ENoblewrestling Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Stole this from the GID, just curious as to what other sports the coaches from around the state coach. I am the head wrestling coach, and middle school pole vault coach here at "Busco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tskin Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Well until I got RIF'ed from Scottsburg I was the Head Cross Country Coach, Head Wrestling Coach, and Head Boys Track Coach. At Madison, I am Asst AD, Head Wrestling Coach, And Throw Coach for Boys and Girls Track and Field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 People have time to coach other sports too? They must have figure out how to clone themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC Computer Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 If you want to be a great coach you have to focus on only one sport, not several. Oh wait, that's what we tell the athletes, not the coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tskin Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 If you want to be a great coach you have to focus on only one sport, not several. Oh wait, that's what we tell the athletes, not the coaches. I beg to differ....I tell all my athletes that they need to be on the mat in the summer but i encourage them all to be atleast in one other sport agt the high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstruck Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 wrestling/football.........most all our kids play more than one sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach77 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I was a middle school football and wrestling coach at one time and that is one of the best way to recruit from one sport to another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Spencer Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Jr. High football and head wrestling coach here at North Posey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regionfan40 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Coach balash of hobart has been coaching wrestling football and track for 40 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbrick132 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Coach balash of hobart has been coaching wrestling football and track for 40 years And never wrestled in HS, he played Basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickfor6 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 but 40 years thats 120 seasons and a whole lot of bus rides haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC Computer Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I beg to differ....I tell all my athletes that they need to be on the mat in the summer but i encourage them all to be atleast in one other sport agt the high school. That wasn't aimed at wrestling coaches. Most of them know what its like to search the hallways trying to fill an open weight. They wouldn't discourage kids from doing other sports when they need the kids from those sports to wrestle. Too many other sports want kids to stick to their sport only and do it year round or "lift" in the off season. They don't realize that wrestling will improve their conditioning more than lifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornet Coach Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I am the defensive coordinator and assistant wrestling coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Brown Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Head Wrestling and OC for football............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NP23 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Assistant Wrestling/Baseball Coach at New Prairie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingwrestling55 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Better question for the multi-sport coaches or athletes. What are the pro's / con's for the athletes? We are trying to educate our football coaches on the benefits wrestling provides to football players. Football coaches are constantly preaching they have to keep gaining weight and wrestling will derail progress.........Opinions? I have mine I want to hear from others....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throw45 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Football players who've spent time on the mat, in a good program anyway, will benefit immensely! These are some that come to mind quickly: a better understanding of what it means to compete for body position, get leverage, fix a bad body position quickly, how to move their feet with balance, develop quicker feet in general, get tons of reps on getting low into a good tackle position, etc, etc, etc. One of the biggest things to me is learning what real work actually is. The level of conditioning required in wrestling is unlike nearly every other sport, and football isn't in the same stratosphere. Kids will probably lose some weight. I've seen my share of fat kids who think they're football players that need to lose some weight anyway! What they gain in toughness, balance, and strength makes it worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnobbe Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I coach varsity football and had been defensive coordinator for several years. Last year, I spent it as special teams coordinator. I am an assistant for high school wrestling and am head coach of our middle school program. (Our seasons do not overlap too much as middle school season for us is January to mid-March). I am also head boys'/girls' track and field coach at a neighboring school. It can sometimes be exhausting, but it is often rewarding...and, amazingly, I do stay awake for sermons at Mass. I would never tell a kid to focus on only one sport or activity! I might even encourage him/her to the contrary most times. You get to be a high school student once. My parents made sacrifices to allow me to be a kid until I no longer could, and I hope others would do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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