5+5=10
I hope you are all having a great summer. I'm sure you agree that it seems to be FLYING by! We are just over the halfway mark for our summer session and I can say with confidence that we have made a ton of progress with our athletes. The past practice for each group was a drilling review of the technique we covered the entire first half. It was fun to watch the athletes executing proper technique, staying in a strong stance, attacking their opponent's stance, running through leg attacks and using heavy hip defense. The focus has been on tightening down fundamental techniques that are a must for winning wrestling. I have been very picky on making sure things are done correctly and not just "good enough". We had a discussion a couple weeks back about if they were in school and the teacher asked them "what's 5+5"? If they said "9" would the teacher say "yeah, that's close enough"? Of course not. That's the same mentality we need to take with wrestling. Unfortunately I see a lot of young wrestlers come in and expect to drill with "close enough" technique. Why is this? My guess is that many people confuse being a good wrestler with winning a lot of matches. There is obviously some connection, but many wrestlers can win a lot of matches with relatively poor technique the majority of the time. That's frustrating because at some point they get exposed by a wrestler with better position, who has learned to maintain his stance, attack his opponent's body position, keep his body upright on leg attacks, etc. I see this so many times when coaching at the college level with incoming freshman. State placers, state champs, etc. who have won a lot of matches at the high school level, but then come into college and are getting bounced all around the practice room by kids who have learned to wrestle correctly but maybe never even qualified for state in high school.
I want to encourage any coaches out there to not allow their athletes to settle for "close enough". I can assure you that we don't allow this at WCW School. Make sure their technique in the practice room is absolutely correct. I believe our job is to help our athletes to reach their highest potential and we're cheating them if they aren't being properly instructed to compete successfully against top competition for their level.
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Muskie Tough Camp
I have been getting out across the state doing camps this summer and want to let you know about an upcoming camp at Random Lake. This is only $60 for a two day camp and includes a camp t-shirt. Save $10 by signing up this week!
Mike DeRoehn
World Class Wrestling School
920-266-WCWS
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