At what age or grade do you think a boy should start wrestling with a team or school or clinics? What would be too early? What would be too late? Thanks.
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There is a HUGE difference between the need for reading skills and the need for wrestling skills. You need to be able to read to have success doing much of anything in life. You can have a damn good life without ever even thinking about taking to the mat. Wrestling, just like any sport, is a recreational activity for kids. I wouldn't force my kid to wrestle when he wants to play basketball or do some other activity.Originally posted by dmlawdad:
Other than Pizzaman who seems to be on this board to satisfy his own prurient desires, it appears the prevalent opinion is to wait for the child to ask. I disagree. Would you wait for your child to ask to learn how to read? Would you wait for them to ask how to do chores around the house? Would you wait for them to ask if they can mow the lawn? Of course not, you want to teach your child basic skills as early as you can and then encourage them to excel using those skills. How are they going to learn if they aren't exposed and encouraged to try?
It appears many of you are allowing the actions of a few over zealous parents to color your opinions of parental involvement in a child's activities. If you look around the rosters of the tough wrestling schools you will see that the rosters are dominated with kids who have grown up through their kids clubs. They have wrestled for years. That experience gives them a leg up on the competition. It also gives them confidence. In my opinion your child should be exposed to the sport early, when they are able to handle the physical and mental requirements of the sport and then they should be encouraged to try out the competition.
I had three boys go through the club. Wrestling was not for one of them and he chose other activities. The other two wrestled from K and 2nd grade. They both wrestled varsity in high school and the third is a big fan. Positive parental involvement is always a great developmental tool for your kids. Get them going.
Originally posted by tm3308:
I wouldn't force my kid to wrestle when he wants to play basketball or do some other activity.
You can encourage your kids to get involved with something, but I wouldn't sign my kid up for any sport unless he/she wanted to try it.
If you give them that exposure, I'd think kids would be pretty keen to start participating in at least a few of those activities. Maybe they wouldn't want to do all of them, but at least a handful.
With football, I definitely won't push, with all the risks we're learning more about now. That's one sport I'm not sure I'll let my kids play, even if they want to.
I think you, and your kids, would like tai-kwon-do.
ROTFLMAOOriginally posted by Tear Lake:
I think you, and your kids, would like tai-kwon-do.