I believe freestyle/greco helped my son alot. But, pick your tournaments well. Last year my son was still 9 and he ended up wrestling a 14 year old and 2 12 year olds in a tourament. If your son is at a high weight for a 10 year old he can get in a bracket w/ kids 3 and 4 years older in some tournaments. He didn't like it. So we made a deal, he does freestyle/greco, but we only go to events where they keep kids in their actual age groups. We are only doing 2 tournaments this summer - Southern Plains in Hutch and State. Its just for fun.