natural with or without instrumental beats. Freestyling is an escape for when you need to speak out or creatively express your thoughts and opinions. Often voices are silenced, people barely get to speak up or speak their mind. So, when you get the chance to freestyle either alone or in a group, you are able to venture off into your own mind and say whatever comes to your head in a rhythmic notion. When sharing your point of view on your surroundings and experiences through talking, freestyling or “spitting rhymes” you get to subconsciously dig into your own mind and say things you usually wouldn’t. An…
Express and Reflect Essay Once every year, some of the nation's best travel to a destination to compete not only for glory and fame, but to stand on the first place podium to be crowned the nation's best college wrestler throughout the nation, is a special time for them. Especially for me as well. College teams like Iowa, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, and many more from around the nation travel to one location to face off and battle for the crown, however; only ten wrestlers can…
The Influence of Wrestling To a lot of athletes, when they graduate high school, it is the last time that they will be involved in the sports they have grown up loving. To the select few who get the opportunity to participate in a college sport, their sport will have an impact on them for the rest of their lives. Ben Wilcox is a perfect example of how a sport has influenced his life. He has gone from wrestling as a student, to being a collegiate wrestler, ending up as a high school wrestling…
During my junior year of high school, one of my friends who wrestled for the school talked me into joining the team. I knew nothing about the sport, but decided to join the team anyway. I bought myself wrestling shoes and headgear and went to the first wrestling practice of the season. The wrestling room reeked of sweat and was relatively small. An old maroon rubber mat covered the entire floor, just as dirt covered all the windows. I put my wrestling shoes on and started practice. Within…
Pro Wrestler Do you remember watching wrestling as a kid? Ever since I was a little kid I was all ways hooked on watching wrestling. I remember watching my favorite wrestler of all time Edge. I remembered as a kid all ways watching Edge and cheering for him I always liked "heels" more. If you don’t know what a heel is, it’s a "bad" guy in wrestling. But just being 5 or so, I knew nothing about the wrestling business just that they were fighting and wanted the championship. But now I now that…
Dear (name), Are you looking for national and international media exposure while supporting an Olympic hopeful from Wisconsin? I’m Ben Loomis, a U.S. Ski Team member who compete as a Nordic Combined athlete on the World Cup circuit. Nordic Combined is the sport of ski jumping, and cross country skiing.(transition) I’m writing you to discuss a sponsorship opportunity. First, I would like to give you a little background about myself. I started skiing at two and went off my first ski jump when I…
wrestlers do engage in violent acts but for the majority of them they would rather do anything but that. A small portion of wrestlers like violence because if we did there wouldn’t be a wrestling team. Wrestlers as a community are very close to each other because we bleed, sweat, laugh, starve, and win together. Since wrestling is an individual sport they motivate each other and are brutally honest they have a closer connection than most friends and other sports. Wrestlers are very close…
An implication of amateur wrestling becoming a more spectator sport the USA, which is a change in the nature of wrestling, has lead to athletes form all over the world going and competing is tournaments in America to win price money. Also as wrestling is continuing to be watched on TV, such as the fight network, has seen wrestlers get sponsors. This has impacted wrestlers as they can now support themselves financially. This is a positive economic impact on people involved in wrestling.…
Have you? have you ever had to choose 1vs2 love vs love? Well have you it is The most agonizing most difficult thing you can make. To achieve one and lose one. Never in my entire Life did my head go into all out warfare all I ask you is have you?Well I said well to much let me tell you my story. No,yes wrestling is better than football no football is better. Warfare explosions happening everywhere a battlefield with the word football and wrestling everywhere .Well i couldn't handle it, but I…
4:45pm Isiah Level 6 (Incomplete) Isiah, you showed up to every class with enthusiasm and a smile! You sucessfully demonstrated your elementary backstroke to Level 6 standard. Contiune working on your fluter kick for both your front and back stroke. Make sure you are kicking continously from your hips with your feet near the surface of the water. For your front crawl, ensure you are extending your arms in front of your head as they enter the water. For your back crawl, make sure you are…