Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Kuemper
Well first meet done. We won 51-26. I thought the guys came out and wrestled aggressive and went for the falls. A few things we have to keep working on is bottom movement. Of course more shape, this was what we figured do to first live match besides in the room. I feel that our younger guys did a nice job for their first varsity match ever. They have a lot to learn in a very little amount of time this week. I was very pleased with the effort and aggressive nature of our wrestling. Now for DCG and Winterset Thursday at Carroll. Nice job guys and congrats to the basketball team as well.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
And we are off!!!
Well one week down. We have just started the glorious thanksgiving practice week. Just to get you up to date. We have 26 wrestlers out for the year. Some new faces and some familiar faces are out this year. We start our season on November 30th at Carroll High School taking on the Kuemper Knights. Then Thursday we face DCG and Winterset at home as well. Finishing the week off with the Jeferson Dual Tournament and Audubon JV Tournament on Saturday.
Looking at the beginning of the season we will have one open weight at 112. Otherwise we are filled at every spot. Some have 4 or 5 guys fighting for a varsity spot. This is pretty good news. Now that is barring no injuries or not making weight. The kids have responded well for the first couple of weeks, especially the young and inexperienced. The veterans of the sport have really helped them come along as well as pick up the intensity as well as the pace of practices. Our 2 Seniors have done a nice job of leading this team both by words as well as actions.
The key for most of these guys is going to be CONSISTENCY. Consistency in their weight management as well as their performance. If we do not perform consistently we will be in for a fight every time we go out there. We have to be able to manage our weight and not yo-yo back and forth if they can keep that under control the better they will perform. Now I am not saying we are going to win everything but if we can consistently perform and manage the weight the better we can practice and compete. This is the key to our success this year.
People tend to look at wrestling as an individual sport which we can argue till the sun comes up. It is both a team and individual sport. This team is going to have to cover for each other. If I lose a match I know that my teammate has to either score more points than I lost or at least make it a wash. Momentum is huge and that is how it is a team sport especially with duals as well as team points being scored. I think this team understands that but you never know. I guess we will find out next week. I hope to see you all there and supporting the hard work that these guys have been putting in.
GO TIGERS!!!!!
Looking at the beginning of the season we will have one open weight at 112. Otherwise we are filled at every spot. Some have 4 or 5 guys fighting for a varsity spot. This is pretty good news. Now that is barring no injuries or not making weight. The kids have responded well for the first couple of weeks, especially the young and inexperienced. The veterans of the sport have really helped them come along as well as pick up the intensity as well as the pace of practices. Our 2 Seniors have done a nice job of leading this team both by words as well as actions.
The key for most of these guys is going to be CONSISTENCY. Consistency in their weight management as well as their performance. If we do not perform consistently we will be in for a fight every time we go out there. We have to be able to manage our weight and not yo-yo back and forth if they can keep that under control the better they will perform. Now I am not saying we are going to win everything but if we can consistently perform and manage the weight the better we can practice and compete. This is the key to our success this year.
People tend to look at wrestling as an individual sport which we can argue till the sun comes up. It is both a team and individual sport. This team is going to have to cover for each other. If I lose a match I know that my teammate has to either score more points than I lost or at least make it a wash. Momentum is huge and that is how it is a team sport especially with duals as well as team points being scored. I think this team understands that but you never know. I guess we will find out next week. I hope to see you all there and supporting the hard work that these guys have been putting in.
GO TIGERS!!!!!
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