CWO Pre-Season Open Mat Sessions (November 2016)

Columbus Wrestling Organization (CWO) – Pre-Season Open Mat Sessions (November 2016)

As in the past, we have had several requests from wrestlers and families who would like to start practicing early based on the desire to complete in pre-season tournaments, especially those scheduled in December and January.  In order to accommodate the request of these families and allow an opportunity for the wrestlers to get into “wrestling shape”, we are planning on having “Open Mat” sessions starting Monday, November 14th for those wrestlers who want to compete early.  The “Open Mat” sessions will be held from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in the Columbus High School wrestling room on the following dates:

Monday, 11/14     Thursday, 11/17

Monday, 11/21     Tuesday, 11/22 (tentative)

Monday, 11/28     Tuesday, 11/29

We will have somewhat limited instruction with mainly conditioning, drilling and live wrestling to prepare the wrestlers for early competition.  We will certainly help kids with individual instruction when needed or requested.  We encourage our parents with wrestling experience or knowledge of the sport to volunteer their time during the “Open Mat” sessions.  I would also encourage parents to contact each other and arrange for practice partners to attend the same “Open Mat” sessions together.  If not, we will do our best to rotate wrestlers in and out of groups to provide sufficient mat time to prepare the wrestlers for early competition.

Please be assured that by no means will any wrestler be disadvantaged by not attending the “Open Mat” sessions.  As already noted, these sessions will be mainly focused on getting wrestlers, who choose to compete early, into “wrestling shape”.  I believe that the five month schedule that we have from December through April provides all of our wrestlers adequate coaching, practice time and competitive tournament matches to be a successful wrestler during the folkstyle wrestling season.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call me.

Coach Brian Brownlow      402-910-8749 (Cell)    Email: columbuswrestlingorg@gmail.com