Saturday, January 9^th 2010

Wasatch High School

We will be running two separate tournaments back to back.  Morning:  5^th-Jr. High, Afternoon: Elementary Pre K- 4^th grade.  The purpose of these tournaments is to give each wrestler quality matches where they are not sitting in the gym all day waiting to wrestle.  ALL WRESTLERS WILL RECEIVE A MEDAL.  No League card required but recommended.

Cost:               $10

Format: Four man round-robin based on age and weight. All wrestlers in the 4 man bracket will wrestle each other and get 3 matches.  All Wrestlers will receive a medal.

Procedure: The wrestlers’ brackets are called to the staging area then sent to a mat.  The entire bracket is wrestled and wrestlers will immediately pick up medals.  Since 3-4 other brackets will be on the same mat, the wrestlers will have sufficient rest time.

Wrestlers will be divided by:

Grade:  Will try to keep grades together, but will only move one grade if needed.

Exception: Jr. High:  7^th grader could wrestle a 9^th grader

Weight: The wrestlers do not need to make a specific weight.

The wrestler will be put into a group of four wrestlers that weigh approximately the same weight.  (not to exceed 5 lbs. difference in smaller wrestlers & 10 lbs in larger wrestlers) Exception:  Parent/Coach approval

Ability:   When possible we will try and separate the advanced and the beginner wrestler.  Coaches need to determine the ability/skill of their wrestler on a scale of 1-5 (1 being a low skill/ability wrestler and 5 being a high skill/ability wrestler).

5^th-Jr. High Grade

Weigh-ins:       Thursday or Friday only, at own site by the wrestling coach

Email weights to:  wade.discher@wasatch.edu

Must email by 6:30 pm, Friday

Check-in & Pay 8:00-9:00

Wrestling Begins:  9:30 am

PreK-4^th

Weigh-ins:       Thursday or Friday only, at own site by the wrestling coach

Email weights to:  wade.discher@wasatch.edu

Must email by 6:30 pm, Friday

Check-in & Pay by 11:30

Wrestling Begins:  12:30 am

Include on email: Use the excel file.  Include Name, School, Gr., Wt., & ability/skill level

Questions:  wade.discher@wasatch.edu or 435-654-0640 (ext. 3790)

Saturday – December 19th – Wrestling starts at 9 am.

^{FREE FOR PARENTS AND SPECTATORS!}

PROVO HIGH SCHOOL

1125 N. UNIVERSITY AVE, PROVO, UT 84604

$10 registration fee

Grades K - 9^th

Pee Wee 2004-2005
Bantam   2002-2003
Intermediate 2000-2001
Novice 1998-1999
7^th-9^th Grade (No H.S. Wrestlers) 1994-1997

ONLINE REGISTRATION ONLY

(Use link below)

http://www.trackwrestling.com/registration/BasicPreReg1.jsp?tournamentGroupId=884009

YOU MUST REGISTER BEFORE FRIDAY, DEC 18^TH 9PM

USA CARDS NOT REQUIRED

Weigh-ins 8pm Friday, Dec. 18^th Provo High School

If you wish to hold a weigh-in site, or have questions contact Chris Miller

801-427-9298 or chrism@provo.edu

Another busy week for everyone.

Monday, Regular practice for Jr. High and Club. During club portion on Monday and Tuesday we will have the more experienced Spanish Fork wrestlers in our room with us to help us get ready for the Delta Duals.

Tuesday, same as Monday. Regular practice times.

Wednesday: Regular early start, but ending practice early. Practice will end at 4:30 PM to get ready for wrestle till you drop for the younger kids.

Wednesday night I will need 7-9 grade officials to officiate kids matches. I will need five officials that night from 5:00 till 9:00. They will be paid.

Thursday is a short practice again due to the high school dual meets. Maple Mountain is wrestling Springville at Springville. 5:00 JV and 7:00 Varsity. I would like everyone to be there if possible. You must wear your team t-shirt that night to get in for free.

Friday. Coach Killian and I will both be at the high school tournament on Friday. We will have practice on Friday for sure. It will be for those wrestlers who are traveling to Delta this week. They will be in charge of moving mats to the stage after practice, and they will need to make weight. A Coach (whomever runs practice that night) will need to weigh in each wrestler during Friday’s practice.

