Fraggle, Just my opinion but, I like to see others learn from my mistakes. So what I would recommend getting him to watch college wrestling on tv with you that way he can see the big picture and begin to grow some wrestling idols or heros he likes to watch and you'll see him soak these people up and memic them.

Also at that early age focus on a few key moves. We crowded my sons head at an early age with technique. He could do a sit-in, switch, stand-up, grandby etc.. But not with great technique mideocure at best. Looking back I think that he knew so much it crowed his head during matches. I would pick two moves in every position and wait til his tecnique was FLAWLESS in practice and tournaments before adding to it.

And this I know to be true teach him a blast double and a single leg. Then teach he the proper technique on finishing IE Crackdown, turn corner, sit to hip and head hunt etc.. finishing from bad positions after the shot. 90% of young wrestlers let go when sprawled on cause they don't know what to do this will help.

Now all kids are different but I went down the road your going and with my kid we spent alot of time watching videos and should have went fishing cause he got nothing from it. And lastly we still to this day take all technique at practice and 1 on 1 we break them down to the bare bones and teach the reasoning for doing these correctly to get the most understanding he can. Fun for him and me.. Place a HUGE understanding in "We don't call it losing, WE call it learning" its fine to lose if you learn from mistakes. Good luck


Jon Trowbridge
Ive never had the fear of getting beat thats how most people lose.