Practice is a controled environment. You are taught the same moves and how to defend those same moves with the same partners everyday. Young wrestlers and I'm talking wrestlers under 12 gain confidence by doing moves in a real match. I may drill moves all wrestling season but that doesn't mean they will work against my practice partner. Both wrestlers know what's coming and what not to do.I don't believe in cutting a kid to show boat and I would hope my kids never do that for those kinds of reasons. We as coaches put to much emphasise on winning the Annual Po Dunk Classic and should treat these tournaments like practice for the state tournament or whatever your goal may be.Tournaments need to be looked at like a/an practice where anything can happen. I would rather wrestle 3 rounds against a kid who was kicking my butt then a partial round with a kid who head locked me( or pinned me quick and made me look lika a chump) and had me on my back for 2 minutes or less. Atleast the kid who went three rounds with me could actually wrestle.
