en-us Copyright 2006-2009 Flocasts Inc Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:18:50 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/assets/portal/simple30/images/logos/flowrestling-logo.gif http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/play/235840 Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/play/235840 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:17:27 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/play/235837 Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/play/235837 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:16:41 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/play/235836 Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/play/235836 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:16:03 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/play/235835 Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/play/235835 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:15:46 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/play/235831 Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/play/235831 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:11:04 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speaker/2182-ross-aguire Reno Tournament Of Champions Tournament Director gives his thoughts on the high school portion of the tournament as it is being completed and how tough the College division will be that begins the next day. He aslo talks about his great staff and the location of the tournament. Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speaker/2182-ross-aguire Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:05:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/236154-2009-battle-at-the-border Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/236154-2009-battle-at-the-border Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:59:05 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/236152-gwo-fight-night Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/236152-gwo-fight-night Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:35:01 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speaker/6162-jeff-sweigard Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speaker/6162-jeff-sweigard Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:11:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/236150-holland-duals Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/236150-holland-duals Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:15:02 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/236149-usmc-battlefield-duals Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/236149-usmc-battlefield-duals Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:04:01 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/236148-2009-battle-at-the-border Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/236148-2009-battle-at-the-border Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:00:02 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speaker/5147-bob-shaw Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speaker/5147-bob-shaw Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:42:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speaker/2211-jason-bastianelli Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speaker/2211-jason-bastianelli Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speaker/1171-zeb-miller Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/speaker/1171-zeb-miller Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:34:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/photos/album_assoc/235481 Photos from...  Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/photos/album_assoc/235481 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:17:51 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/blogs/blogger/Lee Kemp/9783-message-95-want-to-be-a-true-leader-in-anything Don't be afraid to break the mold and the status quo... with the true Leader thinking outside the box is not enough... with the true leader "THERE IS NO BOX"The true leader Innovates; while others only administers what's already there. The true leader is an original; while others try and copy. The true leader makes things happen; while others ask "what happened" The true leader originates; while others imitate. The true leader is intensely interested in continual personal and professional development; while others maintain where they're at. The true leader focuses on developing people, because they know that's best way to get things done; while others focuses on systems and structure. The true leader inspires trust; while others rely on control. The true leader sees the "big picture" and has a long-range perspective; while others maintain a short-range view and only see the immediate circumstance(s). The true leader asks what and why; while others ask how and when. The true leader challenges the status quo; while others accept it. The true leader does the right thing; while others do things right. This was adapted from "Becoming a Leader" - Warren Benniswww.LeeKemp.com? Lee Kemp http://www.flowrestling.org/blogs/blogger/Lee Kemp/9783-message-95-want-to-be-a-true-leader-in-anything Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:13:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/blogs/blogger/Mike