Mattyb

The team try outs will be held at Avon High School on Feb. 25th and 26th. Weight classes from 40 to 75 will wrestle on from 11 to 3 on the 25th. Weight Classes from 80 to HWT will wrestle from 12 to 4 on the 26th. If you have a state placer from last year that is born in 2000 or after and is in the 5th grade or under and would like to attend. Please contact Matt Brewer @ 317-201-0644. We look forward to a good turn out.

The first two teams will be determined by wrestle offs. The first and second place kids gets the spot PERIOD (regardless of grade). The third team will be made of underclassmen (K-4) who do not finish in the top two. This will be a developmental team to get the younger kids ready for the future. Details are in the ISWA book (page 113).

The tournament is April 13,14, and 15. A two night stay will be required for most.

Matt Brewer

ISWA Folkstyle Developmental Director

Weigh in Saturday wrestle 6 quality duals on Sunday! NUWAY National Duals. Teams include New York, Michiganx2, North Carolina, Penn, and Ohio.

The rest of the team is full!

Call Matt Brewer

317-201-0644

Weigh-ins Saturday afternoon. Hotel around $60. Wrestle 5 or 6 duals on Sunday. Fee is minimal. (can weigh under).

Call Matt Brewer 317-201-0644

I'm looking for some advice or guidance from parents and/or coaches that have been in my situation.  I've got a four year old (as of 12/2011) who just started wrestling in January.  He comes to club wrestling practice and has a good time running around and playing with the other kids but when it comes down to working on things it's hard to get him focused on it.  He gets upset and sometimes doesn't want to do it.  I've also taken him to a few tournaments where he wasn't afraid to get on the mat and wrestle kids, even getting pinned. Recently, I told him that if you are on your back you are losing and if your hand isn't raised you've lost.  I  A few tournaments ago he had a "fit" when he was on hid back and just recently he didn't want to get on the mat and didn't want to wrestle at our last meet.  He says he likes wrestling and will wrestle with his little brother and I am trying to support him but am I expecting too much?   

 

P.S.  I know he is four, please don't remind me of this.  (My spouse does a good job of this)

My oldest son started when he was 5. He was very timid and did not win a match, but he keep a good attitude and has worked his butt off to be a solid wrestler. He is now 11 and loves the sport. He does get emotional when he loses (they all do), but not out of control. All in all a good family experience when he wrestles. So, he moved forward.

My youngest was 5 last year. He had success last year. He won many tournaments and placed high at freestyle state. But he has a very poor attitude and can not handle losing. He could be very successful. With this said, him having a positive attitude, respecting the sport and his parents is more important. He is not wrestling anymore. He will attend a practice every now and then (if he can handle it). He will be allowed to wrestle once again if he learns to respect his parents, other kids, and the sport.

Do I want my kids to be great wrestlers? Sure! We all do. With that said, if losing or just going on the mat causes emotional trama or stress in a child. It is not worth it!

I would say this. Ask him if he wants to practice or go to a meet. If he says no...... then let him stay home. If he says yes, then be sure to give him your expectations. If he can not handle this, then maybe try again in a year or two. Every kid is different and special in their own ways. Some kids can handle things better then others. We as wrestling parents need to realize this, put our best foot forward, and do whats best for our kids. If they have "it"...... "it" will come out sooner or later. If they do not have "it" ...... that's OK.

Matt Brewer

ISWA Folkstyle Developmental Director

I rarely ever post on here but I would have to say your statement is one of the most ridiculous ones I have read and I am certain that you know that your staement is totally false!! The ISWA is a supporter of both Team State and Perry Wrestling.   

Again, my mistake (not ISWA). Lets not take this turn. We all mean well. Lets focus on our trip and doing the best for the kids of ALL ages. Lewdwar has contacted me. We are good. It was just a misunderstanding. Lets move forward in a positive manner. High School State will be a great event. We are all sorry to see it end. Good luck to all.

No date will be perfect. Lets fill these teams with our best kids, and go beat Iowa. I think we can all agree on these facts!

Shows how much the ISWA cares about Team State.  Let's punish some of the kids because of their high school team being so good.

