Among the bigger problems our High School coaches have is getting an incoming freshman, with 5, 7, 10 years of experience that have not developed basic skills! Worse than no skills, they have a lot of bad habits that need to be corrected if they are going to survive in wrestling!

An athlete can make it pretty far in wrestling, especially if he has the warrior spirit but sooner or later, he needs to learn some sound fundamentals and develop some skills!!

We "Dads" need to develop skills!! Do not let your kids get away with sloppy technique because he is winning!

Mat time ... is what they need! Maybe the less experienced wrestlers need a little "coaching time" between periods!!! But round robins is a great tool! I have seen too many kids, get two matches that last a total of 30 seconds and learn nothing! (I've seen this a lot at Fargo!)

USAW Kansas Kids should have a mission statement that includes language about "skill development."