WrestlingGear.Com - November Update
November 28, 2002
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> Title IX - USA Wrestling Update. TV Show to Cover Title IX Segment
> Ask Ed Giese? Ask a World Class Wrestler your thoughts on anything
> Keep a diary its your key to success...

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CBS to air "Title IX" segment on 60 Minutes during its Sunday, Dec. 1 show at 7 pm ET
11/27/2002 Assorted sources/

CBS has announced that a feature concerning Title IX and athletics will be included on the nationally-respected news show 60 Minutes this weekend.

The segment, reported by Bob Simon, will be aired on 60 Minutes on Sunday, December 1 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Please check your local listings for air-times in your area.

The announcement concerning the news segment appeared on the CBS web page. It says the following:

"Title IX Controversy
(CBS) Sunday: December 1, 7 p.m. ET/PT
TITLE IX - This anti-discrimination law paved the way for a raft of women's collegiate sports. But 30 years after its passing, male athletes are suing to change the law because they say their programs are being dropped or trimmed to comply with it. Bob Simon reports."

60 Minutes has been researching the Title IX issue since the spring of 2002. Among those who were interviewed were NWCA president Mike Moyer, Univ. of Chicago wrestling coach Leo Kocher and former BYU wrestler Colin Robertson. 60 Minutes also came to Colorado Springs, Colo. to film wrestlers in training. Also interviewed for the piece were world-class gymnasts and other sports officials. There is no way to know if any of these people will appear on the final edited segment.

All those in the Olympics sports community are encouraged to watch the show, as well as ask their friends and acquaintances to view the segment.

60 Minutes, the CBS News magazine providing a blend of hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, began its 34th season in September and is the most successful broadcast in television history.

The program finished the 2000-01 season as the number-one rated news magazine. No other program has even approached this record. It is among many milestones for 60 Minutes.

60 Minutes was created in 1968 by Don Hewitt, still the program's executive producer, and premiered on CBS on Sept. 24 of that year. 60 Minutes has won 73 Emmy Awards - the most for any news program ever - and virtually every other major broadcast journalism award. It has also won nine Peabody Awards for exceptional television broadcasting.

According to Nielsen, nearly 16 million viewers tuned in to the broadcast each Sunday evening over the 2000-01 season, for an average rating of 11.2 with a 19 share.

The correspondents/co-editors of 60 Minutes are listed below in the order in which they joined the broadcast: Mike Wallace (1968), Morley Safer (1970), Ed Bradley (1981), Steve Kroft (1989) and Lesley Stahl (1991). Andy Rooney, the broadcast's correspondent and commentator, began his regular on-air segment, "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney," in 1978. He had been a writer and producer for the program since its premiere.

Other high-profile journalists report for 60 Minutes: veteran CBS News foreign correspondent Bob Simon and Correspondent Carol Marin both ontribute, and through a unique agreement with CNN, CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour also provides reports.

60 Minutes airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

Used with permission from themat.com
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ASK ED:

Here a couple questions asked to Ed Giese with his answers... Post a question in the peak performance message board. It is an incredible opportunity to interact with a wrestling great...

(Q) What is a good work out for upper body strength if you do not have access to weight equipment?

(A) Without access to weights, your best bet is to do push-ups (arms in, arms extended to sides, and arms extended in front of your head). I would also suggest doing isometrics when possible. Isometrics are exercises using the same motions you would use with free-weights, but with resistence. For example, put you arms in a curl position, have you partner hold down on your wrists and do curls against their pressure. You can also do negatives, where you finish the exercise and have your partner push down on your arms while trying to hold the position. Be creative, you can get a great work-out without weights if you make the time.

(Q) How about pull-ups and dips like you used to do in high school?

(A) Pull ups and dips are great for lat, shoulder and tricep strength. Whoever wrote this post must know that we did pull ups and dips at every practice (Fenton H.S.). We also had to climb a rope, which is also a great upper body workout (no legs).