 

Not at all. If you cant make it, we will make arrangements. It was the best date that I could get. I am very sorry. The date was set by me (I take total fault). Team state is very important.  Good luck and best wishes to all team that are left in the hunt!  We do want the best for all ages. Please call or email for arrangements.

What time. Team State is February 25.

Looks like 40 - 75 Saturday 11-3 and 80 and up Sunday 12 to 4. I hope this helps. Emails with updates will go out today. Thanks.

We (the ISWA) have compiled a very impressive list of wrestlers. All wrestlers and coaches (who have put their names in the hat) will be contacted this week via email.  If you are interested in going and have not been contacted by weeks end, please call me.

We have blocked rooms at the Meadowview Conference Center and gear has been ordered.

We have coaches that have committed from all corners of the state.

We plan on having the selection camp on Saturday and Sunday February the 25 and 26th (weekend after high school state). With lower weights attending one day and upper weights the next. Camp will be at Avon High School in Central Indiana and will last about 4 hours per day.

We need upper weights. Looking for 135, 148 and HWT. If you know of any which are 5th grade and below and born in or after 2000. Feel free to post names!

Anyone else wanting to go. Please email me.

Thank You,

Matthew Brewer

ISWA Folkstyle Developmental Director

317-201-0644

mbrewer@eliteindy.com

 

Ben Stewart is one tough kid. Ben started having excruciating back pain during his semi-final match and ended up injury defaulting the rest of the tournament, ending up in 6th place.  He is still undergoing tests but it looks like his injury is pretty severe and he may be out for quite some time.  He really appreciates all of the support that the wrestling community has been showing him.

That would be a very tough pill to swallow. I know that Ben is a very good football player also. I hope that he makes it back to both sports soon. We at Avon Wrestling Club will keep Ben in our thoughts and prayers. Get well youngman.

Awesome event. 16 very tough teams. The 3rd and 4th place dual was a blast. Indiana kids having fun and outstanding sportmanship. A great way to cap off our dual meet season. AWC wrestlers got around 40 matches this dual meet season. Thank you to all that wrestled with the elementary dual teams this season, and all coaches.

Where was Batts at County?

 

Batts was a SSQ last year, he may win Sectionals.

Danny, didnt you coach at Cascade last year? How do you forget your guy?

The hwt wrestler from from Columbus East really had a gutsy performance. He had hurt his elbow earlier and was wearing a slight brace. In the semi-final round he started wrestling and reinjured his elbow again. He was up 2-1 when he had to default. He was in tears due to the pain and could not continue.He came back in the final round and won by fall. Truly a gutsy young man. Please someone post his name and let's give this young man the credit that he deserves. GREAT JOB! 

That was Brady Shepard from Jennings County. He injuried that elbow down in Georgia a few weeks ago. He is in fact a stud. His team (team Indiana) was very upset when he got injured down there. They decided (as a team) to give big Brady the second place trophy after the meet. Another example of how the kids from this age group are good sports and care for eachother. I have been very lucky to coach many of  these boys.

That was the same weekend that 9 Avon kids and 4 Columbus East kids were wrestling on Team Indiana at Hoilday Duals in Michgian.

 

missing from Avon Teams

Gold - Tyson Lane, Ray Rioux, Trey Lane, Carson Brewer, Andrew Frank, Aaron Conde

Black- David Marcum, Luke Rioux, Camden Chatterton

 

missing from Columbus East

Caden Rooks, Graham Rooks, Logan Bailey, Brady Shepard

Tyler Miner and Mason Miranda were also not at Perry. With this said, the Perry tourney falls on the same week as xmas duals every year. There will be studs from many teams missing every year (at Perry).

Mason was playing basketball! Please, if  anyone sees Mason this season. Tell him that he is too short to play basketball!

Lets not take anything away from EMD. I have never seen their youth team, but I am sure that they are very good. They should be very proud for their win at Perry.

By the way, great job Columbus and hats off to all of your parents that congratulated our boys and our families. The sportsmanship was great.

Have the Pools been selected for Sunday yet?

We have has a bit of trouble collecting rosters. I should have my final roster in a few. Some rosters are missing card numbers. Coaches this is just like any other ISWA event. No card numbers...... no wrestle.

With this said, the draw will take place tonight at the ISWA offices.

Pools will be sent to coaches tonight.

