Wednesday November 08, 2006
Fall wrestling meeting
Well I guess this is my first official Blog. I have tried on numerous other occasions but to no avail. We had a good recruiting class come in. Both in numbers and quality. We had our first meeting on August 29th with about 40 guys there. It was a welcome site as 2 yrs ago I was looking at 11. Basically we went over what will be required and demanded of them. The standards that they will need to uphold both as student and athlete. I really don’t think it came as a surprise that responsibility, effort, attitude, going the extra mile, and the first rule of success (show up) will be needed on a daily basis. Everyone on the team was sent what I call “BV Wrestling Guide to success” which has: Strength programs, nutrition, weight loss while maintaining strength, goal setting, recovery, warm up, mental skills for visualization, relaxation, self talk, basic skills, daily breakdown for fuel intake, etc. We tried to put most all aspects of the sport into one place for easy access for the athletes. Do they read it? most probably not. But we will continue to put it out there for them, stressing the importance of doing everything right, especially the things you have control over. And little by little it will sink in until everybody who goes thru this program, at a bare minimum, at least knows what to do. And is giving the opportunity and tools, if they want it, to get the most out of themselves.
Posted by SchwabM [Wrestling] ( November 08, 2006 10:37 PM ) Permalink | Comments[0]
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