Coach Trapp

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE THIS FRIDAY 12/5 @ Columbus East High School. Starts at 6:00pm Cost is FREE Nothing beats mat time...

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE THIS FRIDAY 11/21 @ Columbus East High School. Starts at 6:00pm Cost is FREE

There will be NO Friday Night Live this Friday 11/14/14. Columbus East High School is playing Evansville Reitz for the football regional championships. Columbus East will have a lot of traffic going on over there. We are on for next 11/'21/14.

talk to myself or Bryan Bailey about the Indiana Outlaws. We have elementary and junior high teams we travel with.

I'm sorry. It is at 6:00pm. No cost. Totally free.

We are starting our Friday Night Live wrestling this Friday (11/7) at Columbus East High School in the wrestling room. Friday Night Live wrestling is geared toward a night of mostly live wrestling. Most programs practice during the week focusing on moves, technique, etc. Friday Night Live is a chance for wrestlers to try out what they've learned. It also serves as a way for wrestlers to get more mat time but to also wrestle with kids outside of their own home wrestling rooms. Friday Night Live is for elementary and junior high wrestlers only. NO HIGH SCHOOL wrestlers while the season is underway. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to reply to this post or you can contact me Rashaad_T@Hotmail.com. Thank you.

We've had several wrestlers cancel/back out on us over the past few days and we are still looking to fill some of the heavier weight classes. -100 -108 -116 -125 -148 -190 -230 I know it is extremely short notice but anyone wanting to take advantage of this great opportunity please contact me at 812.343.8103 or you can email me at Rashaad_T@hotmail.com. The only criteria is that wrestler is 5th grade or below. They do not necessarily need to be a resident in Indiana. Thanks. Coach (Rashaad) Trapp

The tournament is April 11th-13th in Kingsport, Tennessee. It is for 5th grade and below. I am going to list the open weight classes. I am also going to list some wrestlers by age group and weight. Any information on how to get in contact with these individuals or their parents would be greatly appreciated. I'll be 1st come 1st serve. My phone number is 812.343.8103 and my email is Rashaad_T@hotmail.com The open weight classes are: 55, 60, 90, 95, 100, 116, 125, 135, 148, 190, 230(Hwt.) The wrestlers are: Novice 55 Novice 90 Novice 100 Novice 112 Novice 120 Novice 130 -Khaliq Boye -Hunter Cottingham -Chase Poytner -Tyler Turley -Abel Verbeek -Donovan Separd -Tyson Lane -Nick Avery -Zackary McElfresh -Reid Brickey -Nick Miller -Niled Medley -Logan Miller -Christian Summersett0 -Cody McCune -Chase Taylor -Jerry Padget -Joseph Cole -Reed Egli -Elliot Rodgers -Weston Allen -Tyler O'Boyle -Ethan Early Novice 140 Novice 165 Novice 90 Novice 215 Intermediate 55 Intermediate 87 Intermediate 95 -Logan Johnson -Taylor Webster -Toby Watson -Matthew Munoz -Brady Ison -John Purdy -Methyus Coleman -Jake Loos -Silas Allred -Chase Leeper -Lane Gilbert -Jacob Roemer -Garron Jenkins -Mark Mummey -McKinely Kemper -Preston Haines -Landon Buchan -Nathan Shanks -Cody Timmerson -Ethan Butterfield -Keegan Williams -Remington Bultemeier -Conner Barket -Kelby Glenn Intermediate 112 Intermediate 120 Intermediate 140 -Griffen Moore -Kole McIntire -Leighton Jones -David Nash -Adam Bandelier -Noah Fisher -Vincent Arebalo -Calvin Berhalter -James Ralph -Dawson Land -Peyton Kendall Thanks to everyone in advance.

The Indiana Outlaws is taking a team to Kingsport, Tennessee to participate in the 2014 AAU Elementary Wrestling Duals. It is from April 11th to April 13th. 3 days of great competitive wrestling with teams from all over the United States. So far we still have quite a number of open weight classes. I am going to list the open weight classes. Any wrestler interested in participating can reply to this thread with either there email or phone number. Or feel free to contact via email: Rashaad_T@hotmail.com or via phone: 812.343.8103. This is for K-5th graders. Open Weight classes are: -90, 100, 108, 116, 125, 135, 148, 190, Hwt (230) Please let me know if anyone is interested in this great opportunity.

You can now register for the Columbus East Folkstyle Open Sunday February 2nd, 2014 Register at Trackwrestling.com or click the link below. http://www.trackwrestling.com/registration/BasicPreReg1.jsp?tournamentGroupId=123198009 Feel free to contact me with any questions and/or concerns. Thank you Coach (Rashaad) Trapp

It's nice to see all the elite wrestling clubs Indiana has to offer...and that's only in one city...Indiana represents very well in the sport of wrestling...on all levels...kudos to all the coaches...

The Columbus East Elementary Dual Team is hosting 2 dual team tournaments this sesaon. Sunday, November 24th and Sunday, December 22nd. We are currently looking for teams to participate. In the past we have had teams like Perry Meridian, Avon, Franklin, Madison, Evansville, etc...so the competition is well worth the trip. Plenty of seating, coolers are welcomed, and we have concessions. The entry fee per team is $250.00 We are taking 1st come first serve so sign up soon. If you have any questions or concerns please reply to this post or you can email me. Rashaad_T@hotmail.com Thank you.

I am looking to get in contact with these two wrestlers. -Andrew Davidson from Duneland -Evan Stambaugh from Lebanon If anyone has any contact information for these two wrestlers or their coaches and can pass it along to me, I would be greatly appreciative. Or you can pass my information on to them. My email address is Rashaad_T@hotmail.com. Thank you in advance.

