Our 3 and 6 year old boys started wrestling in Dec. They've had 5 practices so far. For the 6 year old they have been geared towards the extreme basics - listening, being coachable, strength, and a few basic wrestling moves like a single leg, half, and half defense. Was extremely hesitant on any meets through the first year, however entered them into "My First Wrestling Tournament" which was hosted by their coaches. Its geared towards beginning wrestlers in their first year or a losing record last year. Judging by practice and what I saw on the mat warming up, I was honestly thinking he'd go 0-3 and get dominated. There were some kids who looked like they had a lot of wrestling experience.
However, our 6 year old came out and dominated his first match winning 11-4. With 4 take downs and a near fall.
Second match he faced a kid was 4-0 on the year with 3 pins, 1 major. The kid pretty much dominated him the entire match and was extremely fast, relentless and had quite a bit of experience. Only thing we had was a big strength difference. He was down 10-7 with around 30 seconds to go, got an escape and a take down with 2 seconds left in the match. In OT he won on a takedown in 12 seconds. Pretty fun to watch.
Final match I believe dad said was 3-1 on the year. Similar strength, but obviously a lot more experince. He was down 5-3 with around 30 seconds to go, got the escape and missed a takedown takedown and lost 7-4.
Our 3 year old wrestled in ankle band wrestling. Pretty fun to watch and great way to get young kids into wrestling. He went 2-1 and had a ton of fun running and rolling around on the mat.