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NCAA Wrestling Reflections

3/22/2019
As I sit here and watch the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament, I can't help but hear a resounding message to the wrestlers form the coaches to have fun and compete.  Live in the moment and enjoy the journey.  Those sayings are ones that we use in youth wrestling as well but not many coaches truly believe it.  On the youth level we have all been victims of the idea that every kid progresses at the same rate.  Each athlete is different and finding a "style" in wrestling takes time and some nurturing and coaching.  Many of the NCAA All-Americans were not even high school state champions so what has happened to them to change and elevate them to the next level?  What I believe, is that it is the LOVE for the sport.  Focus has to stop being on titles for the first few years and more aimed at development of love and securing a style.  How many teams do outings away from the wrestling room?  Who play wrestles and allows kids to experiment like Penn State does consistently? 
The kids we are developing today are the champions of tomorrow...if we grow the love of the sport as much as the techniques!  Get ice cream win or lose and teach your LOVE of the sport of wrestling not just our love of winning. 
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