the difference between what a PA kid could do to the boys at tulsa vs what the boys would then do to them at nationals and duals was ridiculous…
once they got to U17(cadets) all the best kids typically are wrestling USAW stuff…
but at nationals and duals, almost all of the PA kids would get a rude awakening…
it is has changed quite abit the last few years with the huge emphasis on age level international stuff…
There are a couple of kids at one of the places my kid wrestles at that have done well at Tulsa. They are real tough. In a month or two when the championships are all done with we will be doing mostly freestyle at practice. Should be fun. Im all in for new learning, I’ve been watching tons of videos so I can lend some basic technical advice. A couple of coaches have told my son they think he will do well in free.
I will also say that it seems that a lot of the clinch work being taught to my son in practice seems to be the same clinch work technique taught in free.
max never placed at tulsa, but, did place at kick off…
otto placed at tulsa last 5 times he was there but never won it mostly because he would not cut at all as a youth…
it was tulsa where otto really learned to hate folk and the constant backing up and running…
and neither were worth a shit top-bottom… i can not tell you how many matches max lost at tulsa and even super 32 1-0…
My son’s top pressure has been described by coaches to me as serious and extremely painful for opponents.
fundamentally, there is little difference on the feet between free and folk…
it is why we as a country do extremely well in free and absolutely suck in greco…
And if he keeps progressing we may be at Tulsa next year even though it’s about 2 years earlier than I thought it would be.
how old is he?
tulsa can be an experience…
sooooo many little league parents and coaches there…
i’ve seen entire sections get maced… more fights than a few… straight up child abuse… shoes coming out of the stands…
it is an interesting mix of socio economic classes and waaaaaay too fueled by crazy expectations…
He turned 9 at the end of August. And he’s only been wrestling for a little over two yrs. But he only gets beat by top placers from states at his age and he consistently wrestles competitively with 11 yr old state placers. I thought we would venture into it when he was u/12.
i think max’s first tourney ever when he was 6 was tulsa novice…
we lived in the tulsa area until about 2014…
he had been wrestling maybe 2-3 weeks total after getting his arm out of a cast and i asked his coaches if he should go… yeah sure, why not?
it was an eye opening experience for the whole family…
what a trip down memory lane…
This has been the journey for us. We go to a new wrestling club, my son gets tuned up by all the top wrestlers in the club. First month about the same for the whole time. Second to third month he becomes the best wrestler in his age range and usually the age above as well. Then we find the next step up as far as clubs go. We have done this for every club within 1.5 hrs of our house. He is in the process of doing this at a club right now. There is now only one club he hasn’t done this at and he wants to go there now. Assuming he does the same thing there, there is no where to lose for us to go to find better competition except for maybe Jordan Burroughs place but that is pretty far away.
in tulsa area, the boys would train at 4 different clubs after folk season… just whoever was rolling on whatever day…
once we went all in and decided to move to CO to chase the dream, their club was a fukn gladiator academy… kids always coming to stay with us or others to train for a few weeks… every club passing through would come and train… every big tourney we traveled to we would stop in the local club or college and train…
fun times, man…
i would do it all again in a cocaine heartbeat…
If anyone is interested, the NFHSnetwork.com website is live streaming all the State Championships across the country. I think it’s a $12 sign up fee, but it’s worth it. All may coverage and way better quality than FLO. I’m watching my buddies kids compete in the California State Championships today.
my buddy coaches central islip in ny if get chance keep eye on Sanchez at 132 big school//
otto, nutter, and ildar going for us today…
otto and IND…
otto sporting the bleached out coif… meh…
quick reach around half attempt by otto…
quick drag… duck attempt… outside head roll… snap… ref puts IND down…
1-0 otto…
quick arm bar turn… and another… and the liuft and polish for 4… 9-0 tech otto…
