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GRECO on the Brain; any one!
Topic Started: Sep 3 2009, 12:30 AM (1,069 Views)
Unit	Sep 3 2009, 12:30 AM Post #1
Fantastic Posts: 4,486 Group: Fantastic Member #118 Joined: December 24, 2004	I hope I'm not the only one on the planet getting the Jones with no Greco going on. One of the wrestlers hit a awesome throw in fooball tonight. little defence of safety got blown back by this O-line end.........170 pounder and our lil 112 pound safety launched him in a over under. I yelled FIIIIIIIIVE! The play was on the other side of the field as this big kid thought he would prove a point...............big kid never came after him the rest of the game. The other coach shook his head and yelled up to me ........"only you unit would want that scored in a football game" Several 3 point double legs as well...........
	[color=purple]"FOCUS ON THE GOOD,CRUSH THE BAD AND SPREAD THE LOVE!"[/color]


cschruppMSU	Sep 3 2009, 03:41 AM Post #2
Fantastic Posts: 4,322 Group: Fantastic Member #70 Joined: December 23, 2004	Touche.
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cwillaert	Sep 3 2009, 07:21 AM Post #3
Fantastic Posts: 5,515 Group: Moderators Member #142 Joined: December 24, 2004	That's the beauty of youtube...you can always find some good greco or freestyle to watch.
	Metcalf was content to lose I guess.


XHockeyDad	Sep 3 2009, 08:17 AM Post #4
Fantastic Posts: 2,440 Group: Fantastic Member #3,093 Joined: May 10, 2005	I don't know how it worked out for all the other clubs last year, but we really struggled transitioning kids over to Greco/Freestyle....This is really heart breaking to me as I have really grown to loving both disciplines, but it just looks like our kids are just too beat up by the length of the Folkstyle season. We went from having 48 kids in the Folkstyle State tourney to 7 at the Freestyle/Greco shin dig. Several of our kids went to Nationals as well, so two weeks of Freestyle/Greco and suddenly we are in the State tourney. I would appreciate any open dialogue on what other clubs and MN/USA are doing.
	"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -- Winston Churchill "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. "-- Thomas Paine "Live Strong, Speak Truth, Dream Big" -- Evan Tanner 1971-2008 Rest in Peace" "Demian Maia might be the Fred Astaire of jiu-jitsu. It�s too bad Silva is the Gene Kelly of kicking everyone�s butt" "Lyoto Machida is a dbag for not admitting he lost against shogun."XHD


cwillaert	Sep 3 2009, 03:00 PM Post #5
Fantastic Posts: 5,515 Group: Moderators Member #142 Joined: December 24, 2004	In your post you said exactly what I think the reason is and I'm not sure there's much of an answer to it. You said the length of the folkstyle season. Unfortunately for many (not all) kids the only answer is a shorter folkstyle season as a way of keeping them wanting to be on the mats through the FS/GR season. Keep in mind that for many of these kids, their "season" is longer than a college or HS season. Now when you're talking about HS or college kids, the idea of them wrestling 9 months out of the year is completely different because in most cases the kids themselves are making the decision to be wrestling that much and it's because they love it. But how many 8 year olds are really making the decision on when/where they wrestle?
	Metcalf was content to lose I guess.


XHockeyDad	Sep 3 2009, 03:04 PM Post #6
Fantastic Posts: 2,440 Group: Fantastic Member #3,093 Joined: May 10, 2005	Wouldn't the easy solution be to move the MN/USA National tournament up earlier so kids could get a couple more weeks exposure to each discipline? I don't think its because they don't want to wrestle, its just that there are distinct differences between all three types of wrestling.
	"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -- Winston Churchill "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. "-- Thomas Paine "Live Strong, Speak Truth, Dream Big" -- Evan Tanner 1971-2008 Rest in Peace" "Demian Maia might be the Fred Astaire of jiu-jitsu. It�s too bad Silva is the Gene Kelly of kicking everyone�s butt" "Lyoto Machida is a dbag for not admitting he lost against shogun."XHD


