...Originally posted by j_hrisc_ennings:
Freestyle is really good practice. Greco is trash because it teaches you to throw, and rarely are throwers any good in high school and beyond.

all i can say is dude, "i'd much rather be the pilot than be the airplane!"

lock up with a greco wreslter i'm sure he'd be happy to give you free flying lessons..

okay the task at hand......as far as facilites goes, for many years st. francis had a small practice room that was the old wood shop, nestled in a remote corner of the school, in the shape of an L, pull-up bars hung from the ceiling. back in the 70's when i went to highschool it was crowded, with 30-40 out for wrestling at that time, it was difficult not to bump into each other. the only plus about it was it did get ungodly hot in there. good for those 5-6 pound prcatices....

St. francis built its curent facility in '93 its built on the east side of the gym. we have 5 times the space. its nice in my opinion. the nicest workout facility in northwest kansas. room for 2 full mats, locker room and coaches office, also located in the wrestling room is the "wall of fame", with all the pictures of all the St. Francis state champions, from 1938 on up. and team Championship pics also there are plaques of wrestling records hanging on the wall, such as most team points, most falls, most near falls, most take downs, fastest fall, and most improved wrestler. its very rich in St. Francis wrestling tradition.

upstairs the weight room overlooks the wrestling room, not the greatest in state of the art equipment, but nonetheless effective, it has all the necessities for power and core strength building.

athletes can ride the stationary bikes while doing rehab upstairs inthe weight room and still observe the technique sessions of practice. its also a great view to look down at practice while in session. also it links up nicely with the gym, so if you run the out of bounds lines in the gym, down the halls, through the far side of the wrestling room and slap frank as you go by (the take down machine) 9 laps is a mile, (i know becuase i measured with a measuring wheel)

i know there are other nice facilites, but i have no complaints about the one we have now!

if you ever get out this way, be happy to show you sometime.