WrestlingGear.Com Newsletter - "Get Ready for the Mat" October 2003 VOL III
October 6, 2003
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As always thanks for reading our newsletter. I have received several emails saying they print out each newsletter and bind it in a 3 ring notebook for future reference. That is probably the best compliment we could received with our newsletter.
Our goal is to provide information that is important to you and information you can use whether you are a coach, wrestler, parent or a fan of wrestling.
You will notice we have several new products on our home page. We try to add new products each month to give you the variety you expect from us. Look to us as your one stop shop for all your wrestling needs.
In our next edition due out October 15, look for information about our rewards program. Benefits will include - personalized WrestlingGear.Com name tag for your bag, wrestling chats with top wrestlers, gift certificates for future purchases on your birthday, gift certificates each time you reach $250 worth of gear purchased, a free wrestling profile in our recruiting section, access to wrestling screen savers from top photo's we have shot and more.
I am really excited about the rewards program and look for it to be the benchmark for rewards programs.
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Training And Nutrition For Amateur Wrestling
Here is an excerpt from an article available on WrestlingGear.Com. These are some key points relating to Training and Nutrition:
* In most cases, children over 10 years of age can begin serious training for wrestling. For overall development and appreciation of various sports, children should not specialize in wrestling until they are in college but should be exposed to a wide variety of athletic endeavors.
* Youngsters who have a competitive nature, natural athletic ability, and good parental support tend to become successful wrestlers.
* Recent rules changes have had the positive effect of emphasizing year-round conditioning and nutrition to maintain a constant body weight rather than the former practice of using in-season cycles of rapid body weight loss and gain.
* Some of the best overall training strategies for wrestlers include the use of repetitive wrestling drills with a comparably skilled or somewhat more skilled partner and continual attention to correcting weaknesses. For young wrestlers, it is important that practice sessions be varied so they become enjoyable. This can help prevent early burnout.
* Wrestlers should consume a balanced, relatively high-carbohydrate diet on a daily basis. Meal-replacement beverages can be useful in the hours before competition to minimize bulk in the gastrointestinal tract and after competition when appetite may be suppressed. High-carbohydrate supplements are helpful between competitions, especially in tournament situations, to speed restoration of glycogen stores in the body. Sports drinks can help ensure adequate bodily hydration before and during practice sessions and tournaments and can accelerate rehydration after a practice or a match.
Used with Permission from the Gatorade Sports Science Institute
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Basic Principles For Improving Sports Performance
An Excerpt from a new article on WrestlingGear.Com written by the Chairman of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute:
The criterion for success in many sports, including those involving running, swimming, bicycling, speed skating, rowing, and cross-country skiing, is simply the time required to propel the athlete's body (and essential equipment such as a bicycle, rowing shell, or skis) for a given distance. In the case of Olympic weightlifting and power lifting, success is determined by how much weight can be lifted in the appropriate movements, whereas a wrestler is judged by the degree of physical control over the opponent. These sports are quite different in terms of the patterns of muscle recruitment, the force and power produced, and the equipment used; nevertheless, success in all of these seemingly diverse sports depends on a complicated application of a simple principle--the champion is the athlete best able to reduce the resistance or drag that must be overcome in competition and best able to sustain an efficient power output to overcome that resistance or drag. This review provides an analysis of the major factors that contribute to an athlete's ability to produce power appropriately to overcome resistance or drag and a number of important applied principles designed to help trainers, coaches, physiologists, and others assist athletes in achieving their goals in sport.
Used With Permission from the Gator Sports Science Institute
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Competitive Confidence
An excerpt from a new article by Steve Knight, the author of WinningSTATE:
As experienced coaches and wrestlers you have to be asking yourselves what improvements will make the biggest improvement for the 2003-2004 season that is fast approaching. All to often all that we consider is technique and conditioning. The purpose of this article is to motivate you to "think" about a third area: competitive confidence.
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