From my experiance out here in nw kansas with the early season is it is great. The only problem is the kids that want to continue wrestling and play bball. We have three that are doing it here and it really wears on them if they go to all the wrestling practices. One or two a week is enough since they just went through middleschool. And also picking and choosing tournaments helps don't go every week if they decide to give the other sport a try. With the early season the best part is my two 9 year olds arn't in any sports at that time and there is no choosing where to go.