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[QUOTE="Dave85, post: 1744156, member: 3946"]
So there's a kid in my town, X, who is really 14 years old but a 6th grader (held back 2 years for whatever reason) and plays CYO with the 6th graders.  X is always the leading scorer and the best player of all the 6th graders. My younger son is 12 and is a very good basketball player.  And he almost competes with X.  But if my older son, who is 14 who is really young for his grade (8th), played in the 6th grade games he would score 20+ points per game and would be total beast and unstoppable.  He would eat them alive.  I remember, last year when my 13 year was in 7th grade and played against 8th graders who 4 to 6 inches taller and lot bigger, he had to play his guts out to compete.  [B]I am just sick of parents holding their kids back a year, or two, so their kids look like super great players.  [/B]But it doesn't work.  At some point, the younger players are equal size.  And I think my older son who has to fight so much harder against the bigger kids is a much better player for it.   People are so competitive.  Maybe I'm wrong and the only way to succeed is to cheat.  But it gets to me to think what a beast my 14 year old would be if he played 6th grade BB.
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