Tamillow/9733-how-you-doin I went to watch the first shooting competition of my life today. Even as convenient as it is at the OTC, I had never gone to a shooting competition. In fact I haven't gone to very many competitions in at the OTC. A Paralympic Judo competition tops and bottoms off my list. It wasn't worth going to the shooting competition, except to see the experience once. From the point I was able to watch, the shots were invisible. I could see little targets and people, but I could not see any mark. I could see what they were doing, but I couldn't see how they were doing. I knew they were shooting guns, but I could not see the measure of competitive dominance. I was too far removed from the competition to care. Shooting is a fairly simple to understand sport and the increasing level of expertise comes with increasing perfection, not tactics and unquantifiable factors. Wrestling though is not an easy to understand sport. There are very intricate positions, positions more likely to develop in certain ways. There are positions that have multiple counters, some more amazing than others. They all have different risk levels and can be countered once again or beat early. For a person with as much knowledge as I have, this incredible complication of matters is an amazing thing. I know what every guy should have done, what he still can do, and better ways he could have ended up in the same positions. There is a ton more to wrestling too. I can read the way a person is feeling out on the mat. But for a person uninformed, it all looks the same just with different scores. And who likes math anyway? Ordinary people can see what we are doing, we are wrestling. They can't see how we are doing in it. It all appears to them like a rifle contest from too far away, nothing sticks out in their minds. If they wanted only to know the results for someone they care about, they could have researched them instead of watching. Telling a person who does not know wrestling "this scores 2 points, that is 1, this is 3" is not enough to inspire much appreciation. They may say "wow, that was amazing" to a combination of moves; but they will simply be marveling at the pure athleticism, speed, or strength of the competitors. Misguided speed, strength, and athleticism can easily be manipulated in wrestling. A wrestling connoisseur takes a slight emphasis off these and puts them in prospective of the whole wrestler. How does he use it to improve his best moves? To counter someone else's? To change angles? To drive? the list goes on. It helps a person to understand why the guy who had the beautiful throw actually lost to the guy who just kept stepping out of bounds. This does not make sense to an ordinary person. (or anyone? But hopefully you get the point) Wrestling is dominance. It is a sport of pure physical dominance just like all the other martial arts. Some people never have this pure physicality in their lives. To them the only measure of dominance is the points. Because the wrestling match looks like a bunch of meat heads adding up different combinations of 1, 2, and 3 incredibly slowly; the only enjoyment they could find from spectating is in mockery. The only way to get people to really want to watch wrestling is to get them to actually believe they know all the different combinations of moves and in depth analysis of wrestlers. They will even continue to learn more about individuals and about the sport as a whole if they realize wrestling's depth. Football, the most popular sport in America right now, is perhaps the most complicated: Eleven players in pure strategic physical combat trying to reach a goal and facing off without any weapons but their bodies. Once you get a football fan who really cares, it's hard to get rid of him because he knows too much. A football game riles him up by just hearing the scores or passing a TV with any game on. What Flo does is great for wrestling. Where mma is going is great for wrestling. The interviews with players that people actually listen to allows them to actually see "how" we are doing instead of "what". You can tell how someone is doing mentally, how they are doing tactically, how they are doing in ability. You start to empathize with the athletes. Anything that helps people understand how an individual's physical dominance is expressed in fighting is going to build interest. If you want people to care, they have to understand how you are doing in the course of a contest. And if you want this for the whole society, you have to incorporate everyone in every way possible. Maybe a mother can not understand how her kids are doing physically but can understand how they are doing emotionally or psychologically during a task. Maybe a kid can only understand how the thrill of winning and being in complete control of another person feels. But since all of this is connected - the thrill of winning, the tactics it takes to get there, the hard long hours you put in every day for decades, the mindset and emotional states that you're running through, your physical capabilities - people who can relate to one thing will care to learn about the others. And over time people will understand that you aren't just