Another good topic- I perosnally had to have plenty of time because I felt it was important to go through the entire match in my head. I would do this as I started with shadow wrestling and stretching a bit while I went through my first 4 or 5 takedowns. Visualizing not the kid I wrestled but the figure. By the time I was down I would have a sweat going and that was a benefit to me because I felt ready. I always watched as many matches as I could and second guessed the wrestlers and talked to myself about what I would have done in that situation. Right before I was to head to the mat I would do the bouncing around and slapping myself. When I got to the mat I ran out to the center picked up my band and went to the out of bounds line by my coach and listened in case he had information for me that I need. Then I slapped or shock the coaches hand and told him good luck to get a smile and then when the ref called for meI went to the middle. Alot of kids put their leg band on at their coaches so it was like I was distracting from the match- just the thing we did in that time
