Winning vs long term
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:21 am
http://www.jordanburroughs.com/blog/why-cut-move-up
Cutting weight is no good, especially in prepubescent children! The long term effects and health hazards it can put on a child's body is very dangerous! So many parents put winning first at a young age that they try to pull the weight off a skinny 50,60,70 lb kid just to be sure their son is the biggest kid in the class or to dodge another wrestler. The youth states is a great thing because at this age winning a state title is huge to the kids and teaches them to be competitive and work hard! On the other hand, it doesn't matter if your first or fifth. Teach the kids the fundamentals and strategy of the sport and if they are 68lbs let them wrestle 70 instead of 65. Wrestling the bigger kids will only benefit them in the long run when it counts. I guarantee that when your child goes on a recruiting trip the coach will not ask how you placed in the state tournament when you were 10-12 years old. My son recently received a serious concussion and it totally changed my way of thinking about wrestling and life in general. Scared me to death! If your son/daughter takes a hard hit to the head make sure to see a neurologist and make sure everything is ok because a concussion is a traumatic brain injury and they are nothing to sweep under the rug! Make wrestling fun for the kids because wrestling is tough enough as it is! Add cutting weight to a physically demanding sport and I guarantee its not fun anymore! Good luck to all in Huntington
Cutting weight is no good, especially in prepubescent children! The long term effects and health hazards it can put on a child's body is very dangerous! So many parents put winning first at a young age that they try to pull the weight off a skinny 50,60,70 lb kid just to be sure their son is the biggest kid in the class or to dodge another wrestler. The youth states is a great thing because at this age winning a state title is huge to the kids and teaches them to be competitive and work hard! On the other hand, it doesn't matter if your first or fifth. Teach the kids the fundamentals and strategy of the sport and if they are 68lbs let them wrestle 70 instead of 65. Wrestling the bigger kids will only benefit them in the long run when it counts. I guarantee that when your child goes on a recruiting trip the coach will not ask how you placed in the state tournament when you were 10-12 years old. My son recently received a serious concussion and it totally changed my way of thinking about wrestling and life in general. Scared me to death! If your son/daughter takes a hard hit to the head make sure to see a neurologist and make sure everything is ok because a concussion is a traumatic brain injury and they are nothing to sweep under the rug! Make wrestling fun for the kids because wrestling is tough enough as it is! Add cutting weight to a physically demanding sport and I guarantee its not fun anymore! Good luck to all in Huntington