Danger 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2008 I'm planning on going to Fargo this summer along with the usual freestyle tournies that take place every weekend during the off-season. Does anyone else plan on attending some national level tournies? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slammer 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2008 Matt Slone and Ryan Kelly of Sheldon Clark are planning on attending several this summer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danger 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2008 Cool. I go to tournies every weekend but they usually aren't very good. Some others, though, like the Central National qualifier and Cinci 3-way are a little better. You can qualify for Fargo pretty easily if you just win Freestyle/Greco state. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hacker 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2008 I plan on this being my third year wrestling freestyle and greco now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stand-up 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2008 Coach Gercak plans to coach Freestyle and Greco at KCD again this spring and summer. He welcomes anyone who is interested in working hard. I'm sure he'll be taking wrestlers to all the regional and some of the big National tournaments. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danger 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2008 I know. I worked with him last summer and went to some tournies with him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pin2win 58 Report post Posted January 23, 2008 what are the dates looking to wrestle in some of these national events this summer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danger 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2008 what are the dates looking to wrestle in some of these national events this summer I'm not sure of the exact dates. Practices at the KCD club are two days a week and i'm sure you could find out all the dates through then. There is also a good club at Iroqious High School where Derek Nickel and some other good wrestlers work at two days a week. You can get a full week of good, technical practice and at least a day or two of quality wrestling in. That's not to mention camps, clinics, etc. Will definately help boost you to that next level. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Louisiana Joe 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2008 How many club teams (Freestyle/Greco) are located in Louisville? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hasbeen 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2008 I know Conner's Middle School and Youth Team plan on taking a lot of kids to Tournament Of Champions Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
takedownartist 6 Report post Posted January 24, 2008 Indiana has a lot of tournaments during the summer. We might or might not be talking about the same tournament, Dixie Nationals in North Carolina, two day tournament?? I'm considering going to the AAU Grand Nationals in Detroit and you place top four there you get to wrestle in the Tournament of Champions in Ohio. Is there a group of people that go to a lot of tournaments through out summer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danger 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2008 Yes. Pretty much, if you bring up a tournament at one of the two clubs I mentioned and other people are interested you will be able to have a ride and people to go with. The West Virginia national tourney is also one that i'm interested in if anybody has been eyeing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARealWrestlingFanatic 1 Report post Posted January 24, 2008 Yes. Pretty much, if you bring up a tournament at one of the two clubs I mentioned and other people are interested you will be able to have a ride and people to go with. The West Virginia national tourney is also one that i'm interested in if anybody has been eyeing it.Danger, rather than so many tournaments in the summer, have you considered an intensive camp? One that I would highly recommend, but it not for the faint of heart, is the J Rob camp at the University of Minnesota (http://www.jrobinsonwrestlingcamps.com/wrestling/). Check it out. It's not cheap but it sure helps you get to the next level. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grapplehed 8 Report post Posted January 24, 2008 Check out www.themat.com There should be a link to all States USAW clubs, tournaments both regional and national tournaments. Also, PM kdsmith, as I sure he will turn you in the right direction. check on the usa/freestyle forum on this site. You won't find it here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
plee 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2008 as far as fs/gr wrestling goes, there is a league in Cincinnati, and there are tournaments there almost every weekend. i think they get started in april. they don't advertise them very well, other than through emails. they also have weekly scrimmages. the catch is they combine schools to form a club since the numbers go way down in the off season. for example harrison ohio had the "cornhuskers" club, and they combined Harrison, Ross, and like 3 other schools. i have talked to some of the coaches over there, and they will welcome out of area teams in their league. i'm sure if some louisville area teams were interested, they could combine a couple of schools and join that league.the really nice thing about usaw & fs tournaments is they do not have a 5 match rule, and they run their brackets "oddly". I don't fully understand how it worked, but it was based on a point system....the net result is....every bracket is potentially round robin. if you show up and have 8 kids in a bracket you may get 7 matches. enter multiple brackets, and you may be able to do this twice. you will get a LOT of matches in each tournament. the matches are quicker though, and they have mandatory rest between periods so it's not like you're going to drop dead after 10 matches.kdsmith or coach g probably know of the cincinnati league and how to get started there....if they do not, and you are interested, pm me and i will try to find a contact. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
