I bet if you really look at the 6 year olds actually wrestling week in and week out it's less than the 14 and unders which is around 1100 plus kids. I bet it's closer to 800. We had 20 6 and unders signed up this year. And 4 of them came week in and week out. All kids are different. Plus it depends where you live at in the state. In the Wichita area you can go to several tournaments without traveling that far and get more participation. In western kansas you have to travel more to get to a tournament. Which you get less participation. Kids develop at different rates and stages. My oldest son which is in 10 and under now went to state as a 6 year old his first year of wrestling. My other son who is six now started when he was 5 and he will be lucky to make it to state when he gets to be 14. I haven't coached him any different than my other son. He actually knows more moves at 6 than my oldest son did. Wrestling or even any sports activity isn't in his heart. He doesn't care about them. He just wants to participate right now and be part of something. Now my 3 year old will tear your head off. He wants to wrestle all the time. It just depends who they are. We just need to let our kids go out there and do as they please. Just guide them and coach them the best we can without burning them out. Either way if their having success or not having success. Because I almost lost my oldest son his first year. Because I went overboard. It would be nice if Ottawa would do their tournament a little earlier in the year and do it on a Saturday instead of Sunday. Because I would like to bring some kids to Ottawa instead of going to districts and traveling that far for a tournament on a Sunday and wrestling that late on a Sunday. Especially when we didn't get home from our district tournament until 8:00 p.m. that night. Then state in just a few days. I would like to keep state 8 and under thru 16 and under. Because they have many opportunities to go to state. Because as our kids get older we don't want to hear from those new parents of 6 year olds wanting our 16 year olds out because there are more 6 year olds than 16 year olds that hold a USA kids wrestling card. Just let it go. Let those 6 years come up and kick some butt. Because some will.