Shorter than our guides, timed to the season, and heavy on the part of wrestling nobody drills enough: the six inches between your ears. New posts land here and in the newsletter.
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Mental Game · Parents
The Car Ride Home
Your kid just lost in front of everyone. The next twenty minutes in the car will shape their whole relationship with the sport — here's the script.
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Mental Game · Wrestlers
Pre-Match Nerves Are Fuel (If You Know the Valve)
Every wrestler gets the stomach drop before their name is called. The good ones aren't calmer — they've just built a routine. Build yours.
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Mental Game · Everyone
The Mid-Season Wall (and How to Wrestle Through It)
Late January: everything hurts, progress feels invisible, and quitting sounds reasonable. It's not a crisis — it's a phase with a playbook.
Read →Coming this season
- August: This year's rule changes, translated · The sign-up day checklist
- September: Football players: your wrestling season starts in 8 weeks · Preseason strength in 4 weeks
- October: Picking your weight class the sane way · First-year parent orientation
- November: Surviving (and loving) your first tournament
- December: Holiday tournament season · Eating through the holidays in season
- January: The mid-season wall series · Blood-round mentality
- February: Peaking for the state series · Win or lose, finish on the mat
- March: The exit interview: one question to ask your coach · Rest is training
- April–July: Freestyle season starter · Camp selection · Recruiting-email season · Off-season strength blocks
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