cwillaert	Sep 3 2009, 05:43 PM Post #7
Fantastic Posts: 5,515 Group: Moderators Member #142 Joined: December 24, 2004	XHockeyDad Sep 3 2009, 03:04 PM Wouldn't the easy solution be to move the MN/USA National tournament up earlier so kids could get a couple more weeks exposure to each discipline? I don't think its because they don't want to wrestle, its just that there are distinct differences between all three types of wrestling. It's not the MN/USA National tournament...it's the USA National Tournament. Meaning when they schedule it is pretty much out of our hands. But if they were to move it up there would be other conflicts with things like HS state tournaments and all the college national tournaments. Next years MN/USA State FS & GR tournaments have been pushed back a couple weeks so the kids do get more exposure but the long folkstyle season you mention is going to be just as long.
	Metcalf was content to lose I guess.


Tiny Tornado	Sep 3 2009, 10:53 PM Post #8
Fantastic Posts: 1,123 Group: Fantastic Member #299 Joined: December 26, 2004	XHockeydad, I totally agree with your post; the same problem occured with our club keeping kids out; and for some, even getting them to even come out for FS/Gr season in the first place- sometimes the kids were kinda burnt out, but more often, it was the PARENTS who were just way too tired to keep going by having USA Folk Nationals when it is, that allows the SB/Cadet aged kids to earn a Triple Crown - but if they move it a lot earlier, due to their varsity seasons, those age groups could have match count issues - so, unless USA decides to do away with "waiting" for the HS season to be over- - I don't know if there's any way it will change - Nice story, Unit :lol:



stmabooster	Sep 5 2009, 07:47 AM Post #9
Fantastic Posts: 1,062 Group: Fantastic Member #168 Joined: December 24, 2004	I really like the 2009/2010 Mn/USA schedule. By moving the greco/freestyle state back a couple of weeks, it will give our club six full weeks to train for those state tournaments after USA folkstyle nationals. It will also allow us to really concentrate on folkstyle nationals, as that has turned into one of the premiere national folkstyle tournaments in the U.S. Anyone that hasn't been down to USA folkstyle nationals that thinks their kid is pretty tough really should try that tournament. It is held in the UNIDome and they have close to 30 full sized mats going all at the same time with age groups all the way from the youngest wrestlers up to the veterans division. Last year Tommy wrestled kids from Florida, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Missouri and Illinois.



Unit	Sep 9 2009, 11:49 PM Post #10
Fantastic Posts: 4,486 Group: Fantastic Member #118 Joined: December 24, 2004	I just love the "Summer Fun" season. We'll have to juggle H.S. Baseball next year but that will be solved over a few bags of sun flower seeds.
	[color=purple]"FOCUS ON THE GOOD,CRUSH THE BAD AND SPREAD THE LOVE!"[/color]


Unit	Sep 15 2009, 08:41 PM Post #11
Fantastic Posts: 4,486 Group: Fantastic Member #118 Joined: December 24, 2004	Never fails in a football game some kid gets a throw in and it happened yesterday. Line backer for our team, wrestler, 7th grader and a little guy. Big O-tackle got the best of him a took him 10 yards down field so everyone seen this little guy getting crushed(kept his feet under him)........and then, you know it....he slips in a underhook....POW! 110 pound Linebacker lets this 200 plus pound kid know what it is like to be on the moon for 1 second :lol: I watched the next several plays and that big boy would make contact and push him about a foot and stop. They got a 11 yard run on the first play then it was nothing over 5 then on. just a little greco on the brain
	[color=purple]"FOCUS ON THE GOOD,CRUSH THE BAD AND SPREAD THE LOVE!"[/color]


Section1Eagles	Sep 16 2009, 12:29 AM Post #12
Super Fan Posts: 325 Group: Die Hard Member #493 Joined: December 30, 2004	That's funny you should say this... tonight at my youngest boys football practice...BAM Lateral! Perfect Lateral...didn't say anything just thought wow was that a perfect lateral. Wrestling on the brain.



