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  1. 2 points
    You mean when they had to walk to practice uphill both ways?
  2. 2 points
    HEY, I agree I'm a big fan of improving the awards for our sport. Trust me, I personally had a big role in changing the way the the Current Youth and MS medals look/designed. I'm just saying that the medals that are going to be giving out, are in fact the old youth medals before we made a change to that particular medal with a new design. Its almost like they wanted to get a newer medal made for the HS kids and the current vendor gave them that option. Plus it also could be due to timing of getting new medals made. Something that needs to be done in August, so you have them by State time. They are doing good things moving forward. Trying to improve the awards, the schedule of the tournament, getting a State tournament mat. Its all good stuff!
  3. 2 points
    Wrestling year round is a tough one. My opinion is every kid is different. I would suggest that any parent with a young wrestler should talk to some older wrestling parents and see what worked best for their child. The first and most important factor is the goal of the young wrestler. Does he want to make it to state? Maybe they fell a little short last year and they are just looking to improve. Maybe they want to be a State Placer or State Champ. Does the wrestler want to wrestle in college? No matter the goal, working in the offseason will improve their chances of achieving those goals. If you consider a normal wrestling season for most kids. This season starts mid October and ends mid February. That is a total of 4 months on the mat. Imagine if that wrestler had an additional 4 months of training in the offseason. He could basically gain an entire wrestling season on most of his competition . If the wrestler trained year round it would be basically 3 wrestling seasons in a calendar year. This brings me back to every kid is different. I am friends with many wrestlers and parents. I know many kids that wrestle just during the season and many kids that train year round. It seems to me that the majority of the kids that train year round are looking to wrestle in college. However, my guess is that we will have some KY kids that will wrestle in college that don't train year round. Once again, I believe the wrestler needs to have realistic goals and then its up to the parents and coaches to help him achieve the goals. My personal experience with raising a wrestler has probably been like the majority of parents. I have spent countless hours in the wrestling room, weight room, tournaments, road trips, camps, etc. Sometimes we forget that wrestling is a entire family commitment depending on how involved the wrestler is in the sport. I'm sure some people know what I am talking about. I always say, "imagine if my son would have continued to play basketball". Would be pretty cool to go to a game and be out in an hour. On the other hand I imagine I would have still been at basketball camps, weight rooms, tournaments, etc. So back to the question "How many wrestle year round?" My son was involved with basketball, baseball, soccer, football, and wrestling until the 7th grade. Since then he only plays football and wrestles. Mason started lifting weights in the summer going into the 7th grade. We all teamed up with Ranger and would go over to Campbell County and do workouts 3 days a week. The workouts were tough and not to mention the stink eyes from some of the Campbell parents. That was a joke by the way. I believe that weight training is an important part of wrestling. I can tell you it is hard to put muscle on skinny. We also spend a lot of time at Jeff Jordans. We have been to a ton of camps over the years. There were two reasons we always went to Jordans when they were younger. First, you will not find tougher competition at a camp. We would always ask Jeff to sign our boys up for the "hammer camp". This is the week he puts all the top guys in one group. They would usually take some serious butt kickings. Second, he shows a handful of technique that your wrestler will actually use. They will drill those same moves hundreds of times during that week. So if you are looking for standing leg cradles or flying squirrels this is not the camp for your kid. We also always traveled in packs.(Ryan, Blake, Spencer, and Mason) I would say that is an important part for the kids. They have the chance to hangout with their closest friends and not just dad who is probably worn out from the 10 hour tournament. Once they move into the later years of high school the boys are more independent. They have spent years with kids all over the state and now they usually train together. Most of our group trains at ETC during the offseason. I believe there are multiple clubs available in all parts of the state. Most of the group are going to camps in the offseason at the colleges they would like to attend. I assure you that I don't have all the answers. There are many parents that have raised multiple wrestlers and might of done things differently. Who is to say what success looks like? Wins? Titles? College? No matter where my son ends up I would say it was successful. I would not trade these memories for anything. I can tell you that I watched a lot of wrestlers and parents over the years. I tried to talk to parents and coaches who had already been through the journey. I took some of their advice and did what I thought was best for my son. He tells me all the time "Thank you" The older they get, the more they really understand. Hope this helps anyone with younger kids. Hopefully some other parents with many more years experience than me will add some insight. Man, I didn't expect to write a book.
