As we prepare for the Navy Classic things in the room have started to get a little monotonous. We have a very small team, roughly 14 guys which doesn't lend itself to multiple workout partners and a wide variety of practice match ups. Because of this things can get stale very quickly in our room. Yesterday was one of those days where things were starting to get pretty stale and it caused the coaches to step back and take a minute to think about how we can spice things up. Today we are going to run a simulated tournament practice. That means we will be in and out in 60-80 minutes tops. The practice will be mostly up to the guys on the team as far as the intensity and the level of exertion. Because we are simulating a tournament it will focus on mainly live wrestling, matches to be exact. There are two things that can happen when you run a practice like this. The first thing is the guys do not push themselves and they cost through the matches never experiencing a hard fought battle or a situation that they need to push themselves through. The second scenario and hopefully the one I see this afternoon will be hard fought matches where guys are fighting for every point. Nobody will concede a takedown and even if someone is losing they are still fighting to come back and earn the win. Until the latter scenario becomes the norm during our practices we are going to have a very hard time competing at our best. It is my job as the coach to guide our wrestlers towards that attitude during the workouts and then to help them maintain that killer instinct once they step out on the mat this weekend.
Here we gooooooooooo......
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