I agree with you doug747. Kids have to have a life outside of wrestling (no matter what the age), or they may end up completely hating competition. Like I said in another post, I know a guy who was a 5-time kids state champ and didn't even wrestle in HS. I also know a guy who wrestled several years in kids, never qualified for state, and turned out to be the best wrestler in his weight in the entire state his senior year of HS. I don't think this is true in this case, but it seems like the times when there is a ton of pressure on kids to do well in wrestling at a young age is when the parent wasn't even a wrestler. They seem to think that more time and more money will always equate to more success. I believe most former successful wrestlers that are parents know what it takes to become a HS state champion, and being a kids state champion isn't necessarily one of those.
