I think the main reason number's keep falling is do to the time kids(High School Kids) have to give up to wrestle. Most of the kids who walk the hallways at our school who do not wrestle tell me this is why they don't wrestle. A lot of kids are not brought up in a wrestling house. These kids have no background that is normal or okay to give up a Saturday to wrestle. These kids are the ones who are on the basketball teams Varsity and JV. Who never get to play. They want to be apart of something but don't want to sacrifice a lot of their time. These are the kids most wrestling programs need. These are the kids our program needs but can't get due to the time kids have to put in.
Wrestling needs to change in how we compete. Fewer Saturday's and more Friday night tournaments. We wrestled a Friday night tournament this year. The kids loved it and so did the parents. This may be the best get your cake and eat it too the wrestling community can have.

Josh Parker