We are taking a middle school team to the Grand River Rumble Wrestling Tournament in Battle Creek, MI. We will weigh in Saturday July 20th and wrestle Sunday July 21st. These are the weights still needed: -160 ...slowly but surely been knocking the weights out... Anyone interested can reply to this post or email me at Rashaad_T@hotmail.com. Thanks.

Preregistration is now open on trackwrestling.com and available until Friday night January 25th at 11:59pm. Please contact Rashaad Trapp is you have any questions. Rashaad_T@hotmail.com

Columbus East is hosting FNL (Friday Night Live) Wrestling at Columbus East High School. FNL is an opportunity strictly for elementary and junior high wrestlers, not matter their level, from the surrounding areas to get together and for an hour or so and just wrestle live. We try not to structure it too much. Wrestlers spend most of there week practicing and drilling. This is a chance to wrestle live and apply a lot of what they've learned FNL is this Friday 11/16/12 @ 6:00pm and will go to about 7:15pm/7:30pm. It will be held in the Columbus East Wrestling room. If you have any questions and/or concerns please contact me at this email or you can call/text me at 812.343.8103 Hopefully Ill see you this Friday. Thanks

Right now, I have Shenandoah and Madison confirmed. Waiting to hear back from Edgewood. We still have plenty of open spots. I look to have between 6 to 8 to 12 teams. Let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks.

Columbus East Elementary Wrestling Team is hosting there annual dual team tournament on December 16th, 2012. Any team interested in competing can either reply to this post leaving there email address or they can email me at Rashaad_T@hotmail.com. We have a great tournament and each year it seems to get a little better. Hope to see you there. Thanks.

Like any sport, starting out you coach kids in general...rules, fundamentals, etc...as that kid starts to excel and develop you get more specific...as a wrestling coach of a whole team, I can't coach each kid individually...at least not during team practice...not enough time...but I will start to see what works for certain kids and what doesn't...some kids are short, some kids are tall, some kids are quicker than others, some kids are stronger than others, some kids like certain moves...a coach should be able see what works and what doesn't for his kids...he should spend time covering a whole g***NO NO NO*** of moves and then stress to the individual to perfect what works for them...I tell my kids, they will be exposed to hundreds of moves but will only end up using a handful...a good coach will coach to their kids strengths...he will also expose his weaknesses...but that is for the wrestler to learn from and become better... ...it takes more than just "mat time"...it takes the right kind of mat time...practice doesn't make perfect...perfect practice makes perfect...

Graham Rooks...my man 50 grand...but I'm bias...ha...

After reading some of these replies and having a few conversations, in retrospect, I almost regret posting this topic. The purpose of this post was to create an intellectual conversation about a rule. How it came about, its interpretation, and implementation. I did not create this post to single out any person, group, team, family, or any other collective. I tried to use terms like ?we? & ?us? and even edited the post to reflect the spirit in which I was trying to come across. But somehow we?ve have strayed the other way. We have let our opinions cloud the vision of the bigger picture I want personally & publicly apologize to anyone who was singled out or felt like they were being singled out. That was not intention. And now we have people commenting on how ?silly? this topic is, but still feel the need to participate. Now that?s ?silly?. We have people criticizing parents for wanting the best experiences for their children and sacrificing for them, to take them to tournaments out of state. That is definitely not cool. As we all know, this should be and is about the kids. And there is nothing wrong with having a competitive spirit as long as it is fostered in a positive way. I just wanted to discuss a topic. As I thought that was the purpose of the message board. For individuals to share their views comfortably and confidently free from ridicule. This rule was a decision of a group of people. No one single person calls the shots. Let?s make sure we ?don?t kill the messenger?. Again, I apologize for creating a negative environment. And for any stress, bad emotions, or ill will that this post has created. I love the sport of wrestling. As I?m sure we all do. ??agree to disagree is the nature of men?as long as we still respect each other in the end??

Thanks for the timely reply Matt. I appreciate it. I had read the thread you referred to earlier. I should've just replied there, instead of starting a new topic. My bad. Thanks again.

my thoughts are: Either we are going to allow 4 kids on each elementary team, not meeting the team criteria, or not. There shouldn't be any other restrictions beside living in the state of Indiana. If this is suppose to be mimicking Disney Duals, I don't believe they put any restrictions on the 4 wrestlers not from that original high school. You get four wrestlers period. I might be wrong on this so correct me if I am and I apologize. But still; We think we are helping teams with the extra 4 wrestlers. But when we add the 45, now 30 mile radius, we are doing more damage than good. The only thing we've done is make the strong/big teams stronger. And the not so strong/little teams weaker. Everyone knows its a numbers games. The bigger the pool, the better chance at talent. That's in everything. That's reality. That's why we all heavily recruit, in a positive way. A team in a heavily populated area, such as Indianapolis or its surroundings already has the numbers. A 30 mile radius is now allowing heavily populated areas to go across town and do exactly what we say we don't want to happen. Hire guns. While a not so populated area, such as Scottsburg, a 30 mile radius does absolutely nothing. We haven't helped them. And we haven't help the kids in small towns with no clubs. They still don't get to participate because they don't live 30 miles close to a club/team. Meanwhile the teams in the heavily populated areas are getting the pick of the litter. The question we need to ask ourselves is, what is the purpose of the extra four wrestlers? Is it really to help fill teams and allow wrestlers with no clubs to participate? Or are we just half way implementing something? Either you allow 4 wrestlers(or you might even drop it down to 3) with no restrictions beside living in the state of Indiana or you don't allow any extra wrestlers at all and teams gotta roll with what they got(just like High School). just my 2 cents...

I thought Cade and Graham Rooks from Columbus wrestled in this tournament?

A team pulled out so we are open for one more team. I've already got one email out to a team. First come first served. Thanks.