in order to have state mandated "novice" wrestlers, each and every tournament would have to post the restults. someone would have to be assigned to monitor those results, and someone else would need to be in charge of communicating which wrestlers qualify as novice, and so on.

seriously i agree with sportsfan again, no one will ever completely agree here, and certainly too much involved in putting the state in charge. COACHES STEP IN, if the kid isn't novice, TELL THE PARENTS. if the kid needs to be pushed TELL THE PARENTS. if the kid needs some confidence TELL THE PARENTS. COMMUNICATE, GET INVOLVED WITH SIGN UPS, DO NOT ALLOW TROPHY HUNTING, PROTECT YOUR CLUBS REPUTATION, NOT THE CHILDS PSYCHE.

there is no such thing as a novice little league baseball league. you wouldn't dream of keeping your kid in pre-school for a couple of years, just because school it tough. if they are having trouble in math, you sit down and work at it, same thing with reading (well if you are not you should), there is no excuse for not working at wrestling.

encourage your kids to do their exercises at HOME- push ups, sit ups, shoot walks, penetration steps, stand ups, sit outs, etc. the benefits will be tremendous.