Just got back from coaching a kids novice tournament. It's a round robin format so kids got between 3 and 5 matches. Most of the kids are first year wrestlers. Really good learning experience for many of the kids. I watched two kids figure out how to turn the half nelson about mid way in the tournament and switch from losing to winning. It was really awesome watching the light bulb go on when they "got it". One of the kids wrestled the very last match against the clear winner in his weight bracket. Opponent's record was 5-0. Wins were as follows:
Fall 0:15
Fall 0:22
Fall 0:10
Fall 0:17
Fall 0:14*
* kid in our club.
I put the kid out there to wrestle like any match but afterword I wondered if I should have done something differently.
Thought about pulling him and forfeiting. He's not very good but works hard and is learning. This match did nothing to build his skills or confidence. I sort of regret putting him out there because he was pretty upset afterward. I also thought about reading the coach the riot act for putting his kid in the tourney when there is an open tourney he could have gone to on the same day with appropriate competition. This did nothing for his wrestler either.
Just wondering if others would have said or done something?
Fall 0:15
Fall 0:22
Fall 0:10
Fall 0:17
Fall 0:14*
* kid in our club.
I put the kid out there to wrestle like any match but afterword I wondered if I should have done something differently.
Thought about pulling him and forfeiting. He's not very good but works hard and is learning. This match did nothing to build his skills or confidence. I sort of regret putting him out there because he was pretty upset afterward. I also thought about reading the coach the riot act for putting his kid in the tourney when there is an open tourney he could have gone to on the same day with appropriate competition. This did nothing for his wrestler either.
Just wondering if others would have said or done something?
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