The tournament on Saturday at Delta is for those that make the varsity and JV teams. I will be willing to take some extra kids in case of injury, or in case there are extra spots on other teams.

Spanish Fork will be filling in some of our weights and we will be filling in some of their weights so we can collectively take more guys.

If you are in 6th grade and below, I suggest you wrestle at Spanish Fork this weekend. register on trackwrestling.com like every other week. $10.00. You will put in your own honest weight. No weigh ins at Spanish Fork.

The Delta meet is also $10.00 per boy. If you make the travel team, you need to bring $10.00 to coach LaMont.

Car pool will meet at 5:50 AM on Saturday for Delta. Leaving the lot at 6:00 AM.

Craig LaMont

craig@telosrtc.com

Tons of information that needs to be read and understood.  Lots of details.

Self Stats Sheet – Click Here to Download -  Please print off 10 or so of these and send them with your wrestlers to every competition.  They should fill them out and turn them in to a manager or coach after each match.

It is time now after six weeks on the team that we submit our goals. I would like each wrestler to submit two goals for the season. We have two months left in the season. I want the two goals to be specific and have an explanation of how they will achieve the goals. 3.5X5 index cards are best.

Registration for Salt Lake Slam ends early. Registration ends on Thursday at noon. This is not a tournament to wait on. A $25.00 late fee for onsite registration. To get into the regular tournament you will need a national card. If you are in the true beginner or the 9th grade category, you only need the state league card.

This week’s schedule is complex. Normal practice tonight. We will move one mat after practice.

Tuesday no practice. We are MOVING the wrestle till you drop for Jr. High to Spanish Fork Jr. HIgh. Maple Mountain High has a basketball game and wanted us to move this. There are six schools coming. Not lost the last two. Lots of matches. Remember that this is for 7th – 9th Jr. High only on Tuesday

Regular practice Wednesday and Thursday.

No practice on Friday. Car pools leave Memorial Hall at 5:PM for weigh ins.

Saturday AM car pool leaves at 7:AM from Memorial Hall. The more drivers the better. Remember that Saturday is a club tournament for all ages.

We want our club to work two tables at the tournament. I will pay people to do this. I need 12 volunteers (kind of a volunteer). I have $500.00 to pay out between these 12 people depending on what you do. If you are not going due to financial reasons, please sign up with me ASAP. If you want to volunteer without getting paid, all the better. Let me know.

Craig LaMont

Craig has 4 fifth grade kids that are practicing with him that he wants to come to the duals tonight for mat time. I do not know where I will put them yet, but I will pencil them in on your team. Please pair them up according the ranking system and weight info that Craig has provided. Please coach them like you would the other kids on your team. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

These 4 are experienced and solid wrestlers.

PLEASE start on time:

Fly teams arrive at 5:30     Start by 5:40 end by 6:15

Bantams arrive at 6:00       Start at 6:15  end at 7:10

Midgets arrive at 7:00        Start at 7:15  end at 8:30

Fly’s

Rules: Folkstyle with 3 – 40 second rounds.  The boy who has scored the least amount of points gets his choice in the 2nd round.  No pins.  Points will be awarded and called out but not tracked.  Both hands will be raised after each match.  Do not match kids separated by more than 5 lbs.  Match experience level & age when possible.

Fly Dual Meet Schedule: 5:30 to 6:15   (r) = dressed in red singlet (b) = dressed in blue singlet

Bantam’s

Rules: 3 B 50 second rounds.  Points will be called out and awarded but both hands will be raised at the end of the match.  Pins will be called (full 2 secondsCDO NOT slap the mat) but a pin will only end the round–not end the match (unless it happens in the 3^rd round).  Please try to match boys within 7 pounds of each other (except heavy weights) and pair for age and experience when possible.

Bantam Dual Meet Schedule: 6:00 to 7:10   (r) = red singlet (b) = blue singlet

Intermediate

Rules: Regular rules apply with three B 1 min and 15 second rounds.  Points will be awarded and kept.  Pins apply (full 2 seconds).  Only winners will have their hands raised.  Pair boys by weight (9 lbs max), age, and experience level.  Please be careful with heavy weights and break them up in dangerous situations.

