When an Hour of Wrestling Practice is NOT an Hour of Wrestling Practice

I try my best not to make everything I write about my children. However, the truth is much of what I write comes directly from my experience with my sons. This is even more so when I write specifically about youth wrestling. I’m either pulling from a recent experience with my boys, or an experience […]

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Hard Work vs. The Mental Battle in Youth Wrestling

I can’t quite let go of this Instagram post written by 2x NCAA wrestling champion Isaiah Martìnez. As I wrote yesterday, Martìnez believes that hard work is actually the easy part. The hard part is winning the mental battle. Furthermore, this mental battle encompasses mindset, knowledge, creativity, and innovation. While I couldn’t agree more, I know […]

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Ignored Truth about Hard Work Shared by 2x NCAA Wrestling Champion

Yesterday I came across an Instagram post that provided an often ignored truth about hard work that reinforces something that I often write about. This post was from Isaiah Martìnez, a 4x NCAA All-American, 4x NCAA wrestling finalist, and 2x NCAA wrestling champion. Martinez wrote the following: There are so many wrestlers (myself included) that […]

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