it makes it hard when you have that many tournaments because the kids are all spread out and makes for smaller tournaments and you may only get 2 maybe 3 matches at some of these tournaments. if we only get 2 matches sometimes we ask another kid to wrestle like an exhibition but most of the time that doesnt work because you sit around 2 or 3 hours waiting to get it. by that time the kids lose interest and get tired. the open rooms on wed night would be a way to get more mat time but my kid has to study sometime. its getting harder the older he gets as he has 2 and sometimes 3 hours of homework and he is only in the 4th grade. alot of clubs host tournaments to help funds though so i see why there are so many. just wish there were less opens and make bigger ones and more novice to help those kids out and that is a way the clubs can still make fundraising money. bad thing is you would probably end up wrestling the same kids every weekend. we move our kids around in weight classes to see different kids to prevent that.


Scott Bockover