Informative Essay About Wrestling

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Wrestling isn't a well known sport, but it is one of the most mentally and physically challenging sports there is. To wrestle people must be dedicated to what they have to do and what limits that have to be overcome. The long grueling practices, rules that need to be followed, weight loss and maintaining the same weight. Wrestling is a fast paced sport. The season feels long and horrible but in the end its all worth it. The sport drains people mentally and physically. The sport is know across the world but isn't really big. There are several styles of wrestling that people could participate in. There's lots of rules to learn and understand. The sport is advertised multiple ways, through social media and television. There are different tournaments and meets to wrestle at. These are just several …show more content…

If the wrestler or wrestlers go over weight they don’t get to wrestle their weight. They have to wrestle or don’t get to wrestle at all. Wrestling has a big toll on the body physically, due to the extreme practices and conditions that have to be followed. During a match wrestlers can get injuries in a number of ways, being thrown, knee being twisted or landing to hard on the mat. Knee injuries are common in wrestling because wrestlers land on their knees when taking a shot on an opponent. Shoulders and arms can get broke doing certain moves but a referee is there to make sure that doesn’t happen. Wrestling has a mental toll on a wrestler due to being sleep deprived, hungry, and just exhausted. Being tired has an effect on all athletes but wrestlers feel it more due to losing weight and trying to maintain that weight. Wrestling challenges people in long matches when people want to give up but have to find it inside to win. The want to have your hand raised at the end of the match. Wrestling is a very demanding sport that’s fun in a number of ways but it also has that difficulty that some athletes

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