If you want your wrestler to improve freestyle/greco is a must in my mind. It also depends on his goals. What does he want to accomplish with his wrestling career? Does he want to be a varsity starter, state champ, college wrestler? Then yes he needs the skills and mat time! My son learned so much from freestyle/greco and also by having multiple coaches. Every coach has a technique that they taught him to expand into a top college wrestler. You live in an area that is full of top coaches and quality wrestlers in their rooms. The season goes from March till July depending on how much you want to put in time/money/and quality of tournaments and if he makes Team Kansas. Tournaments are usually around $35 for both styles and alot of them include a free t-shirt. Freestyle/greco state is in May. Hope this helps.