Its up to the parent to decide what weight these kids wrestle. Pick the correct weight its that simple. My 8-u wrestler weighs 68 in the mornings & wrestles 70 because he raids the kicthen when he gets home from school. My older son is more disiplined & can stay out of the food untill I get home. He will eat the foods we decide on with very little cheating, so when he said he wanted to drop a weight class for districts & state I agreed. My younger son had to stay where he is at. It depends on the kid. My son only had to drop 1-2 pound to make the lower class if it was more I would not let him. I agree with 24/7 first post. We get our kids at least a half pound under & never have a problem.