Folkstyle wrestling is one of the hardest sports for kids to play because kids don’t actually “play” wrestling. They just wrestle. Moreover, wrestling is extremely physically demanding and it’s often more satisfying than fun. Therefore, when a youth wrestler first starts in the sport their parents are usually doing a lot of pushing. Other than those […]
Iron sharpens Iron! Every wrestling coach I know has said this to me at least one time. I have probably said this myself at least a couple dozen times over the years as well. Simply stated, the idea that iron sharpens iron is as cliché a quote you will get in the sport of wrestling. […]
I write about youth wrestling often. However, most of what I write applies to all youth sports, not just wrestling. Correspondingly, today as I share the three types of goals that youth athletes must have, even though it’s in the context of youth wrestling, this goal setting approach applies to all youth sports. With that […]