  4. 1 point
    Excellent! I have always remembered fondly my father who has gone on now, who was at every match I ever had and would take his vacations to go to state, worked overtime to send me to a summer camp, money was tight as there was 5 of us. And I know in my heart that it didn't matter what I was interested in he was there to support me. If I had played the flute in the band I would have had the best flute and teachers he could provide The memories and bonds you have made are shared ones between the two of you, And I'm sure will be cherished by both of you for many years to come. And as time goes by, if your son is blessed with children of his own you can have all the fun again without all the work! excellent Post Dutch
  5. 1 point
    OK, my bad. I thought you were referring to a full bracket. To your point, the random draw can still leave a 1 or 2 seed without a match. My point was not to say that seeding all the way through or random draw was better than the other. I was just pointing out the obvious. Someone is always gonna find a reason.
  6. 1 point
    I must admit, this is a first. I've heard complaining about where a kid was seeded or how come they only seed top 4 or 6 or 8. But never this one. Perfect example of no matter what you do someone will find something to complain about. Hey kudos to all the coaches that dedicate their time to our boys and girls and spent the extra time to seed all the way through. If your wrestler happens to be 16 out of 16, oh well. Don't fault the coaches. Use it as a teachable moment.
  7. 1 point
    Agree! It was amazing and ran very smoothly! Big THANK YOU!!!!!! Loved the venue as well!
  8. 1 point
    Really? A negative for posting accurately. That's cute. This isn't Facebook, this is a wrestling forum. You don't always get away with posting nonsense. Don't post something if you don't know what your talking about, you will get called out.
  9. 1 point
    GOO or maybe someone else can correct me if I am wrong but I believe in the early 90's both finalists received a framed picture of their faceoff. I thought this was great. They stopped by the time I was in high school. As the competition in our state improves so should the recognition and honor for our state placers. I am glad to see the KYWCA is moving in a positive direction.
  10. 1 point
    Pretty sure Ronan pinned him..
  11. 1 point
    I didn't like all the dust at the horse park! This years venue had a great view to watch wrestling! The venue was the BEST I have seen!
  12. 1 point
    Can't speak for other Region's, but Region 1 numbers seem to be down due to injuries along with a few guys just quitting their team. Hate to hear any kid removing themselves from a sport before it's over. I know it makes things hard on the Coaching staff and the fact you don't want that type of behavior to become a habit even after your done with wrestling.
  13. 1 point
    Former youth medals or not, this is better than it's been in previous years, especially with the brackets and t-shirts.
  14. 1 point
    I say we delay the Podium by one match, this allows the loser to calm down and gather themselves. Nothing like losing the big one and getting put on Podium immediately afterwards. Hoping for Spot Light Face off!
  15. 1 point
    Virginia Freshman Jack Mueller is ranked 7th at 125 that would have been a good match .
  16. 0 points
    Negative ghost rider. You did not ask for clarification. You asked for justification. Words have meaning. Don't fault me for reading your words as opposed to your mind. Asking for justification is asking for a defense not seeking understanding.
  17. -1 points
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  18. -1 points
    Yeah you trash bag like usual you stand corrected always throwing out stats trying to look like you know ow something and time after time I catch your bs and call you on it .Everyone knows your agenda you turd again why you always talking smack about my kid u wussy. Because it's the only thing that makes people listen to you and that dirt ball wildcat but once again your wrong I could look through all your other facts and shoot them down there's about 4 or a dozen rankings and stat systems so you can take what you want from any or compare anyone else's weak @$$ schedule but it doesn't change the facts Austin got it done from day 1 and everyone on this site and others have seen it and he will again and like I said NO ONE from KY has ever faced the comp he has this yr as a freshman not even close .
  19. -1 points
    Tyler and Trump = Great choices for president.
  20. -1 points
    Or I could have been asking for a clarification of why something is done the way it is, plus adding my opinion. My original post is actually a perfect answer of why message boards exist. Your response is a perfect example of someone jumping to conclusions instead of considering all reasons of why a person might ask a question.