Wrestling Is Harder Than Wrestling

Right away I shared my plans with many people. A high number of them told me they could not see me as a wrestler, or I am too pretty to wrestle, or wrestling is just for the guys. Others told me I should go for it, but I could see in their faces, they did not think I would live up to actually doing it.

I started wrestling in sixth grade. Even though I didn’t win one of my first seven matches, I developed into a successful wrestler. In high school I won tournaments and beat high-quality wrestlers. During my junior year I was determined to become a great wrestler. I worked harder than ever and didn’t let anyone stop me. That year I lost the Illinois state wrestling tournament championship match by one point. Over the next six months between my junior and senior season I was runner up at AAU national tournament and wrestled at Disney Land in Florida at the Disney Duals with over 50 other teams and only lost 1 of 8 matches. These are a few of my achievements in high school. Now that I am in college there are many

Wrestling and your general life might seem to not have anything in common but if you implement skills like hard work and perseverance you can learn to find success in both. Perseverance is one thing that can tie together the worlds of wrestling and life. In wrestling you have to work hard and have a thick skin, you cannot let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do because you know different. If you have a dream shoot for it and don’t stop until you make it a reality. Sometimes you might hit an impasse, but you have to keep going and break that barrier no matter how much you feel like quitting. The video states, “ If you want something, go get it. Period.” This explains that no matter how crazy your dream or goal in life is go get it and

If you aren’t humble in wrestling then you will get cocky and mess up during a match, because you will think that you are better than everyone else in your weight class. This lesson taught me to not be a sore loser or a sore winner, but to be grateful to have the opportunity to go out and do what I love; this will help because later in life if I don’t get a job, I won't go home and cry myself to sleep, I will get back up and start again and again.

My time on the mat was not always that of heart break. Going through elementary I never had a losing season, let alone a season where I lost more than five matches. In fifth and sixth grade I took place in NYWA and Gopher State. Gopher State is a tournament for the top wrestlers in Minnesota and all the states surrounding it. That was some of the hardest wrestling I have ever encountered. I placed in the top six at NYWA and not placing at Gopher state unfortunately. The summer before my junior year I went to multiple wrestling camps costing thousands of dollars and lasting weeks in time. And when it came time to vote for captains I just knew I was going to get it. The night before the coach told us who was going to be awarded captain

I come from a small town called Kittitas. Kittitas is the type of town where a student knows the names of everyone in their graduating class. Despite its small size, Kittitas is widely known for it’s high school wrestling program. There are few communities that I associate myself with, and the single most influential of these communities is the high school wrestling team. Over the course of four years, I have gotten to know my teammates and coaches on a personal level, and they are the people that I feel most comfortable around.

Admittedly I’m not the best wrestler, but my hard work ethic and determination is what makes me exceptional. At the 2015 regionals I lost my first match of the tournament which really brought my spirits down quite a lot. Going into my second match I knew if I lost my season would be done, and sectionals would be out of question for me. I ran out onto the mat, my heart is pounding through my chest. I didn’t want to let my parents and coaches down again. The match started and instinctively I grabbed my opponent’s leg and pinned him in 23 seconds. Winning this match put me into the finals for third place. When I ran onto the match for the finals match my heart dropped when I saw the guy who beat me come out to wrestle me. This meant I had to wrestle the guy that beat me to get into sectionals. The match started and he took me down, so I

After the conditioning drills, we learned a few moves, then paired up and practiced them. “You’ll be fine,” coach said “you just have to be aggressive.” I nodded, but inside I secretly prayed that I wouldn’t get stuck with a rabid beast of a wrestler. Apparently the wrestling gods weren’t listening.

