My opinion is if your kid is rarely seeing a victory or a medal at open tournaments, let them go to a novice tournament (1st year or 4th year). If they win a novice or place top 3, this does just as much for that kid's confidence as anything. This is such a mental sport and sometimes all these kids need is to see a little success to give them the boost they need to raise the level of their wrestling to compete week in and week out at open tournaments. If my son was a C wrestler and had an A wrestler the first round of every tournament (cause nobody wants to rate their kid a D), getting pinned in the first 20 seconds isn't helping him either. That's not really mat time.