matts Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Thought this was interesting: https://twitter.com/ohiovarsity/status/556952743878086656 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Alan Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Not surprising at all. If i were a football coach, I'd want guys that are as team-oriented as possible, obviously. Playing multiple sports can definitely help cultivate that sort of mindset. I know it's brought up every year, but who are some of our elite wrestlers that also participate in other sports, other than bigger guys that play football? Any baseball players? Tennis? Soccer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueKnight Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Dexter Larimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carseller0822 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Oglesby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastMode#31 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I heard Tom Ryan share a similar message. He said most of the OSU wrestling team is comprised of guys who were multi-sport athletes in high school. I think Stiebers were baseball players. It is an interesting debate that has been going on for the last 15-20 years as "specialization" has become commonplace. I am curious if we see a shift in this practice back to more multi-sport athletes due to overuse injuries, burnout etc. Playing more than one sport must produce a more dynamic athlete, in the recruiting opinion of OSU. I'm not an OSU fan but I definitely respect the knowledge and experience of Tom Ryan and Urban Meyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth34 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I am curious if we see a shift in this practice back to more multi-sport athletes due to overuse injuries, burnout etc. Not if you talk to most "expert" parents. The only way to get a scholarship is specialization. They don't realize how rare a D1 athlete is. Also, I've experienced a lot of AAU/Travel/Club coaches making promises to kids/parents about their son/daughter being a D1 caliber player if they just put more time in to that sport. How many athletes walking the halls could improve their other sports just by wrestling? They would rather lift 3 days a week or go to easy open gyms a couple times a week and be lazy. BeastMode#31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts