I agree it takes good coaching and a lot of support to become a good wrestler. I think that more of us need to promote wrestling all the time. Every time I see a family I know I ask if they are wrestling this year, try to keep them excited.
I also believe that if you sign up to coach you need to be there all the time or as much as possible. Coaches need to breathe eat and sleep wrestling.If your not there then why should they be there.It makes it a part time sport.
We need to promote summer wrestling more and get off this kick of burning them out. A burnout will burnout no matter what.Most good college wrestlers wrestled summer freestyle and greco.Doesn't mean that at 4 your need to wrestle 60 matches,but you can up the total every year or so.Start slow and work up to wrestling in the summer by 10 or 12.
We let our kids play 70-80 games a yr in baseball.But only have them wrestle 4 tournaments.
I try to sell the fact that wresting helps with other sports,just so we can get good partners for practice.
Last year I went to the elementary school my son goes to and explained what wrestling was and how it was done in a all school assembly. That way we can promote wrestling more in our community.
Tell you club members to look at talk forums. I find out a lot of things on here that keep us involved.
Make handouts to pass out at the end of the school year.most schools will let you send them home in packets.Or make posters talking about it like boy scouts or other organization.
