for my grade with a winter birthday and was a decent to good high-school athlete in my own right.
When playing rec league football on a small town in the NOLA metro area my parents were told multiple times I could be held back twice and still make the age cutoff for my senior year.
I’m glad my parents never listened.
When playing rec league football on a small town in the NOLA metro area my parents were told multiple times I could be held back twice and still make the age cutoff for my senior year.
I’m glad my parents never listened.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 5:31 am to BeepNode
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There's a local travel ball organization that gets their parents to hold kids back. a lot of kids on their teams will graduate when they are 19. It's pathetic.
May be a dumb question but how does holding a kid back help in an age regulated sport?
Posted on 8/7/23 at 6:27 am to ReauxlTide222
You are one delusional gump
Posted on 8/7/23 at 6:34 am to Tiger1242
We held my son back in K, in a private school system, but obviously not for sports…just so turns out he’s a baller with SEC scholarship offers…starts the first day of his Jr yr today.
This post was edited on 8/7/23 at 6:36 am
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