Jaguar Wrestling

Jaguar Wrestling

JAGUAR WRESTLING

8TH GRADE

WRESTLING HANDBOOK

WRESTLING is a very strenuous, demanding sport. Each participant must learn to be disciplined, self-motivated and be willing to work hard. Wrestling develops CORE strength, hand-eye coordination, foot speed TOUGHNESS.

TECHNIQUE and skill development take concentration, repetition and concentration. CONDITIONING to be in better shape than your opponent. Mat work, conditioning drills, running, weight lifting and self-discipline in and out of the wrestling room are a must for the sport of wrestling.

All of this helps to develop ATTITUDE. A wrestler’s attitude must be one that is tremendously positive, about himself, his teammates and his coaches. The ATTITUDE develops into a LIFESTYLE that applies toward his family, academics and community.

OUR MISSION

Our mission for middle school wrestling is simple. We want help develop our athletes into strong, self-motivated, mentally tough, productive members of our community. We want to develop a love of the sport of wrestling in all of our young student athletes. We want our young athletes to have fun while learning to be the best wrestler they can be.

PRACTICE:

Practice begins at 3:50 every day after school. If school is cancelled due to poor weather conditions then practice is cancelled as well.

As per the Ankeny code of conduct wrestlers are expected to refrain from smoking, drinking and drug use. Violations of the code of conduct may result in suspension or dismissal from the team.

PROFANITY AND VULGAR LANGUAGE ARE NOT ALLOWED IN PRACTICE OR MEETS. Pushups may be assessed to someone using profanity in or out of the wrestling room.

PROPER APPAREL: Team workout gear will be sold to all team members at a reasonable rate, all team members are REQUIRED to wear CLEAN team workout gear to every practice. Team workout gear will be washed at Northview every day. Only approved workout gear is allowed in practice, sweats or other clothing is not allowed.

GUTS CLUB; any wrestler or manager who attends every practice and meet with no absences all season long will be recognized as a GUTS CLUB member and rewarded as such. Any wrestler who attends but does not participate in practice will be removed from the guts club after 5 days of non-participation.

ALL WRESTLERS WHO ARE GETTING D’s OR F’s WILL BE EXPECTED TO SEEK OUT TEACHER ASSISTANCE, ATTEND TUTORING SESSIONS AND MAKE UP MISSING WORK. Anyone seeking help from teachers MUST be in practice ready to work out by 4:30 and the MUST have a pass from the teacher.

PRACTICE REGULATIONS

  1. Never miss. If you can’t be there notify coaches BEFORE you miss practice.
  2. Be on time and ready to go.
  3. Keep nails, hair and face clean and trimmed.
  4. Keep you gear and locker clean.
  5. Never leave practice without permission.
  6. Use bathroom before practice.
  7. Treat and cover open wounds.
  8. No street shoes on the mat and wipe your feet before entering the room.
  9. SHOWER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER PRACTICE.

BENCH AND MEET DISCIPLINE. Always behave appropriately in meets on the mat and on the bench. Poor behavior will not be tolerated. DO NOT CRY OR BEHAVE POORLY IN DEFEAT. Shake your opponent’s hand and vow to work harder to improve.

JAGUAR ATTENDANCE POLICY

Success requires dedication and pride in your efforts and your team’s efforts. Attendance is a must, missed practice and practice time must be made up. Excessive absences will result in being withheld from competition or dismissal from the team.

The following is our attendance policy;

  1. Cancellations; if school is cancelled or dismissed early due to poor weather conditions then practice is cancelled.
  2. Illness. Please email or CALL the coaches to inform them you are not at school.
  3. Illness during the school day. Tell the coaching staff you are going home sick from school. DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER WRESTLERS TELL COACHES FOR YOU!!
  4. Emergency, go through the proper steps in attendance office and inform coaches in person.

SIMPLY STATED YOU ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN PRACTICE EVERY DAY. IF YOU MISS PRACTICE OR ARE LATE FOR PRACTICE YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO MAKE UP THE MISSED TIME BEFORE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO COMPETE. EXCESSIVE ABSENCES MAY RESULT IN DISMISSAL FROM THE TEAM, THIS WILL BE UP TO THE COACH’D DISCRETION.

HOME MEET PREPERATION

All wrestlers will be expected to help set up mats and tables before each home meet AND all wrestlers are expected to help return all mats to the wrestling room after home meets are over. This applies to all wrestlers and managers for every home meet.

WRESTLERS should have a can of Lysol in their lockers to spray off equipment and shoes each day. A can of kenshield skin foam is a great tool for helping to prevent skin infection. Kenshield or similar products can be purchased on line from sunflowerwrestling.com. WRESTLERS ARE EXPECTED AND REQUIRED to shower as soon as possible after practice is over, this along with clean daily workout gear will cut down on colds, flus and skin infections.

MANAGERS

Wrestling manager duties and expectations are as follows;

  1. Expected to be at every practice. Attendance policy is the same as the wrestler’s policy.
  2. Managers are expected to be on time and stay until the coach dismisses them.
  3. Managers are expected to follow same grade and behavior policies as the wrestlers.
  4. Managers are expected to be at every meet.
  5. Managers will keep stats, keep supplies stocked, and keep the mats clean and other duties assigned by coaches.

We truly appreciate the help and support of our parents and families and we understand all the sacrifices you make for your student athletes. We ask that all family members refrain from coming to practice. Visitors in and out of the room bring dirt and potential infectious materials into the room, puts people at risk of bodily injury and can be a distraction that disrupts out plans. Visitors are welcome when practice is over, we simply ask that you remove your shoes and leave them outside the wrestling room.

MYTHS

  1. Wrestlers have to cut weight. NOT TRUE. We do not ask, expect or require our wrestlers to lose weight. We encourage our athletes to eat healthy and to wrestle at whatever weight they are comfortable at.
  2. Wrestling rooms and mats are dirty. NOT TRUE. We clean our mats twice a day, spray our wall mats daily, wash our workout gear daily and disinfect our equipment daily. OUR AREA IS THE CLEANEST ATHLETIC AREA IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. Any skin infection is a result of wrestlers not cleaning up immediately after practice or meets
  3. Wrestling has lots of injuries. NOT TRUE. Wrestling ranks very low on the injury list in regards to high school sports. Football, soccer, lacrosse, and baseball all have a higher injury rate than wrestling.

WORKOUT GEAR IS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AT NORTHVIEW. EACH WRESTLER IS REQUIRED TO BUY 2 SHIRTS AND 2 SHORTS FOR $50. WRESTLING SHOES ARE ALSO REQUIRED ALL OTHER GEAR IS PROVIDED. MANY WRESTLERS PREFER TO BUY THEIR OWN HEADGEAR. Sunflowerwrestling.com has all the wrestling gear you could ever want. MOST SPORTING GOODS STORES HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED AS WELL.

Coach Nate Smith

Coach Garland Shirley

Coach Jay Groth

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