I also hope we don't come up with some sort of "intermeadiate" classification!
There is plenty of ways to get your novice wrestler plenty of mat time as a C or D ranked open wrestler.
Be realistic when you sign them up for a tournament.
On the weekends of Maize or Salina when you know they are only going to run one bracket per age and weight then you have 3 choices: take the weekend off, go and expect to wrestle thru the back side of the bracket, or have coaches willing to invest time in your "intermeadiate" wrestlers and split your club up and go to 2 different tournaments!
"But we don't have enough coaches" or "one kid is an open stud and our other is just learning and we don't want to split up every weekend"
Hey I hear what your saying and I get it! I understand there are tough choices you have to make!
But if you want them to be a better wrestler and grow with the sport and love the sport then take them to a smaller tournament where they will find kids with similar skill level and hopefully a round robin bracket. They will have plenty of chances to run into those other kids throught the season.
At the end of the day its up to the club to do what is best for their wrestlers and do whatever it takes to make them a successfull open wrestler who loves the sport.
Is that easy? Nope!
Is there exceptions to EVERY rule? Yep!
Last edited by BLT; 01/05/11 06:39 AM.