wrestling, you're in a world of your own. Mike Tamillow http://www.flowrestling.org/blogs/blogger/Mike Tamillow/9733-how-you-doin Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:23:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/articles/view/1567-flonetwork-website-builder Fill out my Wufoo form! Pat Hitchins http://www.flowrestling.org/articles/view/1567-flonetwork-website-builder Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:28:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/blogs/blogger/Jim Harshaw/9322-top-10-excuses I'm a wrestler. I competed successfully from six years old through college with some international experience. I coach. I've coached at the high school and D1 levels. I have the wrestling mentality. "No excuses." However, for some reason there is a pervasive segment of the wrestling community that is missing the "no excuses" mentality when it comes to the success of our sport. I'm frustrated by the answers I get when I hear wrestling people talk about why wrestling isn't more popular, is being dropped, isn't on tv more, doesn't have more participants, doesn't get more media coverage, doesn't have more attendance, doens't get more administrative support. They talk as if there is some inherent flaw in our sport that holds us back. They no longer hold themselves accountable as our great sport has taught us. WE are the reason why. I am the reason why. And we hold the keys to changing all of that. I have set out to make a difference. So have a select few others- including the clients of Riot Sports Marketing. You can too. Top 10 Excuses Invalidated 10. "Wrestling is too hard to understand" Try explaining football to my wife! 9. "Wrestler's get burned out since so many do it year round" Every youth sport has this issue! You can play baseball, soccer and most other sports year-round too. 8. "Wrestling is not a 'ball' sport" Neither are NASCAR, MMA or boxing! 7 "Wrestling is not exciting enough." And golf is? Don't use the NCAA finals as example- look at the Superbowl- quite often the most boring game of the season. 6 "Wrestling is not a team sport." Yes it is. Regardless, NASCAR, MMA, boxing are not team sports but have huge followings with lots of media coverage. 5 "Wrestling isn't lifelong activity like tennis, golf and other sports." Neither are football, NASCAR or MMA 4. "The media doesn't care about wrestling at my school." Have you tried? Do you send them "newsworthy" info not just a tourney promotion? Do you make it easy for them to follow your team? Your individuals? 3. "No one cares for wrestling because the same team wins every year." What about the NBA-Bulls, NFL-Steelers, MLB-Yankees. 2. "Wrestling isn't fan/tv friendly." Wrestling has a commercial/bathroom break after every match. Dual meets are 2 hours long. Perfect for tv. 1. "I just don't have time to market and promote my program." No longer an excuse. Riot Sports Marketing is the solution. Become part of the solution. Riot Sports Marketing photo credit: iirraa Jim Harshaw http://www.flowrestling.org/blogs/blogger/Jim Harshaw/9322-top-10-excuses Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:40:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/blogs/blogger/Mike Tamillow/9300-what-if-you-were-gable I ask myself that sometimes. What if I were Gable? What if I came into a program that was failing by my standards? What if it was up to me to create a system better than any other system? I have no precedent. I don't know exactly where to go or what to do. I don't know who to go to, who I can count on. All the people I count on may have their own failures but they may have something they are very good at. Would I know what to take and leave the rest? Would the culture of where ever I am stop my system from succeeding? Could I build enough support to change the failing system in place? Would anyone follow me or would they say "great idea, not for me"? Is there any way to keep the system alive when I am gone? Maybe Gable just got lucky with Iowa at the time being the perfect place for wrestling. Or maybe Iowa got lucky with Gable. Either way a system was put in place that equated Iowa with wrestling not just in the United States but throughout the world. Just like I know that Dagestan is the place to be for wrestling in Russia or Mazandaran is the place to go in Iran, the rest of the world knew that Iowa was the place to be for wrestling in the US. Is the system in place failing or succeeding right now? what is our measure of it? Celebrity? Being in the mainstream? The fact that a wrestler can't survive on wrestling alone? Programs that don't reach an audience beyond themselves? Is it the medal count? The number of weight classes? Are we competing with Ultimate fighting for a market? I do not know. But I do know that if you choose to take part in a system you have to ask yourself that question. What if I were Dan Gable? Can you look at the system and see a better one to put in place? If you choose to take part in a failing system, their failings will soon be yours. But if you can see the failure, then even from the humblest position you have the opportunity to create change. Mike Tamillow http://www.flowrestling.org/blogs/blogger/Mike