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Ted Williams may rightfully be considered the best hitter to ever pick up a bat. He won the Triple Crown three times and retired with a career batting average of .344. His .406 batting average in the 1941 season is unsurpassed to this day. The Kid, as he came to be known, was a wizard behind the plate. As a child, he carried a bat with him to school and swung it every chance he got, trying to imagine fastballs and sliders shooting by. His childhood friend once remarked, “He’d close one eye, then the other, figuring out what he… more »

Keep the goal simple. Example; My goal is to win this match vs. My goal is to be the OW.Nothing wrong with being the OW. In fact in my entire career I've only won that 3 times. Once was in high school. Once in college. Once in Freestyle.My goal was always to win. Getting my hand raised was my single concern, consequently my matches were not that exciting, but there wasn't much doubt as to who was going to win.Remember K.I.S.S Principle!This applies to anything you want to accomplish in LIFE. www.leekemp.com more »

Riot quote of the Day: "The fact is, everyone is in sales. Whatever area you work in, you do have clients and you do need to sell." Jay Abraham If you're a wrestling coach you're selling your system to your wrestlers (you have a system right?), your selling your program to your boosters, your sport to your prospective athletes, your viability to your administration. First, stop and think about how you'll sell. What are you really offering? What will make your audience want to buy what you're selling? Now Sell! more »

There is a great interview on The Wrestling Mall right now with Real Pro Wrestling founder Toby Willis. Besides the fact that it finally give insight on what happened to the apparently successful wrestling league a few years ago, Willis said something that makes a lot of sense. He said, "Who cares if you can bounce a basketball? Who cares if you can hit a baseball? But self defense resonates within the heart of every man. We have to tap into that well." To those who think that wrestling cannot be marketed, that it's not exciting enough, that your school… more »

"With great power comes great responsibility" Stan Lee, creator of Spiderman In practical terms what does that mean to you and I? Well, if you're the coach then you hold the reins to your program- not just teaching single legs and double legs. But being the leader of your alumni, your fan base, your athletes, your parents. How do you lead them? You lead best by serving. A few weeks ago our pastor talked about how the Roman soldiers used to be able to basically comandeer citizens to carry their heavy hear- sword, shield, etc. for one mile. During that… more »

Are you tired of wrestling programs not getting the exposure they deserve? Are you tired of youth, high school and college wrestling programs not making any money? Riot Sports Marketing, founded by former DI All-American and head coach Jim Harshaw, has created services to help grow the sport of wrestling and end the status quo. Read more to find out how. Interview by Matt Krumrie more »

I was listening to the local public news radio last night and heard a commercial about the Elizabeth River, a very polluted river in Virginia. The commercial was about a project to get people to experience the river and learn more about it. The narrator said this: (paraphrased) "To get people to care about the river they have to learn about it and experience it." The idea here is that if you educate people about the river they will become stewards of it. They will help to revitalize the river, make it healthier and more productive. I say this... to… more »

I just listened to a podcast interview with Cary Kolat, read a blog about Junior Nationals, watched a video of Joe Warren training. If you've been to any of the major wrestling websites in the past year you'd see that they are all now taking advantage of the social media and web 2.0 tools available. Maybe it was Flo Wrestling that nudged them along or maybe it was just that it was time for them to take the leap. Themat.com has long had popular message boards but they now have more video than before. Intermat.com, TheWrestlingMall.com, Wrestling 411.tv and the… more »