Here you are, everything you've worked for comes down to this moment. It's the CIF state finals and you are one match away from becoming a state champion. It takes a lot to be a wrestling state champ, It takes a lot of sacrifice and dedication to get to such an elite level. Some say football is the most physically demanding sport, or some might say swimming is. There is no other sport that takes as much sacrifice, persistence, and mental toughness as wrestling. Wrestling always has been and always will be the hardest sport to compete in. Wrestling requires a lot of sacrifice if you want to go far in the sport; it also requires being cautious of what you put into your body 24/7; lastly everything depends on you. It's just you and one other person wanting the win and only one of you is going to get it. You're only going to be as good as you want to be. Wrestling requires a lot of sacrifice, this may include …show more content…
It's just you with one other person identical to you wanting the same thing. The win. You have no team to back you up or blame if you make a mistake. Someone could argue and say surfing is an independent sport that requires no team or partner. Sure that is true, but in wrestling it's survival of the fittest. Someone is trying to take you down and put you on your back. The human body's natural instinct is to fight back and survive. Ever since the beginning of time time, people have been fighting or wrestling for real life reasons. Weather its for food, territory, or mates. We were bred to fight back. If someone pushes you, you push back and try to get a dominate position. Early humans did not depend on anyone else to fight for them, they went went out and took care of business themselves. Just them and someone else. Wrestling brings these natural instincts out of us, that's the great thing about it. It allows us to be the people we were meant to be and fight back. Not just hide and have your team do everything for
I have many things that I love in this life, one of those things is wrestling. I have been wrestling for seven years and I have developed quite the passion and love for it. Wrestling has always been an interesting sport for me. Growing up in Oregon I watched my uncles wrestle in high school. I watched both of them win their state tournament in their respective weight classes, this is one of my fondest memories of my childhood. One of them went on to wrestle division one, I thought this was the coolest thing in the world. I looked up to my uncles and wanted to be just like them. I did not always wrestle though. The process of pursing my dream as of becoming a wrestler started of with basketball, then went to a rocky start, then being on Worland High School wrestling team.
Today I am taking a break from the series of articles I usually write, to bring you a subject I have thought about for a long time. I only started paying attention to wrestling in my teen years, so the "Attitude Era" was what I considered wrestling. I won't go into what made the era special, because that would be insulting to your intelligence, everyone knows what made the era successful, and why some fans still pine for it. Needless to say, it was "cool", it suited the times, and it broke the mold formed over the previous decades.
Step 1. You must be in very good shape to wrestle. If you drink soda stop now. Soda is very bad and unhealthy for your body and can make you gain a lot of weight! A good workout would be to jog a few miles in the morning and maybe lift some weights at night. Jogging helps your breathing and stamina. It also helps you get some leg strength which can help you break out of some moves like the Cradle. You will be sucking wind out on the mat if you aren't in good shape. Weights will give you more muscle to use which will be a very big help. That is why jogging and weight lifting are good for you if you are wrestling.
When I go to a gymnastics meet and do really good, so I get that 1st place medal or trophy. It feels amazing, I mean the sport gymnastics is competitive and I sure do love competitive sports. The competitiveness gets you that rush of excitement. You feel nervous, but excited to get in there and try your hardest. Kids make better choices and have committed when they have the drawbacks of participating in competitive youth sports.
Gymnastics is the physical activity that create and show quality, parity, and nimbleness performed on or with specific device. Cheerleading is one who drives the cheering of observers, as at a games challenge. On the off chance that you haven't saw yet, the definitions are totally distinctive. Gymnastics is the superior sport to cheerleading, which is not in any case considered a sport. Gymnastics is an overall better, including cost and the numerous advantages aerobatic offers.
I had little to no motivation for a while and thought that maybe wrestling wasn’t the sport for me. I had shown promise in practice but as soon as I got on the mat for a tournament or duel I just drew a blank. I wasn’t executing any of the techniques I had learned after so many repetitive drills. I wasn’t the only one that had faced such miserable losses but it felt like it. My teammates helped me through my rut by giving me additional advice during practice and being in my corner while I wrestled matches. It was a great feeling knowing that I had people who had my back whenever I needed help. The wrestling team was a close knit group that dealt with all our problems together. We worked hard and played hard together till none of us could go any further. We were each other’s motivation, rivals, and family on and off the mat. If I had any doubts about a match my team thought the exact opposite and made sure that I understood why they believed so. But what made us a strong unit was the fact that we had similar goals and values. None of us wanted to lose and planned to make it past districts. We all wanted to take home hardware not only for our own self recognition but also to bring back a trophy to put on our principal’s desk who just so happened to love the wrestling program about as much as our team. All of us valued the effort that was put into every early morning practice so no one looked down on each other. The connection we had as a team made my experience wrestling all the more worth
The history of scholastic wrestling in the United States is closely tied to the development of college wrestling. The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association held its first tournament in 1905, which soon sparked many more wrestling tournaments for both college students and high school students. College and high school wrestling grew especially after the standardization of the NCAA wrestling rules, which applied early on to both collegiate and scholastic wrestling (with high school modifications). More colleges, universities, and junior colleges began offering dual meets and tournaments, including championships and having organized wrestling seasons. There were breaks in wrestling seasons because of World War I and World War II, but in the high schools especially, state association wrestling championships sprung up in different regions throughout the 1930s and 1940s. As amateur wrestling grew after World War II, various collegiate athletic conferences also increased the number and quality of their wrestling competition, with more wrestlers making the progression of wrestling in high school, being recruited, and entering collegiate competition.(Wickpedia.org) Today, the various state high school associations continue to also host annual wrestling championships for individuals and for teams. There can be no middle school wrestlers wrestling with the high school. All middle school wrestlers that do this can have their wrestling career taken away, or they can earn severe punishment. you need certain equipment for wrestling. A singlet is a one-piece wrestling garment made of spandex, nylon or lycra. It should provide a tight and comfortable fit for the wrestler, and prevents an opponent from using anything on the wrestler a...
