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You're comparing him to the best kid on the field, who is probably eleven months older and four inches taller. Here's a better measuring stick.
The Real Cost of One Sport All Year
Year-round lacrosse is sold as commitment. The research says it buys higher injury risk and a higher chance he quits — and the governing body of the sport says so too.
The program says do nothing every seventh day, and that day is doing real work. What's actually happening in a growing body while he sits on the couch.
He Grew Four Inches and Got Worse
A growth spurt temporarily takes a goalie's hands and feet away, and nobody warns families it's coming. What's happening, how long it lasts, and what not to do about it.
Why the Program Eases Off in May
Sessions get shorter exactly when the season gets serious, which feels backwards and isn't. A walk through the year, and what each phase is actually for.
Why We Don't Lift Yet — and When We Start
Youth strength training, honestly, without the message-board mythology. What the evidence actually says, what this program does, and why the weight room waits for ninth grade.