Attention All,

Due to a double booking for the Franklin Community High School Facilities we will have to move the host site for the Elementary State Duals.  We will need to host them at Franklin Middle School ? (the old high school).  The address is 625 Grizzly Cub Drive, Franklin IN 46131 (off our US 31).  We are sorry we have to make these changes but it is out of our hands at this point.  I feel that our middle school is a better facility for wrestling and we will be able to host a great event at that location.  We will have 6 mats in the main gym with all spectators sitting upstairs and 2 mats in the smaller gym with the wrestling area roped off for the spectators.  We will have weigh ins in the smaller gym.

Sorry again for a last minute change but this was just brought to our attention when Bob Hasseman went to double check the facility schedule this morning. 

Chris Lynch

I have removed my thoughts and replys, good luck with this thread. See you all this weekend. Have a Happy New Year.

This is the final list of teams. Good luck to all.

Here is the entry list.

Avon WC Gold

Avon WC Black

Team Jeff

Center Grove WC

Indy West WC

Lawrenceburg WC

Jay County (Patriot) WC

Duneland WC

Pride WC

Columbus East WC

Warren WA

Franklin WC

Perry WC

Hamilton South Eastern WC

Columbia City WC

Gladiator WC

If you have entered, and your club is not on this list contact me a.s.a.p.

All roster are to be emailed to mbrewer@eliteindy.com and iswa@sbcglobal.net by Wednesday 1/4/2011.

Birth Certificates and report cards / progress reports to to be turned in at weigh-ins.

All team leaders will be emailed a rules reminder, and will be contacted via the phone this week to discuss any rules, guidelines, or concerns.

If any team / club members have questions or concerns, please direct them to your team / club leader.

Matt Brewer 317-201-0644

We have about 50 kids that have expressed a disire to go. Of these wrestlers, half have won at least one ISWA state championship! We need bigger wrestlers. We have no one signed up at 135, 148, and HWT. We have state champs from 40 to 125!

Team leaders: We will be contacting you after the first of the year.

Let's not forget that there are other ISWA tournaments on this date. You can get your kids matches at Whiteland on the 7th, Martinsville on the 8th (track wrestling event) , and Jasper on the 8th.

All of you make good points. The ugly truth is that not all kids will be able to participate in this event this year. With this said, here is some things to think about.

1. Last year we attempted to have two divisions, an all-star / mixed club / open division and a community based division. Under this format all kids would have been able to participate. Kids from small and large communities could come together to make teams. The fact is that only one team entered the open division (which allowed kids from multiple school districts). Due to the lack of participation, this division was done away with. So..... there was an attempt (by the ISWA) to open an avenue for all wrestlers.

With this being said, I will revist this concept so that no kid will be left out in the future. We can not blame the ISWA for not having an open division when we (the youth wrestling community) showed no interest last year.

2. The rules have been posted and in place for three months. I agree that they are not perfect (nothing is). With this said, we are two weeks away from this meet. We do not have the time, nor is it fair to change the rules at the 11th hour.

Last year we had a meeting at Ben Davis the night of weigh-ins. We will be meeting there again this year. This is an open invitation to all CLUB LEADERS, to join us to discuss this event and to give imput for future dual state championships. Please come be a part of the solution . Blasting the ISWA and this tournament on this board will not help.  Again, I am new to the board. I can not begin to tell you how much time, effort, and thought goes into whatever it is that the ISWA is a part of. We are not here to make families upset.

As stated by myself, Tshaefer, and Chicken Wing.... there has to be rules and guidelines. We are not going to change them at this point.

3. Tracking the cards...........  We did consider simply stating that whatever club you get your card at, is where you wrestle. With this said, cards expire on September 1st. Most clubs do not begin until after October. More and more kids are getting there cards at their academy clubs or online to start working out before club starts. Just because a kid picks up a card at an academy does not make them more or less of a club member within their community.

4. Wade... I do understand your frustration. I do not take your concerns lightly. I do care about your club and clubs like yours. I would suggest this for this year. Per your post, you have 15 team members from your school district. There are 18 weight classes. Consider taking your 15 wrestlers and adding 4 from the other school district. This should give you a pretty full line up.

Again, this tournament is a work in progress. I assure all of you that if we all come together and agree to support the open division, that no kid will be left out again. But.... it will take all of us to get it going. We need participation.

