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[quote=Anonymous]Bigger, Faster, Stronger: How Redshirting is changing HS Sports

"If holding your kid back gives them a physical advantage and you're that serious about making your kid a big-time star, you're only getting rewarded for it,"  "Honestly, it's a very interesting strategy because (recruiting analysts) don't care. Colleges don't care. If you're a class of 2015 (prospect) and you're 19 and there's another 2015 kid who's 16 -- they don't care."

In New Jersey, some coaches estimate 20 to 50 percent of top-tier athletes have repeated a grade, even if it means leaving behind their friends and their social circles.

https://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/09/how_redshirting_is_changing_hs_sports.html

How to build a sports superstar in 2015: The engineering of 15-year-old Josh McKenzie (long article, link posted below)

The Ducks have a team filled with Joshes -- 12 players repeating the eighth grade, according to their coach. River Plaza has no shot, losing 55-6. The beating is so bad Josh is expressionless when it's all over. He's already thinking about getting back to Jersey, working out and wrestling season.

The first wrestling match of the day ends in 45 seconds, the second in 28. Just like that, Josh is in the finals of the "War at the Shore" at the Wildwood Convention Center in early February. The final match is anti-climactic. Josh tortures his opponent, 18-3, and doesn't sound the least bit upset that he has missed a pin. "I kind of beat him up," Josh says. "Made him cry. That was good."...

It's his second workout of the day and he's looking forward to finishing his second year of eighth grade in less than 24 hours. Josh shows off his progress, bench-pressing 135 pounds 35 straight times. Matt then lights a fire, challenging his little brother's claim that he can bench 275 pounds, reminding him that his best is 265...just when it looks like Josh is doomed, he draws a final surge to push the 275 pounds up and back onto the rack.

https://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/09/the_engineering_of_15_year_old_josh_mckenzie.html#incart_river[/quote]

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