Please note that practice will start on March 26th from 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm. It was posted as starting on March 20th, this is incorrect. We will still be in folkstyle mode on the 20th. Good luck to all the next two weeks.

Ginny Wagh
Kansas City Wrestling Club

I will run practices until about 7pm or a few minutes later most of the time. For the next couple of weeks practices will be mostly live wrestling and conditioning. We have wrestlers preparing for three different Folk Style national championships: High School Nationals in Virginia Beach, Brute Adidas Nationals in KC, and USA Kids Folkstyle in Iowa.

I will be coaching at Brute.

Eric

Great Practice Room over 80 kids signed up already.

Great Practice Room over 90 kids signed up already.

We will attempt to go to a split format, for at least a while, due to member size and difference in experience level. Hopefully this will allow us to accommodate the wrestlers better according to size and experience level. Practice sessions will be more accurately “prescribed” if we can get everyone attending the group that describes them the most. We hope it is possible for your schedule to attend accordingly. If not, you are welcome to attend which ever practice session you can make it to. Both sessions will be intense training. The main thing is that this will give the wrestlers a much better opportunity to learn more, better, and faster.

We will start this split format on Monday the 16th of April. Please take note, and thank you for your cooperation and commitment.

If you have questions or issues please email: gmedina@bluechipathletic.com or eakin@kc.rr.com

5:30pm - 6:45pm Group 1:
Hs state champions, placers, and qualifiers
Wrestlers with varsity experience at the high school level
HS wrestlers placing at USAW kids state
7th and 8th graders who placed at or won kids state
Potential cadet/jr national team members
Wrestlers beyond fs beginner level
Typical practice session:
20 min Warm-up/drills - jogging, stance/motion, agility, hand fighting, position, defense, top/bottom, takedowns/finishes.
40 min live wrestling - long periods one-on-one, 3 period matches, 1 minute periods, top/bottom. Jogging and conditioning between periods.
15 min conditioning/strength training-sprints, circuit weight training.

6:45pm - 8:00pm Group 2:
Hs wrestlers with less than 3 years experience
All wrestlers at the beginner level or totally new to fs
6th graders and under (unless exceptionally advanced).
Typical practice session:
15 minutes Warm-up/drills - jogging, stance/motion, agility, hand fighting, position, defense, takedowns/finishes.
25 minutes technique instruction: - freestyle basics, top/bottom turns and defense, takedowns and cheap tilts from neutral.
20 minutes live wrestling - one-on-one, matches, top/bottom, groups