Knowing When You Made a Mistake Attending a Youth Wrestling Tournament

Attending a youth wrestling tournament is more than just an investment of money. It’s also an investment of time, emotional energy, and memories. Wasting money is bad, but wasting time, emotional energy and memories is even worse. Therefore, when evaluating the experience of your child participating in a youth wrestling tournament these are the factors […]

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The First Sign a Young Wrestler is Ready to Own the Process

When a youth wrestler first starts in the sport their parents own the process. At this point, the parents decide when to practice and when to compete. Along this journey, all parents dream of the point somewhere between middle and high school when their child takes over. Once this happens, you can be sure your […]

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The Worst Time for Wrestling Parents to Try to Coach Their Kids

I have been hesitant to write about this topic because there isn’t much to say other than to state the painfully obvious fact that too many wrestling parents fail to acknowledge. However, after what I saw this weekend from several parents I have to get this off my chest. I’m no saint when it comes […]

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