WOW sorry smokey cabin. Didnt realize I was trying to create an olympic champ or living through my child. Both my sons love to wrestle and my older son made it to state last year and is getting it handed to him this year at 12& under. Now he must be let down and wont want to wrestle anymore! I must be trying to run him out of the sport. Thank goodness you have insight I dont or at 36 years of age I would continue to live through my 6 year old.
All I know is when my little guy wins he jumps in my arms with joy. The last 2 seasons my wife and I would ask our son if he wanted to go to a tournument if he said no he didnt wrestle, we didnt make him wrestle. We were stuck living through our older son on those weekends. This year our little guy has wanted to hit every tournament and has won 6 out of 8. Now I have some experiance and know that next year will most likley be tough for him at 8& under. I hope that dosnt hurt his chances for the olympics. All I knom for sure is he likes to compete and if hes tired he will tell us just like he did last year. From my experiance coaching you cant force a child to be competitive either they are or you wait for them to develope. Sorry for the nonsense about 6 year old wrestlers.
Jon Murray
PWC
