Park Hill Results
This is a very tough tournament for a lot of reasons. We are proud of the 12 young men who went up and competed. This is one of those tournaments that wrestlers get to face opponents from several different states. The competition is very tough to say the least. After a very long day we had nine medalists from our team!
Park Hill Results
Deshawn Clancy 1st
Chandler Klein 1st
Zach Jester 3rd
Austin Wheeler 4th
Phillip Walker 5th
Ethan Smith 5th
Austin Noblitt 6th
Kyle Hunter 6th
Kenneth Shaughnessy 6th
Tournament Tips from Coach Wait and Bobby Douglas
Before the tournament:
- Sleep well
- Eat foods high in carbohydrates (i.e. pasta, potatoes, bread)
- Visualize winning the tournament the night before
- Visualize winning your matches the night before
- Have your shoes, headgear, and singlet as well as any other equipment you might need for the tournament packed and ready to go the night before
Day of tournament:
- Have a move to do first in mind before the match
- Arrive 45 minutes early to get ready and be on the mat for team stretches
- Never act beaten down or defeated
- Check your bracket and know either your pool number or match numbers before the tournament starts
During the match:
- Look over at every break on the ref’s whistle towards the coaches for tips
- Stay focused on basic techniques and push your opponent into a mistake
- Never waste energy chasing, lunging, or worrying—just be persistent
- Never crawl back to the center of the mat, always jog or run
- Take advantage of time or it will take advantage of you
- Attempting moves in a match that are not part of your training plan is not smart wrestling.
- Be cool and collected in all situations, never quit.
- Stopping before you feel the ref touch you is a mistake. Even though you hear a whistle, it could be for a match going on beside you. Wait until the ref stops the match.
- When you try a hold that does not work or is blocked, switch to something else. It is generally useless to try to force a hold.
- When you are ahead, stay in bounds and keep the clock running.
Top tips:
Pinning is the ultimate objective in wrestling. Always try the half nelson on a take down or end up inside the crotch.
- Break opponent down on stomach while you work for the pin, keep your back arched. Move to a T’d out position and drive with your toes. Always control both the head and the crotch. Place your opponent in a second pinning hold if he comes out of the first one. Stay behind your opponent’s arms.
- If your opponent is using his elbows for support from the bottom, grab the wrist and drive. Use your chest to hold them on the mat. Remember to change from one position to another and from side to side, that way your opponent can never regain a good starting position. Stay off both knees. Make him carry your weight. Constantly push off your toes driving your chest and hips into him. Maintain top pressure with your body and keep his head down. An example of this is to use your chest like a bulldozer moving your opponent forward driving with your toes forcing his body into the mat.
- While your opponent is regaining his base attack the ankles to bring him back down.
- Your initial drive should place your opponent’s weight on his hands and knees preventing him from moving.
- Do not clasp hands
- When you start in referee’s position line up with your near knee down far knee up
- When covering make sure to cover the belly button and then the elbow
Bottom tips:
- Chop your arm down and turn your head up and away to counter the half nelson. Also force your shoulder down and use your hand to pull his hand off your head.
- Stay “turtled up” and do not let them get your arms isolated alone.
- Always keep your elbows in tight and reach for hand control.
Never:
· Permit your opponent to make you carry his weight
· Move in the pattern your opponent wants you to
· Allow your arms to fly about aimlessly
· Let your opponent tie up your ankles or wrists
· Let your opponent keep you on your stomach
· Stop on your back!
· Think that you can’t get away!
· Rest your head on the mat
· Reach back for arms or the head
Salvation Army Bell Ringing Schedule
10:00am – 8:00pm Salvation Army “Tree of Lights” campaign. “Volunteer Bell Ringers”
West Bypass & Sunshine Wal-Mart Supercenter
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Kenneth Shaughnessy / Margerit Wescoat
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
Hutson Family / Forrest Street
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
Klein / Clancy
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
P.J Walker / Hunter Family
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Jason Johnson Family / Jonathan Pesek
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Blake Greve / Owen Fabro & Family
4:00 p.m. / 5:00 p.m.
