Red ... absolutely no offense taken!

One of the reasons for revealing my thoughts was to spawn this type of discussion. As a coaches education director that has certified tons of "Dad - Coaches" this is a genuine concern for me. We are producing far too many kids without basic skills or that have developed bad habits!

Now to bring the discussion back toward the topic a bit ... it is the High School coaches job to help reverse this trend. It is necessary for the success of wrestling in our state. I really am beginning to understand how frustrating it can be, yet we have to do it!

HS coaches, if they have a feeder program, have got to be involved at the developmental level. We have to encourage our HS wrestlers to help with kids practice. We have to have an open pipeline and channels of communication. We have to establish a skill set and terminology that they will use for years.