I just want to let everyone know if you ever recieve an email from Doug Vander Linden of Burlington and he has invited you to a Match Mixer Night. GO!!!!
Doug and the Mat Cats invited the Mat Warriors to a new and exciting event. Doug called it a Match Mixer. It was a practice almost like a duel round robin meet. It allowed our wrestlers to see how a meet would be ran and to actually wrestle someone other than your own teammate for the first time. Our parents stayed in the stands, the wreslters stayed by matside and we wrestled 3 rounds in an hour and a half. Doug had refs there, he had brackets, score keepers(lets score keepers learn without all the pressure) and he had pizza and water.
There were just he two teams there. And for the one who had never seen a wrestling match before it allowed them to have a great experince. The really good thing it allowed our coaches to see what they needed to work on.
We can't wait to get another email from Doug.
This is something new Doug was trying this year. He had heard about it at a clinic in October and thought why not try it.
It would be something great to try and get started around.
But always remember this isn't a Duel Meet, it's a great way evaluate your wrestlers and your coaching.
So Doug THANK YOU!!!! All thumbs up from Allen Co. Call us any time.
The next time you see Doug ask him about it I'm sure it's something he would like to share with you.