Unit	Sep 28 2009, 05:32 PM Post #13
Fantastic Posts: 4,486 Group: Fantastic Member #118 Joined: December 24, 2004	this cold front has me think'n whats coming soon..........real soon. Already getting calls to clean the dust off a few things in the LEAN2. Yep.......its on the brain!
	[color=purple]"FOCUS ON THE GOOD,CRUSH THE BAD AND SPREAD THE LOVE!"[/color]


Unit	Oct 12 2009, 11:24 AM Post #14
Fantastic Posts: 4,486 Group: Fantastic Member #118 Joined: December 24, 2004	OMG....snowing will get a fella thinking. Looks like the heat in the LEAN2 will get cranked tonight to celibrate the cold!!!! Time to clean the mats!
	[color=purple]"FOCUS ON THE GOOD,CRUSH THE BAD AND SPREAD THE LOVE!"[/color]


Unit	Oct 23 2009, 12:22 AM Post #15
Fantastic Posts: 4,486 Group: Fantastic Member #118 Joined: December 24, 2004	Its on the brain bad...............snows again I'm flip'n!
	[color=purple]"FOCUS ON THE GOOD,CRUSH THE BAD AND SPREAD THE LOVE!"[/color]


lmbulldog	Oct 23 2009, 08:13 AM Post #16
Member Posts: 20 Group: Member Member #15,552 Joined: March 13, 2009	It's not only on my brain,it's the 225# kid that want's to throw his 47 yr old dad around the living room every day.Jim you know Logan is way bigger than me so this hurts ALOT.



Unit	Oct 26 2009, 10:51 AM Post #17
Fantastic Posts: 4,486 Group: Fantastic Member #118 Joined: December 24, 2004	Thats Why I put up the LEAN2 in my back yard.......soft walls and a soft mat........I have this feeling I know a kid that will be bouncing his father around as well in the near future. Until then I just put the fear of God in him.................and praaaaaaaaay!
	[color=purple]"FOCUS ON THE GOOD,CRUSH THE BAD AND SPREAD THE LOVE!"[/color]


brdhntr	Oct 27 2009, 09:37 AM Post #18
Fantastic Posts: 1,310 Group: Fantastic Member #6,611 Joined: November 25, 2006	Unit Oct 26 2009, 10:51 AM Thats Why I put up the LEAN2 in my back yard.......soft walls and a soft mat........I have this feeling I know a kid that will be bouncing his father around as well in the near future. Until then I just put the fear of God in him.................and praaaaaaaaay! Breaking their will young is the key to maintaining that edge on the mat, well beyond the time you actually should be able to. Its like the baby elephant. When they are young they are chained to a post, they pull and pull, but learn they can not get away, then when they are older the handler only needs to tie a rope around their leg, and they don't need to attach it to any thing on the other end. The elephant wont even try to get away.



Unit	Oct 27 2009, 10:04 AM Post #19
Fantastic Posts: 4,486 Group: Fantastic Member #118 Joined: December 24, 2004	that is the goal.....but I will keep a TAZER close by just in case HAHAHA!
	[color=purple]"FOCUS ON THE GOOD,CRUSH THE BAD AND SPREAD THE LOVE!"[/color]


Unit	Nov 17 2009, 09:32 AM Post #20
Fantastic Posts: 4,486 Group: Fantastic Member #118 Joined: December 24, 2004	I see Telgren got 3rd in New York, tough Greco trny and to walk out with a bronze is nice. Lil Greco on the Brain!
	[color=purple]"FOCUS ON THE GOOD,CRUSH THE BAD AND SPREAD THE LOVE!"[/color]


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