The question is, WHAT SHOULD YOU be doing ?
Being from Ohio, whether your a high school wrestler, junior high or youth, March and April and May could be a very competitive if you decided to continue competing in tournaments. The Olympic Styles of Freestyle and Greco Roman could also be a different and valuable learning experience. I promote all styles of our sport, however, I feel that most (non-state qualifiers) youth wrestlers and some middle schoolers should hold off for a while with FS or GR and develop better technique and overall habits. If you've reached the state level at any age, then experimenting and competing in FS and GR could prove to be a very good learning experience. Not to mention the benefits being talented enough to place in Fargo.
Other than competing in wrestling anyway you choose a few days a week for another month or two or three.. Some wrestlers are also playing baseball, or another sport of choice. Which in my opinion is great. Your only young once and if your good enough and have fun playing different sports then live it up.
The downside of that is, depending on how old you are and how serious you are about wrestling, especially if wrestling gives you a better shot at getting any kind of scholarship, sticking with one sport is the better choice. In Ohio, the competition is pretty fierce at every level. I don't know of too many top shelf wrestlers that did anything but train to be better wrestlers. Unfortunately to be beat the best, your probably going to have to do what they do... (Maybe even hit a camp or two in the summer or fall too..)
IS WRESTLING ALL YOU SHOULD DO ? EASY ANSWER: NO !
When at wrestling practice, whether your rolling around at open mats or competing for FS or GR Tournaments, you should be working on something that's going to make you better for the season that awaits. Take every opportunity and train to be a beast on top or impossible to hold down, plus develop a "go too shot" (or turn) that you can hit on the "best of the best."
(at least once :)
PLUS YOU SHOULD BE INCREASING YOUR STRENGTH !
This is what most wrestlers DON'T DO and their left wondering why their not getting past the districts.
You need to get stronger, quicker, and improve your balance and agility. You see, you can know a ton of moves but not be strong enough to execute them.
You could have 8 years of wrestling experience before High School, and still never win a STATE TITLE.
However, if you got stronger every summer, improved the speed of your level change, the balance of your stance whether your countering or changing directions, you can definitely improve your chances drastically of making that State Champion dream come true.
As Dan Gable once said, "You can never be Too Strong"
My advice:
Get stronger, practice a weakness everytime you workout, make your strengths stronger, learn and try new techniques, get introduced to our Olympic styles when your ready.
When you become very strong, your confidence will show.
My Recommendations:
Learn how to get stronger and increase your overall power !
(and have fun doing it)
Learn how to increase your speed, agility and quickness !
(learn from one of the best)
GET TRAINED IN EVERYTHING
Bottom line,
Make Yourself Better Everyday, Train Hard and Expect To Win !
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TR
I ALMOST FORGOT, DON'T FORGET TO SCHEDULE "SOME" TIME OFF TOO. THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ALL THE REST..
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