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Originally Posted by speeder

Wrestling is a sport that a guy could start in HS. He should try a little, he might be great at it or he might hate it. I can tell you that at the state tournament level, those guys are unbelievable athletes.

Yup. The good thing about wrestling is that you only wrestle kids in your weight group, so it's somewhat evenly matched. The bad thing is that again, he would be competing against kids that have been doing it for years. My son was talked into two years of wrestling by one of our football coaches, he was several years behind and frequently found himself the victim of locks and moves that he didn't know how to get out of. It was very frustrating to him, and the reason why he eventually decided to not do it again, it would definitely be a steep learning curve for a newbie in high school. They are incredible athletes and there is a real team spirit, even though it's an individual sport.