agree with post from wsewc....definitely jr high and kids are the start points for SOLID FUNDAMENTALS in wrestling (sort of like reading is to academics isn't it?). to me, that is where kids learn that aggressive wrestling from all positions is INGRAINED into the psyche of the wrestler.

would be very, very interesting to poll number of state champs/placers and see how many of them DID NOT start out in a solid jr hi or kids program... it happens, but the odds are so overwhelming in support of the younger programs developing great wrestlers.

tim shea