Matches – you are better off in live wrestling, at least some of the practice time, to spend live wrestling time going matches vs just all out live wrestling. This way, kids can get used to the ‘feel’ of what a 2 minute period feels like, and they can PRACTICE winning matches. We should change the way we wrestle in a match according to the score and the time on the clock. For example, we would never throw a headlock the last 15 seconds of a match if we were winning by one point. But, if we were losing by a few we might just go for it. Matches in practice bring about big improvements come tournament time.

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