A good friend of mine started his kid out at 5 years old as well. He is a Freshman this season. He would just simply ask him if he wanted to go to practice/tournament or not. If he said no he would not push him. He has 5 top 5 finishes at kids state and is a 2 time national champ and placed 2nd nationally twice. He has picked every tournament he has wrestled in all over the country. For some reason had never wanted to wrestle Tulsa so they did not push him. I tried too LOL but he wasn't going for it.