Tamillow/9300-what-if-you-were-gable Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:39:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/blogs/blogger/Jim Harshaw/9225-how-your-wrestling-mentality-holds-you-back Wrestling makes us mentally strong and independent. When our coach asks us to run through a wall we simply ask "Head first or shoulder first?" However, we tend to believe that we don't need any help when it comes to running our program. We can do it all ourselves. We did it as competitors and we'll do it as coaches- or CEO's- of our program. I can do it all. I NEED to do it all.If you think of your program as a business executive thinks of his business then you will see that you shouldn't do it all. You probably have a to-do list a mile long and only get 60% of it done if you're lucky. THAT IS WHAT'S HOLDING YOU BACK. Where is your time best spent? What tasks can only you do? What tasks should only you do? Running practices? Then spend your time developing the best practices possible!Planning the season? Then develop a season plan and make sure your program is adhering to it on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.Administrating? Then fill out the forms your admin wants in a timely manner!Fund Raising? Then plan and implement it flawlessly.Marketing? Then build a marketing plan, consult an expert and make a difference!Recruiting? Then think about the best ways to do it, plan it out and get after it in a big way!Is there a better way? Can someone else do some of these tasks? Sure, they may not do it as good as you do- in fact they won't do it as well as you do. Accept that and move on. The fact is that your program will be better off with you doing the tasks that YOU have to do. I hear the excuse already... you don't have anyone to help. If you don't have an assistant then what about a manager, an intern, a teacher whose class needs a project, an alumnus, a booster, your wife, your kids, the annoying local die-hard wrestling fan that has been asking how he can help. It's only an obstacle and you're a wrestler- figure it out.Or you can stay where you are, continue working hard instead of smart and operate at 60% capacity. Jim Harshaw http://www.flowrestling.org/blogs/blogger/Jim Harshaw/9225-how-your-wrestling-mentality-holds-you-back Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:15:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/articles/view/1539-the-cowboy-wrestling-club-joins-the-flonetwork Flowrestling is pumped to announce cowboywrestling.com as the newest member of the FloNetwork.  The Cowboy wrestling club's mission is to help develop Freestyle Olympic and World Champions.  A Cowboy has represented the Olympics in every Olympics since 1924.  Our rich history is the foundation for future success.  Everything we do, from winning NCAA titles to sending athletes overseas to compete in competitions is done in a way that develops a person and gives them the necessary tools to be successful on the mat.   Cowboywrestling.com FloNetwork     Flowrestling http://www.flowrestling.org/articles/view/1539-the-cowboy-wrestling-club-joins-the-flonetwork Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/articles/view/1527-pennsylvania-youth-wrestling-joins-flonetwork Pennsylvania Youth Wrestling is a site that compiles the best wrestling info in the great state of PA. The site is run by Mark Morris, who has spent several years covering wrestling in the state. Already Mark has been active in creating some great video content, visiting Wyoming Seminary and Messiah College. FloNetwork Pennsylvania Youth Wrestling Pat Hitchins http://www.flowrestling.org/articles/view/1527-pennsylvania-youth-wrestling-joins-flonetwork Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:44:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/articles/view/1493-wyoming-seminary-joins-the-flonetwork Wyoming Seminary has joined the FloNetwork. Wyoming Seminary, or more affectionately known as "Sem," is the oldest coeducational independent college preparatory school in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Their wrestling team is a dominant force in PA, and nationwide. The team is headed up by Coach John Gordon, who has over 26 years of highschool coaching experience.  If you are interested in getting your HS team on the Network, contact us at FloNetwork@flocasts.org). Wyoming Seminary FloNetwork Pat Hitchins http://www.flowrestling.org/articles/view/1493-wyoming-seminary-joins-the-flonetwork Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:49:00 -0500 http://www.flowrestling.org/articles/view/1479-cheesehead-tournament-joins-the-flonetwork The Cheesehead Wrestling Tournament is now on the Network! Its getting to be one of the toughest tournaments in the nation with schools like Apple Valley (MN), Montini Catholic (IL), Wyoming Seminary (PA), Brandon (FL), and Simley (MN). You can follow the action this year on the Cheesehead site as well as Flowrestling.  Do you have a tournament that needs a site? Give us a holler at flonetwork@flocasts.org Cheesehead Wrestling Tournament FloNetwork  Here is the match of the event from last year! Wrestling Videos on Flowrestling Pat Hitchins http://www.flowrestling.org/articles/view/1479-cheesehead-tournament-joins-the-flonetwork Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:44:00 -0500