Intermediate Dual Meet Schedule: 7:00- 8:30 (r) = red singlet (b) = blue singlet

Dear parents,

This letter is intended to be your reference guide.  Don’t hesitate to call if you have questions during the season (489-8767 or email at craig@telosrtc.com or Dianelamont1@yahoo.com ).  It is our goal to try to provide a positive, fun, experience for all.  We oversee wrestling for 3 year olds through Jr. High for Springville and Mapleton City Recreation programs and schools, and we also manage Champions Wrestling Club.

Here is a copy of the sportsmanship commitment you signed:

Parental Commitment

As a parent I hereby commit that I, and any other related or unrelated significant other that I allow to support my wrestler, will demonstrate good sportsmanship.  I understand that I could be asked to leave the premise and not return if I do not demonstrate good sportsmanship.  I also understand that my wrestler may not be allowed to continue in the recreation program if I as a parent cannot live up to this commitment.  Specifically, I will not yell at, degrade, argue with, fight with, threaten, or otherwise torment referees, coaches, other parents, or wrestlers (including my own) during practice, competition, or any other time.

Changes to the schedule and announcements will be sent via email.  Please read your email often. When you come to Thursday competition, please notice the announcements in the entry way also.

We offer three sessions of wrestling.  The first session covers basics.  We compete against ourselves and augment that with optional weekend tournaments.  The session will end mid-December.  A second session starts immediately thereafter and will run through January.  There is no extra charge to the city or the club for the second session.

In the third session we learn Olympic wrestling styles.  We start in February and run through July.  We will compete all along the Wasatch Front and in other states at regional and national events.   A $37.00 national card is mandatory at this point and phase three will have a separate registration fee of $60.00.

The tournament we are hosting on November 21st is paid for with your city recreation fee, but you will still need to register in order to get into the tournament.  Go to www.wrestleutah.com and click on the registration link.  We expect your wrestler to be there that day.  PLEASE do not pay for this on-line.  Just register your son and then close out of the window.  Make sure your team name is Champions Wrestling Club and that will ensure that you are registered.  Please do not register and then not show up.  Please do not show up Saturday if you have not registered.  All other Saturday tournaments are optional and will cost extra to enter (typically $10).  There is no charge for spectators at these tournaments.  Our team coaches will attend Saturday tournaments.

Building Care:  No pop, Gatorade, or other sugar drinks are allowed in Memorial Hall.  Please do not allow your wrestlers to bring those drinks to competition or practice.  Water bottles are allowed.  Because it is winter, please use the West doors at Memorial Hall.  Do not enter from the street on the North side.  This keeps dirt, snow and ice from the mats.

Mat Care:  For sanitation reasons, when you come to watch practice or cheer during competition, please do not wear your street shoes on the mats.  Parents and loved ones should remove their shoes if they walk on the mat.  Do not place chairs or other objects on the mats.  They are easily damaged.  DO NOT bring food and drink of any kind (except water bottles) into the wrestling room please.  NO HIGH HEALS!

Please support your son at the competitions by being present or sending another significant other to cheer for him.

Keep your children from running aimlessly on the track or in the gym.  Be courteous while walking on the track to get to the room, keep your children away from the weight room, baseball, class-rooms, stairs, and gymnastics facilities.  When people complain, it hurts our ability to continue the program.

Please be prompt to practices and matches and to pick them up after practice if you cannot stay.  Please call your coach if you cannot show up to the meets.  Also, if your son desires to drop-out of wrestling, please notify your coach or myself.  I am willing to encourage him in a positive way if you desire.

Your child is not required (but is encouraged) to wear a full uniform to compete.  You may purchase singlets, wrestling shoes and headgear at sporting goods stores.  These items are not required in phase one.  If your child does not have a singlet, make sure he is in a t-shirt and shorts.  Levi cut-offs are not allowed.  He needs to wear some kind of footwear if he does not have wrestling shoes.  No jewelry of any kind is allowed.

Please encourage your child to call the coaches Coach (Coach LaMont for example).

Please help the coaches during practice and competitions.  You do not need to know anything about wrestling to help with a drill.  You just need to be willing.  The more coaching on the mat, the better each boy will learn. Please be proactive in talking to your coaches, asking questions and sharing concerns.

