My 7yr. old started wrestling this yr. in another state, not Kansas. He started in Nov. and by Feb. he won the state Novice championship. 2 weeks before this our head coach asked me why he wasn't trying open, we are new to wrestling and were doing what the "signup" coach suggested. The signup coach has a 7 yr old same weight as my son in open. We were told my son a rookie, could wrestle open but he would have to move up in weight . so we did, but I'm bothered by this. Is it common in wrestling? My son wrestled 1 tournament in the open class with the coaches son and won. A big blowup followed for a week before we were told we couldn't wrestle in that wt. bracket. Please educate me on this, again we are rookies.
Thanks,
wrestling mom