I want to be better at wrestling.I want to be better at wrestling is because i am right with one of my wrestling cousin.I want to pass him a way i can do instead of just practicing like normal i will practice like it is a match .Another reason is i am right under one kid at state because every match i get closer and closer to him he has a kid right at him so they go into overtime a lot so i want to beat both of them and i want to take state champion. I can make sure i beat them by practicing what moves they do well on one of them just goes for your right leg but now i know how to defend that the other one just does anything.Another reason if i am the only one to make it to the olympics i want to be the only one to bring home gold.Away do

“Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy” – Dan Gable. This quote might not seem true to everyone but not everyone has wrestled. Wrestling is a difficult sport. Wrestling wears on you physically and mentally. The sport of wrestling has many difficult tasks and most people say that you don’t have to cut weight you really don’t but it’s part of the sport just like fouls are a part of basketball. Cutting weight is one of the hardest parts of the sport.

Coaching wrestling has been, and continues to be, one of the most meaningful and heartfelt experiences of my life. Wrestling has helped define my personal character, teaching me discipline, and enabling optimal performance under pressure and stress. I am grateful for the opportunity to pass this on to other student-athletes. The impact I have on their lives, as well as the one they have on mine, transcends the competition of sport. Simultaneously, I progress as a leader and role model, while they develop character and work ethic as young adults. I have been there for these athletes since the beginning of their high school career. Witnessing and being a part of their evolution has been an amazing experience. Whether it’s the smile on their face

The Truth about wrestling is that it's tougher than it looks for sure. I’ve been doing to for about three years now and well it's been the best thing to happen to me. When you're a freshman in high school coming out of a failed football season. And your friends talking you into doing wrestling. Well I was hooked by the awesome time and funny atmosphere back in freshman the team was fun and the seniors were even better. Out of the three captains Jamie, Mike, Brody. Jamie and Brody were the best and they knew just about every move their was. I will always look back to my freshman year in wrestling because there hasn't been a year like it since. Though it was tough always going out there and wrestling a senior or Junior, I never really care about

I never was the person that got along with others, for some unknown reason everyone hated me. The only problem with this is that they didn’t even try to hide how they feel. They always made me try to feel like I was worthless. They made me feel like no one loved and that no one would ever love me.The only place I could go without worrying about what anyone said was on the mat. I started at a young age and so did the bullying, but they never happened at the same time. I thought that wrestling practice was the only safe place for me to be. Then they started to merge and i no longer had a safe place. No matter how many people told me that I was worthless, that I was a piece of trash, that nobody loves you, I always just gave everything all I

With the removal of wrestling from the Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also taking away many dreams for young wrestlers all over the world. Wrestling is a very mentally and physically challenging sport. “More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill, none have wrestled without pride”(Dan Gable).To become successful at it, one must practice regularly and put in a large amount of work. In the United States alone there are over 260,000 wrestlers who have put in this work and dedication. Yet, this is only a small portion of the wrestlers in the world. With this being a small example of the world, it is hard to not think of the multitudes of young Olympic hopefuls whose dreams are being crushed with the removal of wrestling from the Olympics.

Proffessional wrestling is not an easy sport nor a nice business. Most aspiring wrestlers hesitate before breaking into the business. The chances of making it in the wrestling business are very slim, yet men and women still strive to be wrestlers everyday. Proffessional wrestling is not liek being a laywer or a doctor, it is typically looked down upon. Many outsiders see professional wrestlers as screw ups and failures. Pursuing the dream of being a professional wrestler is a huge risk. Many wreslters start out training at local schools then start working the independent scene. The independent scene is where many athleates make names for themselves. It is a large number of small wrestling promotions throughout the world. Most independent wrestler only get paid five dollars per match. By working the independent scene, a wrestler is risking everything. These wrestlers work matches night after night and travel from city to city with little to no money. It is common to see wrestlers stick around after shows to pick up left over food from the consession stands. For most wrestlers this is normal. The five dollars they make from that night is used as gas money. Many wrestlers sleep in their cars or at the building they wrestled in that night. Someone has to love wrestling to want to be a wrestler because no one would put themselves through that much poverty and starvation if it wasn 't out of love and passion. While working the independent scene most wrestlers hope to be seen by