Wrestling

after practice. Losing meant drilling the same takedown over and over and over again until my knees ached and Coach Dean nodded at me, and practicing it again until I had satisfied myself. Losing meant learning everything I possibly could about wrestling--how many fingers can I grab and bend back, when to drive forward, when to pull back, how hard to head-tap, how to sprawl. Losing meant learning that I needed to ask questions sometimes, and that it was okay to need help. It taught me to pay…

could just do a sport, which led me to wanting to do wrestling. I have not done wrestling for a long time. I have done many other sports throughout my life, including track, cross country, ballet, jazz, and swimming. Even though I have done other sports when I started wrestling, I knew it was the sport that I enjoyed the most because it just gave me the most adrenaline, it was fun, and I was willing to put in a lot of work for the sport. Wrestling is one of my favorite sports and I have always…

Other people go to school just because they want to play sports. Wrestling is a high school sport that many people, both guys and girls, like to participate in. Wrestling is a good sport to be apart of because it teaches a person a lot of different things. There are also things that aren’t as good when it comes to wrestling. This report will talk about the advantages and health benefits of wrestling, injuries in wrestling and the right and wrong ways to cut weight. If a person is going to…

with my coaches for wrestling. Spending so much time with them has led me to get to know them very well over the years. My two coaches for wrestling, Esvelt and Falcon, when looked at initially, appear immensely different. Their facial expressions to their body types differ significantly. Once they begin to talk and coach, the similarities in their attitudes at tournaments and their coaching styles become evident. The greatest difference between all seven of the wrestling coaches would be…

globalization in reference to traditional Japanese sumo wrestling, this concept is not one that is very forthright. First, globalization must be defined. Globalization is the compression of the world and the intensification of the consciousness of the world. Consequently, this means that the knowledge and awareness of worldviews, culture, and products are increased. As previously stated the connection between globalization and sumo wrestling in Japan is not one that is simple. The sport includes…

Failure Happens In the sixth grade my father dragged to a wrestling practice at Milwaukie High School for the youths league. I was ecstatic about the whole thing even though I didn’t know a single person at the practice. I met the coaches who were great at understanding that I didn’t know much about wrestling perse but knew a lot about grappling because I had done jujitsu before I had gone to any wrestling practices. Something no one knows is that after the first practice to see if you really…

One of the most ancient sports we have today is wrestling. It can date back to the ancient Greek empire, as people would fight against each other in the first Olympics. Wrestling has changed a lot since then, and well for starters people don’t fight to the death anymore. There are a few types of wrestling that are played today Greco Roman, Folk, Freestyle and more recently Female Wrestling. Wrestling is filled with rules, regulations, and a certain scoring guide to help make sport more…

searching for a challenge. I wanted to know who I was, and what I was really made of. It didn't matter to me whether this challenge came mentally of physically. About 6 years ago I found what I was looking for. The toughest sport know to man, wrestling. Wrestling has always been a challenge, physically and mentally; however, three years ago my true test came to me. That was getting a new coach. I would quickly find that he was a young tough strong willed individual that would push me…

a talent, was when I entered wrestling at Carmel High School. My talent is that I can accomplish the impossible. In a matter of days, I became one of the best players in my wrestling team. In senior year when I first began wrestling, I lost to everyone on the team. After a week of practice, I accomplished the impossible. I had beaten everyone on the team. My teammates were confused and asked me how I got better and faster. They told me that they have been wrestling since they were children, and…

collegiate athletics. I competed in wrestling at both the Division I and Division III levels. Through wrestling, I have obtained a large amount of experience that will help me in physical therapy school. One of the greatest American wrestlers and coaches of all time, Dan Gable, once said, “Once you have wrestled, everything else in life is easy.” While life is in no way easy, this quote describes how wrestling prepares someone for the struggles in life. Participating in wrestling requires an…