We did traditional sports in school. They’re great. Our son loved them and excelled and we're very thankful for all the people that put their time and effort in to make them possible. But they also have bottlenecks. Namely not enough coaches and not enough spots to play on game day. No matter how hard the coach tries, some kids still end up sitting on the sidelines. That’s a lesson in itself btw. But even if playing time could be made equal, there's still other factors like politics, favoritism, and nepotism that dictate play time as well. Our son felt that less — he’s a good athlete (when he feels like listening - haha) — but i know quite a few other kids and parents that felt it more. Wrestling was the only school sport I found that teaches most of the lessons you’ll need later in life. I still believe that. The problem with wrestling — and most wrestlers will probably agree — is you have to be a special kind of crazy to call the average practice room “fun.” Even if it were all bells and whistles, the coach-to-wrestler ratio is still a bottleneck that can't be fixed. Parents help but there still aren’t enough coaches to go around and kids end up falling through the cracks. Motorsports fixes that. Like wrestling, the main lesson is self-reliance. You get out of it exactly what you put in. Same as life. The difference is motorsports is actually fun. No politics. No favoritism. No nepotism. Doesn’t matter if Mom or Dad is the coach. Doesn’t matter if Grandpa’s a booster. Doesn’t matter what kind of family you come from. Not popular? Doesn’t matter. Too popular? Doesn't matter. None of that shit matters on the starting line. All that matters is who worked harder and who showed up better prepared. That’s the gap. Wrestling teaches the lessons. Motorsports teaches the same lessons but practice is fun. Motocross is athleticism and hard work. The slowest kid on the track is still learning something he’ll never get sitting on a football sideline. Grand Prix is endurance and hard work. There’s no better way for a young rider to blaze his own path than racing a 3–5 mile cross country course full of trees, rocks, hills, valleys, and terrain he’s never ridden. Figure it out alone, mile after mile.