It Has Been a While
Okay, so I have fallen off the wagon so to speak as far as updating this blog.
Apologies go out once again.
I'm sure that you have all noticed that things have really picked up at practice since the New Year. I held back at the beginning of the season in hopes of not running off all the new kids. It has seemed to work but now it is time to gear up for the state tournament. We will spend less time on instruction and more time live wrestling from here on out. That does not mean that that is all they will learn this year but we have covered the bulk of what I want to teach this year. From here out it will be fine tuning the moves and drilling them endlessly.
I know that the guys hate drilling but wrestling has a lot to do with muscle motion retention. When your body becomes accustomed to doing a move the same way every time, it becomes reactionary. That is our goal. Takedowns, escapes, breakdowns, and reversals should become natural reactions based upon opponents positioning.
I have also spent a lot of time discussing the mental part of the sport.
Tonight I stressed that everything they do at practice can either build confidence or create doubt. If you put all your energy into practice, you will leave feeling like a better person for it but if you just go through the motions (or worse: skip conditioning, give up and roll over during live wrestling) you will doubt that you are ready when match time comes.
Overall, I am very pleased with the teams performance and I think we have a good chance at a few team trophies at state but we will have to continue working harder every week. Please get the kids to practice on time and ready to wrestle. Continue to encourage them about their matches and how hard they work at practice.
Apologies go out once again.
I'm sure that you have all noticed that things have really picked up at practice since the New Year. I held back at the beginning of the season in hopes of not running off all the new kids. It has seemed to work but now it is time to gear up for the state tournament. We will spend less time on instruction and more time live wrestling from here on out. That does not mean that that is all they will learn this year but we have covered the bulk of what I want to teach this year. From here out it will be fine tuning the moves and drilling them endlessly.
I know that the guys hate drilling but wrestling has a lot to do with muscle motion retention. When your body becomes accustomed to doing a move the same way every time, it becomes reactionary. That is our goal. Takedowns, escapes, breakdowns, and reversals should become natural reactions based upon opponents positioning.
I have also spent a lot of time discussing the mental part of the sport.
Tonight I stressed that everything they do at practice can either build confidence or create doubt. If you put all your energy into practice, you will leave feeling like a better person for it but if you just go through the motions (or worse: skip conditioning, give up and roll over during live wrestling) you will doubt that you are ready when match time comes.
Overall, I am very pleased with the teams performance and I think we have a good chance at a few team trophies at state but we will have to continue working harder every week. Please get the kids to practice on time and ready to wrestle. Continue to encourage them about their matches and how hard they work at practice.
posted by Mandy Hays at 10:21 PM
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