Solutions--is there one? I have two children in wrestling for the 4th year. One of them has had great success and is very good, but still wants to quit. We let him pick his tournaments and try hard not to burn him out (he has only wrestled 15 matches this year). We tell him before every match to just do his best, win or lose and we give him just as many hugs when he loses as we do when he wins, but it doesn't change the fact that he doesn't want to spend his Saturdays sitting at a meet for maybe a total of 9 minutes on the mat by the end of the day. I really would love for him to stick it out at least another year because next year he will be at the top of his weight class, but this year has been enough of a struggle keeping him interested that I am not sure that is going to happen. (I do not believe in forcing my kid to play a specific sport, as long as they stay active). The biggest problem with my kids is that their friends play basketball and they want to do that too.