When provided a quality experience through a well-organized and balanced program, young athletes can develop a number of positive life long characteristics from their involvement in the sport of wrestling. We believe that even with the challenges that our young wrestlers will face, wrestling should be FUN! Of course, it is not ALL fun and games, but we will do our best to make it an enjoyable and rewarding experience for all. Our emphasis will be on participating and learning, but we will also strive to instill positive qualities in our young wrestlers that will hopefully benefit them for years to come.

We expect the following from all of our wrestlers:

Commitment
Hard work
Attitude
Motivation
Persistence
Initiative
Overcoming adversity
No excuses
Self-discipline

Commitment and Hard work are required for success. A committed decision is a choice followed by action. Another way of saying this is making up your mind to do something and then doing it. An example of a committed decision is saying to yourself you are going to get a "A" on your next homework assignment or test and setting a goal and then doing whatever it takes to get the "A". This might mean studying extra, going over homework when finished, or re-reading out loud after completing homework.

When you commit or work hard on your goal, you start to feel good because you are trying. You must work hard or commit yourself to make changes. If you want to feel better after your losses or wins, you could make a committed decision to yourself or work hard to learn from that match or experience. Here are some questions you can ask yourself after any match to learn and feel better: "What did I do well?" "What could I have done better?" "Was I prepared before the match?".  It is hard to accept losing or failing, but you are not losing nor failing if you understand you can learn from every match, test, or experience.   Learning is the most important word for all of you now. Learn how to win! Learn how to lose!!  Learn how to learn!!!  Remember to keep a positive, "can do" Attitude at all times. We can't always expect to win - our Motivation should always be to improve.

Trying to do your best is the way to make your goals happen. You may sometimes fall short of your goal if you try, but you will always fall short of your goal if you do not try.

The times when you fall short of your goals are the times when you can learn the most and try again. Giving all that you have or trying really hard or giving a maximum effort will increase your chances of success in all areas of your life. You must do this all the time and soon a habit will be formed because this will become the only way you know how to accomplish things or a task.

Sometimes we put too much emphasis or we focus on winning or losing or getting the highest grade or highest achievement. What we really need to do is focus on our efforts or how hard we tried or how prepared we were. When we focus on working hard, trying hard, and becoming as prepared as possible, only good things will occur. We can always try harder. We can tell when we are giving it our all.