So... Jack Young is a young man that came out for our team this year as a freshman never having wrestled before. He began showing up for early team conditioning sessions in the fall and it was apparent that he really hadnt done much athletically in his life. He really struggled to keep up for the first couple of months and many times vehemently declared that he was going to DIE and that he couldnt do it! :) But he didnt give up and kept working at it. He steadily improved over the course of the season and eventually the notion that he couldnt do this seemed to leave his mind. We do a lot of road work and interval training as part of our conditioning and routinely run 4-6 miles as part of our pre-practice regimen (a fact that keeps many, many kids from even giving the sport a try). When we started early conditioning Jack could barely run the length of a football field without huffing and puffing and having to walk. Just heard that in testing in P.E. class this week Jack ran a mile in under 7:00 minutes. Thats an incredible improvement for a kid that just a few months felt like giving up because running was too hard. His teacher was blown away. Way to go Jack, we are proud of you!!! Just another example of what sports in general and wrestling specifically can do for our young people
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:36:37 +0000
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