I think the new style of tournaments have ruined this sport. In my day they were all 2 and out. This year I had a kid wrestle 9 matches in a 2 day tournament. That's great if you are the shark if you are the minnow you just lost 9 matches the first tournament of the season. So after 3 weeks of pool style tournaments that same kid is 2-23 headed into the break. As the minnow, 2-23 is very hard to swallow you have to be a certain type of kid to keep fighting. In my day that minnow would me 0-6 after 3 weeks. And they are worried the singlets have something to do with it. Good Luck Today!!!!


Coach Baker
SME Wrestling Coach