I personally feel that kids get burned out with sports (no matter what sport it is) when the sport becomes a year-around thing. I have seen many kids who after doing the same sport year-after-year, time-after-time are ready to move on. If you listen to the reports on ESPN or in the sports magazines, you will find that by focusing on just one sport at an early age is actually detrimental to the player in the long run. My kids will always play the sport that is in season and I encourage others to do the same. The only time they really need to commit to just one sport is after high school (if they are lucky enough to play at the college level). If they feel in high school that they want to focus more intensely on one sport-that's okay too.
Your childhood is one that you should try as many new experiences as you can so you can LEARN at each opportunity. I personally feel that the all kids need to try many different sports and you can't do that if you are wrestling year-round. I love wrestling but after April, I am ready to spend a Saturday at home or be outdoors-not in a gym all day.
I also must speak for those wrestlers who are not at the elite level. How do we keep encouraging them to keep wrestling? How do we prevent them from quitting the sport once they are in high school?