(Q) My son is in 1st grade and just turned 7. I started him in a wrestling program. He seems to like wrestling, but the work outs are tough and he doesn't like them. Although there are others his age I don't want to push him too much if he's not going to like it. I never wrestled until highschool and with hard work I became pretty succesful.I remembered several good Jr. High school kids not stick with it. However I always did wish I had more of a headstart before High School.

(A) It is my opinion that the age to start wrestling is directly related to their desire. I started when I was 6 yrs old. If your child likes the sport and all that goes with it, great. He/she has to enjoy going to practice and love the competition. If they aren't totally in to it, you may find that your child will find it to be more work than fun. We all hope that our children love our favorite sport as much as we do. If they don't love it, he may begin to resent you for pushing him into it instead of loving you for helping him into it. Good luck, I hope he finds the sport as enjoyable as you did.

(Q) Dear sir, I am a professional wrestler trained in the catch-as-catch-can method. I realize pro wrestling today is purely entertainment, but a few amateurs have decided to make the transition over the years, such as Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle and Minnesota-native Brock Lesnar. What are your thoughts on these men, and pro wrestling in general, based purely on entertainment value?

(A) Kurt is a personal friend of mine and a former team mate at Foxcatcher and the national team. Although I believe pro wrestling is counter productive to "real" wrestling, I support Kurt's decision to participate. It is a job (a great paying one)just like yours or mine and I suppose if I was his size I may have pursued the same career. I know the real Kurt Angle and Brock Lesner and neither of these two are anything like there on air persona. I must admit I am alittle dissapointed that they portray these two the way they do on TV. In all, I guess I wish we could get the same exposure as the WWE and be as popular as pro wrestling. In a perfect world, amatuer wrestling would get the same type of exposure and our wrestlers would be heroes and role models everyday instead of every four years!

(Q) Ed,

What would you think of a cross promotional venture with Pro Wrestling? Maybe feature some of the Pros who have a serious amature background (Angle, Lesnar, Benoit, Snow, Richards) in a recruiting poster sytle campaign? "I got my start on the High School team" sort of thing. Or do you think that's just a terrible idea, to link the two at all?

Has anything like this ever been tried before?

(A) This has been sort of done back in Minnesota when I was in college. Verne Gagne who was the owner of a pro company before the WWE used to have the local international stars on his show occasionally, to help promote amateur wrestling. This did help to give amatuer wrestling some exposure. With guys like Kurt and Brock now in the pro ranks, we could get some more exposure through these individuals, but there on screen persona are not the best for the sport. I am sure they would be more than willing to give back to the sport that did so much for them, but would it be positive or negative? You have a good idea and I will relay the idea to Rich Bender (head of USAW) the next time I talk to him.

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KEEP A DIARY TO RECORD YOUR SUCCESS...

Okay maybe I should have said journal, sounds a bit more manly. One of the main themes I heard from Olympic and World Champions was their thoughts on their journals and how it helped their wrestling.

If a journal to record what you ate that particular day, how sleep you got, what exercises you did, how long you wrestled, what moves you worked on etc. can help these athletes. Imagine what it can do for your typical high school wrestler or your elite high school wrestler.

I like my coaching journals because it allows me to go back and see what the kids liked and did not like about practice. Plus it allows me to look back and the season and identify when we taught certain moves and helps me plan the current season.

As a wrestler, maybe you had a bad weekend of wrestling. After reviewing your journal, you might notice you were burning the candle at both ends for some school projects or had a stressful event happen that week. You can use your journal to help you peak for the next big weekend. It is difficult to constantly peak. Remember at the end of the season you will have to peak for two or three tournaments to qualify or win your state championships or NCAA championship...

Hopefully at this point in the season you already have your goals put together and are working hard towards achieving them. Keep your goals in front of you and make sure you are working towards them.

Parents with younger wrestlers you may want to set goals that reflect effort put forth instead of results. For example a good goal may be to wrestle in 25 matches your first year instead of winning 18 matches. At least if the effort is made, your wrestler will feel like he or she is achieving his goal...

That's all for now...start working towards those goals today !

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