At this stage in my career, an athlete must work in the classroom as hard as they work in the arena. Earning a beneficial, long-term degree is as important as the success every athlete desires and works for in competition. A degree will allow a rodeo athlete the opportunity to make a living to support themselves financially during the beginning and tough stages of their career. Trey Johnson, a motivational speaker and outspoken Christian, said that, “If you want to develop in any area, learning to focus will help you breakthrough. When we begin to wrap our hearts around focus, it will always take us to new levels, whether it is in business, in our relationships, in our relationship with God, financially or in school” (pg. 9). Making a living in the rodeo world requires every dollar an athlete can get their hands on, one must work continuously and not be picky but be thankful for the jobs that come their way. Working hard is not limited to financials either, to be a professional athlete one must work hard in the gym. Body fitness is important in order to have a long, successful career. Rodeo is like any other sport; it eventually takes a toll on your body. Being fit is very important because it will bring you immediate results and help you win more in the future because your body can undergo the difficulties and stress that rodeo puts on a person. Drew Horner, professional team roper and Bob Feist Invitational Champion, has taken fitness to the next level in the rodeo industry and explained some of his theories in Spin to Win’s issue by saying, “Cardio is important, too. It’s endurance and mental strength. I hate running, so I have to push through it, so it helps my mental
Wrestling is more than just a sport; it is a way of life. And for those who enjoy its opportunities, it is something that takes the mind off of all of life’s troubling times, and puts one man against another to get their hand raised. Competition makes everything evolve, and there is no other sport that epitomizes what competition truly is. Wrestling spans the entire globe, and although it incorporates several different styles and many National and World events, remains overlooked by most.
Wrestling is the hardest sport both physically and mentally.The constant management of weight is what kills me the most, I can take all the cheap shots from opponents and the slams down onto the mat but the cutting weight part is the worst. It was the day before a tournament and I was 14 pounds over the weight I was going to wrestle that weekend. I had to lose it, so i did. I ran with layers of clothing on all night long and I didn 't eat or drink anything for two days, I made myself freeze at night so my body would burn more calories to keep me warm, me and friends drilled for hours to help me shed those final pounds. I went through hell and yet not one person tried to stop me or check to see if i was physically okay. They cared about the medal i was going to get that weekend rather than the fact that i was on the verge of dehydration and malnourishment. People should consider the mental and physical health problems wrestling has on a person such as dehydration, excessive weight loss,going days without eating,and the breakage of a person’s will, however all they think about is the titles and the medals they will receive if they can just make that weigh in.
Ever since the previous season I had my standards set high. I had placed fifth, which was all right for the time being, but I knew as time went on I needed to push myself and increase my level of wrestling. I decided that I would do whatever it took, through thick and thin. I traveled to small local tournaments in Colorado, and a couple out-of-state tournaments, I even traveled to Delaware. It didn't really matter how I did at these tournaments because it was just all practice until February. So, I lifted and wrestled just about every chance I got. It was all in preparation for one match, six minutes.
When I was a Freshman, I was curious about the sport of Wrestling. When I tried out for it, I was eager to learn more about it. It is not just rolling around on the mat it is a form of combat using grappling techniques such as throws, takedowns, pins, holds, and joint locks. In addition into this sport, there are a variety of ways to use these grappling techniques. Wrestling has many rich memories of it is history with a variety of wrestling styles and rules.
When they see the wrestlers they are so much bigger than they thought. The wrestlers have big and powerful wrestlers. They are always in top condition. The smaller wrestlers still have muscles but they are not as powerful as the bigger ones. The smaller wrestlers rely on their speed to win their matches.
Although pro wrestling is viewed as fake, it is actually very real. I believe that pro wrestling is real because of all the injuries the superstars suffer from and the scripted storylines can become very real. Pro wrestling is often viewed as “real” or “fake” which has been debated over the course of time that wrestling has been around. People often debate that wrestling is fake because of the storylines and the acting that is often used to portray the stories of these feuds. Another reason people believe wrestling is fake is the acting that the athletes have to use to portray the feuds they are in.
Has there ever been a point in life where things have gotten to hard and it comes to a point where nothing can help, just had to find something to replace a hole that's so obviously there? Never tried working for something because of a fear of failing? There was a time I knew how that felt. Using harmful substances to get away from the world, to get out of your mind and not have to think about the consequences until the end. There are people like us, which have found ways to cope with their losses and their pain other ways. Different ways that make an individual stronger and build the weaknesses that have stood so long untouched and unidentified. Ways that will help progress in the end, and not put people in places that will only drag them further down. There are other solutions; martial arts help build everything from your body to your confidence. This sport helps build self-esteem as well as