Word: holdbacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though some coaches encourage holdbacks, many have doubts. Says Ray Latoof, head coach at New Orleans' De La Salle High School: "In some cases, it might help, but many parents have delusions of grandeur." Buddy Windle, head coach at Georgia's Murray County High, is even blunter: "A lot of kids are burned out with football by the time they get to high school. Of twelve players in our senior class who were held back, only four are still on the team. And for every holdback, there's another kid who didn't even come...
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