Losing weight is not allowed.  Do not encourage weight loss for wrestling unless they are medically over-weight.

Springville and Mapleton Cities have both been supportive of wrestling.  They have agreed to allow Champion’s Wrestling Club to actually be the vehicle for their City Recreation Program.  Parents should be clear that this program is a city recreation program and a club program all in one.  This saves families hundreds of dollars per boy and allows for a more complete and quality program.  It is important to note that Champion’s Wrestling Club does not pay any coaches or benefit financially from running the City Recreation program.

The club goals this year are:

1)                  Have fun (enough to want to return next year)

2)                  Learn sportsmanship

1. Participation is more important than winning.
2. Parents are the primary example of sportsmanship.  If the following rules are broken I will ask parents to leave the room or competition.
3. No negative taunting of the other team.
4. No yelling at or engaging other parents or coaches from the other teams.
5. No yelling at or mocking referees in derogatory ways.
6. Please continue to be a good example of sportsmanship by not talking negatively about other teams, referees, teammates or coaches.  Especially in your car or home.
7. Enthusiasm: Learning how to get excited, to cheer, and to manage adrenaline is an important part of sportsmanship.
8. Teamwork: I expect the boys to feel a commitment to the team and know that the team is not complete without him.
9. Be positive about your son’s strengths and focus on his progress, not his weaknesses.  The number one reason for kids quitting sports is negative pressure from parents.

3)                  Learn skills: Wrestlers will master the sport sooner by focusing on basic skills.  They will love the sport more and feel more confident in themselves.  Please note the champions’ colors sheet for a list of basic skills each wrestler should know by the end of the season.

4)                  Build character and teach life skills.  Wrestling teaches important lessons of life.  Your coaches have been challenged to teach something about life in each practice.  Examples are sportsmanship, hard work, honesty, teamwork, emotional control, trust, facing fears, practicing, patience, following instructions, etc.

5)                  Stay unified as a team.

6)                  Provide positive coaching.

7)                  Build respect in the community.  It is important to make wrestling a cool and respected sport in the community.  This will increase interest in the sport and help build championship teams as they grow up.

8)                  Increase the quality and quantity of wrestlers feeding into the high school programs.

9)                  Support Springville and Maple Mountain High school wrestling programs.

10)              Support Utah Valley University wrestling program.

Thank you,

Craig & Diane LaMont

Printable Version – Click Here to Download

When?

Saturday November 21st

Maple Mountain High School

51 N. 2250 E. Spanish Fork, UT

Who?

Ages Pre-K through 9th grade

Details

FOLKSTYLE

$11.00 entry fee

This is a USA wrestling sanctioned event.

You must have a USA Utah league card

http://www.trackwrestling.com/registration/BasicPreReg1.jsp?tournamentGroupId=909009

or a USA National Card

Register here – http://www.trackwrestling.com/registration/BasicPreReg1.jsp?tournamentGroupId=910009

OR

Go to Pre-Registration @ www.trackwrestling.com

Registration closes Friday November 20th at 1:00 PM

NO SATURDAY Weigh-in or registration

Each age group will have a true beginner division (2 months or less experience)

8:00 A.M. Pre-K-4th ages divided by current age (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). 1 min. rounds.

Weights divide every 5 pounds – Round-robin format. All get medals.

9:45 A.M. Middle School division (5th & 6th grades). 1:15 rounds. Line brackets.

Weights: 60,64,68,72,76,80,84,88,92,96,100,106,112,120,130,144,Hvy

11:30 A.M. Jr. High division (7th-9th grades). *9th graders who will wrestle in High School this year NOT ALLOWED! 1:30 rounds. Line brackets.

70,75,80,84,88,92,96,100,104,108,112,116,120,125,130,138,145,155,170,190,210,Hvy

*Wrestlers may wrestle more than one weight or division. *Rest time not enforced.

Friday Night weigh-ins ONLY from 6:00PM – 7:15 PM at Regional Sites

Must weigh-in with competition singlet or a pair of shorts. Regional Sites on Trackwrestling.com

9 yr old & under all medal. 5th – 9th grade top 4 medal

Parents: Concessions will be available. No fee for spectators. Staggered Start Times!