Just to be sure we all understand...everyone is providing report cards for every kid on your team...you basically get a maximum 4 kids (The "allowance") on your team who do not live in your school district...however, those 4 kids cant come from all over the state, they need to be within a reasonable distance...this reasonable distance is hopefully going to be defined by the board today...once that distance is defined...seems pretty simple...the kids on your team need to living in your school district, or, be within X....unless your tryng to create an all-star team, 4 free spots within x seems pretty generous, its nearly 25% of your lineup...

Yes. This all correct. Please note that the number 4 was not just pulled from the sky. As stated before, we are modeling this event after Diney Duals (a very succussful national community based event). They allow 3. We have more weight classes so we bumped it to four. That is 22% of the weight classes (18 weight classes), if you start all four. On a 24 man roster they will make up 16% of a roster. All good points and thank you.

So if my child wants to attend team state and there isn't a team within a few hours going, can my child not go?

A board member / tournament director will be posting a statement today or tomorrow. I have explained the guidelines to the best of my ability. Again, the rules have been in place for months now. I can tell you this. A LOT of thought is put into whatever the ISWA does for the kids. I assure you that are intention is not upset families or wrestlers. As stated above, we do not want to use a map and compass, but it appears that a defined distance may be in order. We are trying to avoid this. Again, this is a community based tournament. It may be helpful to discuss any issues with club leaders and have them contact us. Feel free to call and discuss.

Here is my opinion / definition of "geographical area" in Indiana. I would say that Indiana has five areas. Northwest, Northeast, Central, Southwest, and Southeast. Say that your club is in Northwest Indiana, we would expect your wrestlers to reside in that area. Your club may be somewhere that is hard to define (near the edge of an area). In this case we have to use good judgement. This is why we decided not to use ISWA sections (to be fair to clubs on the edge of areas). There has to be some sort of boundary / guideline. At Disney Duals and Kingsport TN, they use states / regions. We are trying to model our event after these very successful events that many of us have enjoyed.

We realize that not all ISWA members belong to clubs which are participating in this event. With this said, not everyone will be able to attend. This is a TEAM event, which is to promote comminity pride and encourage the growth of clubs within Indiana communities. This event is only in it's second year. Hopefully more clubs will get involved, and this event will help grow our sport.

All but 4 team members must have a report card from the same school district.

I hope this helps

How many practices or what is considered an active club member.  Also what is considered a geographical area.

No one can dictate who attends a club or what is considered an active member. All ISWA club are to use their best judgements and sportsmanship.

As stated within the set guidelines, this is set up to be community based event. By keeping this a community based event, this will allow for the promotion of the sport of wrestling in each community and prevent the formation of "all-star" teams. Coaches will be motivated to get kids out to fill teams, thus growing our sport. All-star teams would discourage many wrestlers from participating in this event.

With this said, we realize that not all community clubs can fill a roster with kids from their community. Furthermore, there are many kids that attend clubs which are not located within their community. For these reasons, we have decided to allow an "allowence" for all teams (4 wrestlers). This is similar to what is done at the Disney Duals at the high school level. The teams are still considered to be community teams, but an allowence is provided so that teams are able to compete with other full teams.

Now as far as the term "geographical area". We realized that we needed to set some sort of boundries, to discourage clubs from seeking statewide for "hired guns" (for the lack of a better term). We encourage all clubs to give spots to kids which live in around the area of which the club is located.  We considered using counties or ISWA sections. With this said, there are many clubs located near a county line or an ISWA section boundary (For example: Marion and Johnson Counties are in different sections). We know that many kids in Johnson County attend clubs which are located in Marion County. We do not want to discourage or make it not possible for these kids to wrestle for the club that they have attended for years. Thus, we have decided to go with "geographical area".

We are not going to get a compass and map out, but with this said we all need to use good judgement. If a wrestler attends schools hours away, don't include them on your roster please. We could make several pages of rules and regulations for this event, but there is no way to prevent gray areas such as this and not discourage the growth of our sport. We all must remember, that growing our sport is what this event is all about.

I hope this explains things. If you have any other questions or concerns on this matter, feel free to contact me directly.

Thank You,

Matt Brewer

ISWA Folkstyle Developmental Director

317-201-0644