We work with all of the kids equally, We split our practices and have the novice kids practice then the advanced kids practice. What i"m saying is a 5-6 year old kid is a novice wrestler and the state tournament is not a novice tournament,I spend many Sundays going to novice tournaments and leave my family at home so these kids have someone to coach them. But state is for the advanced kids who have been working hard for a few years learning the sport and competing at our states prmiere tournament. I tell my parents that Liberty, Wichita, Tulsa is not a place for novice wrestlers that's what Sunday novice tournamnets are for. At state an advanced kid that has been working hard is more important than a 6U novice wrestler, because it's a tournament for the states best wrestlers just as Sunday novice tournaments are for our states beginner wrestlers,You can ask any one of my parents and I'm sure they will tell you we spend a lot of time with novice kids teaching them the sport but that is not what the state tournament is for