my son is four years old and this is also his first year of wrestling. He has placed in 6 out of 10 tournaments. we are going to the 6 and under state championships. I dont know how well he will do but we are going to give it a shot. he wants to wrestle so that is all that matters to me. Now i would not allow him to move up and wrestle the 8 yr olds so he can wrestle subs and so forth...