The Kays / Patinsky Family
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
The Carrolls / Sorensens
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Evan Anderson / Tristan Upp
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Yeargans / Coaching Staff
Copper Clinic November 29th
Missouri USA Wrestling requires all coaches to be Copper certified and complete a background screening process at the mat.com. There is a Copper Clinic this weekend November 29th in Camdenton. Registration is at 8am and the clinic runs from 9am-11am. The cost is only $15 which is $20 less than online I believe. I have one parent-coach interested in going and he’s looking to see who else is going. If you’re are interested in coaching this year and still need to be certified this is a great opportunity to do so. Reply to grapplemaniacs@hotmail.com so I can put the coaches going into contact. Thanks.
Coach Wait
A leader is a dealer in hope!
-Napoleon Bonaparte
THE SEASON IS HERE!
Wrestling season is finally here! We’re very excited for this opportunity to come back together as a team and for all of the neat events planned already for the club. Thank you to all of you Grapplemaniacs for a great first night of practice. Here’s a rundown of what’s going on and how soon!
November 22, 2008. YMCA Novice Tournament, Pat Jones Branch Springfield MO. All first year wrestlers and 2nd year wrestlers with a loosing winning % should go and wrestle this local novice tournament. It’s a great way for them to see a smaller tournament before our bigger USA sanctioned tournaments. (Coach Wait needs parent volunteers for this!) Call him at 417-849-4038 for questions or volunteering.
November 28-29, 2008. Bobby Douglas Wrestling Clinic at Central High School. Legendary Coach and competitor Bobby Douglas will be holding a 2 day clinic at Springfield Central High School. The clinic will run from 12-3 each day. The cost will be $40. Please contact us through our contacts page if you’re interested. We are working on getting some ex-high school wrestlers from the area to come help out too. Should be a lot of fun and a great way to work off some pumpkin pie while mom goes and shops for Christmas!
December 6, 2008. Salvation Army’s “Tree of Lights” Bell Ringing fundraiser at West Bypass Wal-Mart. If you’re interested in ringing the bells with us please contact us through our contacts page or sign up with Coach Wait at practice. We welcome anyone to come and volunteer with us. (Last year the Springfield Grapplemaniacs received an award for raising the most amount for a youth organization $1204.05!!) LET’S DO IT AGAIN FAMILIES! Bring your Santa caps and Holiday Spirit.
December 7, 2008. Seneca Youth Wrestling Tournament and Nixa Novice Tournament. This is our first day to wear our new club singlets. OH MAN WE CAN’T WAIT! Please contact the club contacts if you’re interested in either of these two tournaments. You learn wrestling in the practice room. You learn how to wrestle at tournaments!
OPEN MAT MATCH DAY!
We will have an open mat match day tomorrow. We will pair people off for a couple matches and then have challange matches. Wear your singlets and headgear for that real match feel! If you have not been practicing with us but would like to wrestle anyways, please feel free to come to Central High School Tuesday the 28th for real matches. 6pm-8pm
OASIS ADDRESS IS 2550 N. Glenstone!
The phone book had an error sorry for any confusion! 2550 N. Glenstone is the REAL address.
NOVEMBER 3rd…08-09 SYWC Grapplemaniac Sign Ups @ Oasis Hotel
This year club sign ups will be held November 3rd at the Sahara Room located inside the Oasis Hotel at 2610 N. Glenstone Springfield Mo, from 6pm until 8pm.
We will introduce club board members and coaches. We will go over practice schedules, tournament schedules, and fill out registration packets at this time. We will also talk about safety issues and have examples of club merchandise that will be available for purchase through out the season. We will also talk about our website and calendars. If this will be your first year wrestling for SYWC we will need a copy of your wrestler’s birth certificate. If you would like a registration packet sent to your email account to help speed up the registration process please contact us at grapplemaniacs@hotmail.com
New Singlets Scheduled to Arrive on October 15
The new SYWC singlets will be shipped on Monday and are scheduled to arrive in Springfield on October 15th. The new singlets are very cool and unique, unlike any other youth club singlets in the state of Missouri. We are very fortunate to have them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
State USA wrestling Meeting
Coach Wait and Coach Klein will be going to Columbia to attend the Missouri USA State Meeting this weekend. Our club charter has already been completed and registered for the 2008/2009 season and our tournament, Grapplemania IX, has been sanctioned by Missouri USA Wrestling for January 3rd, 2009 to be held at Baptist Bible College.
