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Message #98 - Don't Just Stand There... MYA (MOVE YOUR A#%)!

Lee Kemp | Profile
February 8, 2010

Dr. Rob Gilbert, Leading Sports Psychologist, coined the phrase GOYA (Get off your A#%). I'm coining the phase MOVE YOUR A#%.Get up and start Moving... Not just anywhere... But Move in the direction of your GOALS.YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.. Right!Once You Know that... START MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. Take a first step... then another... then another. You've heard the saying... if you stumble and fall... Stumble and fall forward. NEVER BACKWARD. Fight hard not to go backward.For those of you that trade stocks. it's like setting a trailing STOP after you've made some gains. If your stops are… more »

Funny Explanation of Wrestling Rules

Jim Harshaw | Profile
February 5, 2010

Seneca Valley High School Wrestling parent Tom Cully puts together an informative and often funny event program for matches. Here's an excerpt from the most recent one. "Rules We want to thank the students who have come tonight to cheer on the team. As this may be your first wrestling match, we will go over the basic rules. If you know the team by heart and even know how much weight they cut for tonight, skip ahead to page six. The rules of wrestling are basic as the sport was invented by caveman who were either fighting over a mate,… more »

Wrestling Cant afford Coaches Who Do Not Produce

Martin Floreani | Profile
February 3, 2010

Divison I coaching, or any level of coaching, in wrestling needs to be intense. If you are doing it right you probably are spending 70-80 hours a week on building your program and so are your assistants. There is just too much to do, marketing, raising money, counseling kids, recruiting and….coaching wrestling. A quote from Tom Ryan also applies here: "No matter all the hard work you do, we compete knowing that nothing is guaranteed because of our hard work". If you work hard and still CANT produce real results you STILL need to find another profession. The fact is… more »