Wrestling Blogs - Jayson Murphy

Hi guys,

My name is Jayson. Age 9, I started wrestling 2 yrs ago for my local township league. I'm now in my third year and am going to wrestle as a 75lb. Midget. I took third in my league last year and am ranked second in NJ. as a freestyle wrestler by the USAW (very small bracket). Im not agressive by nature, nor am I loaded with confidence. I try to be a good wrestler mostly because my Dad want me to do well and I want to make him proud. He was pushing a bit to hard but has since backed off in fear of me quitting. He means well, he just is very competative. I like wrestling but dont like being hurt or having to work so hard, but week after week I train at least 2 days a week year around and compete from Nov.-June in all styles.My Dad says I have to look inside myself and find my "BEAST MODE". Im far from this at this point. I get easily intimidated and sometimes have a lot of doubts in my ability to win. I wrestled about 30 matches last year and won about 15. I had about 3 pins and I teked a kid one time. The year before (my 1st year) I won about 5 matches and had 2 pins. Can anyone help me or give advice that can help with my being intimidated, and lacking confidence. My Dad says he has seen this "Agression" in me before and is 100% sure I can do it. I train in a room full of champions so sometimes I feel inadequate. But maybe it will wear off on me.lol.

Well thanks for reading my blog,

Jayson Murphy