I think u made alot of assumptions...
Strange but true I dont even like the fact that kids 3,4 or even 5 years old are wrestling...
I dont like the fact that if u do school wrestling with our freestyle state in June kids are wrestling 8 months out the year.
I dont like to see EXCESSIVE weight loss... However, YES I do promote a wrestler bein at the RIGHT weight for their body. Our school had a Tanita Scale that can tell you how many brain cells you have... well at least it does a good job of tellin u what weight class you should wrestle in.
Losing weight is about the individual. Everyone isnt willing or wanting to lose weight. I have a middle school kid who I coach now who only weighs 110 lbs. He say "Coach is wrestling and football kinda opposite because wrestling is about gettin smaller and football is about gettin bigger" I told him that wrestling isnt about gettin smaller, its about being lean and pound for pound.
I could be wrong but thats my coaching philosophy. Look at your High School state champions at every weight... How many of them wrested there natural weight? Many of them cut SEVERAL weight classes.
I have a kid who got may or may not have got burned by this very idea. You prob know who I'm talkin about its no real secret. As a freshman he wrestled 119 (maybe should have wrestled 112) as a sophmore wrestled 125 (maybe should have wrestled 119) as a junior wrestled 112 (maybe should have wrestled 119) and as a senior certified at 119 but wrestled at 125.
This in my opinion is a very weird case as a freshman we didnt CUT weight, through natural weight loss he weighed at regionals at 115 but had to wrestle at 119. Wrestled kids at 115.
Sophomore year wrested at 125 because the certification that year was moved to before Christmas and I didnt want to force him to cut alot of weight. He qualified for stated weighed in at state at 118. Wrestled Kids at 120.
Junior year he decided to work all summer and BULKED UP. He became very lean and wrestled at 112. Took second at state but was one of two kids to NOT weigh in on Friday night. Wrestled 120 for kids took second.
Senior year kept weight down all summer wrestled and certified at 119. Decided that he was a good enough wrestler to not try to pull those extra few pounds. Wrestled 125... weighed in at state at 124 on the second weigh in. I told him at that point he was prob the lightest 125 pounder in the state. He took second.
... I wouldnt say cutting weight made him a better wrestler but I'll go out on a branch and say that when he was leaner, he was faster, stronger, and more powerful.
I dont promote cuttin excessive weight. I dont recommend anyone in NOT in high school to drop more than a pound or 2. however I do believe in eating right and bein at the right weight for your body.
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