St. Mary’s Wrestling Club

 

                                “Building the Foundation”

 

Practice Information

Practice Schedule

Tuesday, Thursday at Leonardtown High School 6:00pm-8:00pm

 

Wednesday at Margaret Brent Middle School Parks & Rec Annex 6:00pm-8:00pm
(schedule is subject to change)

 

Rules

Failure to abide by these rules can result in dismissal from the team.

1)      Practice begins at 6:00 pm every night.  The wrestlers need to show up on time.

2)      All wrestlers must be warmed up prior to working out.  If the wrestlers are late to practice they must warm-up on their own.  This can be a distraction to the rest of the team and is highly discouraged.

3)      Wrestlers must attend 2 practices per week.  They may attend as many as 3.  Wrestlers that continually miss practice become a distraction at practice since they do not now what is going on.  If a wrestler is missing an extensive amount of practice, the parent needs to speak with Coach Bobby about the problem.

4)      While at the high school practice facility, the wrestlers must remain in the practice room unless a coach has given permission to leave.  There are always at least two scheduled breaks during practice.  The high schools are generous enough to allow us to use the practice facility and we cannot have kids running around the school unsupervised.

5)      Wrestlers are not to wear their wrestling shoes to practice.  Bring your wrestling shoes with you to practice and put them on when you get inside the practice facility.  Putting the shoes on prior to entering the facility tracks a lot of dirt and debris from the outside.  This will do a lot of damage to the mat.

6)      Only proper wrestling attire can be worn while practicing.   This includes wrestling shoes, sweats or other workout clothing.  If a wrestler forgets their wrestling shoes, they can workout in their socks.  No jeans or jewelry are to be worn during practice.

7)      Headgear is to be worn during all live wrestling sessions.  The wrestlers should keep their headgear with them during practice, as to not take time away from practice having to search their bags for it.

 

Practice Design

Practice Plan

I have a very specific practice plan for each practice, which makes it imperative that the wrestlers show up to practice regularly and on time.  If you are planning on missing practice and would like that practices plan to work on the techniques at home, feel free to ask.

 

Warm-Up

Each practice will begin with an organized team warm-up.  The goal here is to get the blood-flowing, warm-up the joints, increase overall strength and prepare the mind and body for practice.  Warm-ups will include jogging, shuffle steps, army crawls, crab walks, push-ups, sit-ups and various wrestling specific warm-up drills that concentrate on a core set of skills needed to excel in wrestling.

 

Drilling

About half of the practice will be devoted to drilling the techniques learned.  Drilling is a very important part of developing skills.

 

Live Wrestling

This is generally the wrestlers favorite part of practice.  We will mix live match situations with full blown matches throughout practice.

 

Games

On occasion the wrestlers will be rewarded for their hard work with a game at the end of practice.  The games range from skill based to condition based.