I think I hit a nerve when I mentioned parents; maybe I should expand on my intentions...

I am 24 and dont have kids of my own. I didnt wrestle in kids club till I was 14 after my freshman year of high school... Honestly I think the USA Wrestling programs is the best kept secret in KS... With that said my hit on parents was mostly from a coaching point of view... After reading some of the post I can def see how the split session format can be more tolerable for novice parents and wrestlers alike... I know in my area (Kansas City) alot of parents are ignorant to wrestling... just flat out dont understand it... when their kids come home and say momma or daddy I wanna wrestle most their parents get images if WWE or some type or brutal blood bath sport, or worse... For my middle school every year I hold a chili supper with the wrestlers and parents to go over the basics of wrestling... I guess from the outside lookin in, if you didnt know anything about wrestling it would be a hard sport to watch and understand...

I had my first middle school dual of the year on Saturday (wish kids club could do duals). It was great to see so many parents then yellin and encouraging their kids on. As you know duals only last 60 min and a double dual is about 3 hours.. so we were done at noon.

I guess as a parent showing up and yelling and encouraging your kid for an hour or 2 is much easier than all day. Plus many clubs wouldn't function at all without parental support. I know my club have a few wrestling moms who we couldnt do what we do without.

I would like to formulate a series of recommendations that would help parents and club leaders. I know its not my intention to tell anyone else how to run their club, but I know as new clubs form or leadership changes hands, this information could be vital in decision making.