[Labyrinthos]

How about the boys that lose to the girls, can you imagine what happens to them. I wrestled in high school and there is no way that i would have wrestled a girl for that very reason.

I think that's the real issue. No junior high school boy wants to lose to a girl and at that age. Up until the age of 13, my daughter frequently competed against boys the same age in full contact karate, and she won most of the matches.

[Blessed]

>I think that's the real issue. No junior high school boy wants to lose to a girl and at that age.<

Until the middle of the 7th grade girls will consistently beat the boys because they are usually bigger and faster.My daughter and her friends would always beat the boys in play ground basketball.I thought this was great as I puffed out my chest and gloated about my daughters ability. A wise 7th grade teacher limited them to shooting games.She explained to me that the boys were just starting to mature and the bumping up against the girls in pick-up games was confusing to them as they were starting to sort out the physical reactions their bodies were having.To this day I believe this was the best teacher my daughter and I ever had.