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    11 hours ago, REscalera said:

    I couldn't agree with this statement more.  It is what it is.  I have never been in favor of cutting especially at the youth and middle school level.  Cutting puts a focus on winning and I've always felt that to be shortsighted.  Our kiddos should learn to love the sport first.  It's hard enough for an 8, 10 or 12 year old to learn to wrestle.  Throw cutting on top of that and we end up losing them sooner or later.  But it is a part of the sport and the kiddos that do it shouldn't be raked across the coals for doing so.  We also shouldn't make excuses for our kiddos when they lose to a child that is obviously cutting.  It's wrestling. 

    This statement hit the nail on the HEAD.

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    2 minutes ago, Bluesdad said:

    It's my understanding that all schools that helped out " table workers, concessions, gate, etc" got a cute from the middle school tournament. So Montgomery Co wasn't the only school benefiting from having MS state there. But I could be wrong everyone knows I have been before lol. 

    I tend to see both sides . Blue no matter where it is held our program should benefit. If you put it in a convention center we should get a decent portion of all proceed . If we bid it out every couple years to the schools it give different areas of the state exposure and would benefit those programs with funds they may otherwise not have. If a school wins the bid then all schools competing should assist with tables. KWOA and the hosting school should split profits 50-50 . This would insure growth for everyone. 

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    1 hour ago, Notorious said:

    On the cusp? Gradually cutting? That's using the rule to drop down? That's cutting weight? I understand what you are saying Coach! Not try to make you the BAD GUY! It's what EVERYBODY does. There's a few who can actually use the 2lb growth allowance to stay in the original weight class. But many use it , to gradually cut weight. So it does encourage weight cutting. I guess it's just wrestling. Accept it or don't participate. Just seems like the 2Lb should have a stricter policy to avoid cutting. Just my two cents.

    Bringing Wrestling Shoes? Or Track Shoes?

    Notorious ,

            To expound , we have a wrestler who wrestles the 113# class however the most he has ever weighed is 110# , he is generally about 107# so when the 2# allowance will put him where he just barely misses due to lack of body fat to lose. Now we could encourage him to do what we did in the 80s and cut 5+ lbs overnight  so he could wrestle 105, however we do not as over the years we have come to learn how dangerous this is. Now unfortunately there WILL be those who do cut drastically to meet the allowance ,that is where it is up to the parents and coaches to prevent.Either that or we adopt a skin fold program like the high schools.

     

     

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    I as a parent and coach understand your concerns, however this a a situation where it is up to coaches and parents to look out for the health of our youth. We personally do not allow major weight cuts period. Now if we have a wrestler who has been on the cusp of a lower weight class as he /she has steadily dropped in weight thru attrition then that is a different story.This rule is not meant to encourage unhealthy behavior but to accept Natural Growth and Attrition .

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