I am with you; at 9 y.o., we had 144 matches last year (all 3 styles--first full year of wrestling), and at 10 y.o. about 100 so far this year. We go all over NM, KS, MO, CO, and a lot in OK, as well as TX for tournaments. Lots of great bonding time for me and The Boy (I have 6 kids and the other 5 are girls). He says he loves it, and his actions indicate he loves it. He doesn't win all the time. He does have a lot of friends and aquaintances around the country that he likes to see and play with. Some weeks he will not have a single practice before we go to a tournament--there just aren't a lot of good training options where we are. If we had a great room, we would not do as many tournaments, for sure.