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Spring Planning Regimen (from March 2008) |
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Coaches: Planning your athletes' spring training regimen
Now is the time that wrestlers are divided into two groups: the Casual wrestler and the Hardcore wrestler. For your program to reach its highest level of success, you need as many of the Hardcore type as you can get. Simply said, the best wrestlers in the state are training in the spring.
Some athletes play a spring sport. They need to understand that they can still get on the mats. Most spring clubs meet in the evening, after a baseball or track practice. Now don't get me wrong: I know that you coaches are sometimes in a precarious position. You don't want to be telling a kid "don't play baseball", any more than we'd want a football coach to tell athletes "don't wrestle" when football is done. Plus - we don't want to step on toes. We want to respect other programs at our school.
We have to understand that if our star wrestler is also playing baseball, then the in-season sport is the first priority. However - they can still get on the mats as they are able to. And if they are multi-sport athletes and want to excel in wrestling, they need to find a way to put in time on the mats in the spring.
Now - for those athletes not playing a spring sport - hopefully they are hardcore athletes. For the serious wrestler, freestyle and greco needs to be part of the routine. The best wrestlers in the state are wrestling these styles in the spring. Many serious wrestlers may be on the mat as much as 4-5 times a week. My Club Simpson Elite provides a similar opportunity for the dedicated athletes, and there are other opportunities out there as well.
Getting athletes to understand what it takes to be successful, is a big part of growing your program. Finding a way to motivate them to do so is equally important.
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