Last year i questioned this topic very much last year because it was my sons and mine first year in wrestling and we were learning alot but he would always get beat by the same kid every tournament and this kid would always place first and this kid would do the same thing get kids down pretty fast with in the first round so i didn't understand how he was still novice this is my sons second year of wrestling and he is finally catching on and understanding it and getting what he needs to do so i am hoping he will do good in novice this year