Wrestling camps what do you wrasslers think about them?

[zcbh]

I am sending my wrestler to 3 camps this summer. I figure he will get about 45 practices and 25 to 35 matches out of the 3 Im sending him to about 20 days total. 2 technique camps and 1 intensive. This year he was about 8-17 as a hwt. & these are hwt camps specifically. My question to you gurus is how much improvement should we expect to see?

 

 

Thanks for you opinion.

[Pale]

I am sending my wrestler to 3 camps this summer. I figure he will get about 45 practices and 25 to 35 matches out of the 3 Im sending him to about 20 days total. 2 technique camps and 1 intensive. This year he was about 8-17 as a hwt. & these are hwt camps specifically. My question to you gurus is how much improvement should we expect to see?

 

 

Thanks for you opinion.

It depends on how hard he works, how much he studies and internalizes what he is taught, and his natural athletic ability. Going to camps in and of itself doesn't guarantee improvement. 

[oldwrestlingcoach]

If he uses the camps as a learning opportunity and not a time to play for 20 days, he should come out of there with better skills. I always looked at camp as getting a season of experience in a short period of time. That is what I would expect out of it. You mentioned he was a heavyweight. The best improvement he can make is to increase his strength and stamina as well as getting faster. That goes back to natural ability, but there is a difference between what you can do and what you are able to do. Many a good athlete could do better, but did not becuase he didn't put the time into practice and self improvement. In the heavyweight division, you will win more matches with better stamina and movement than your opponent.

[PUMMELKING]

Get him into as much freestyle and Greco as possible.  It will teach him to use his hips.

[TDArtist]

Send him to camp with a notebook.  If the notebook comes back empty, you wasted your money.  He will forget 90% of what they tell him if he doesn't write it down.

[HSDAD]

I would like to forward some information to all concerning camps.  My oldest

son went to camps in high school. All were good. BUT. . .

 

When my son was lucky enough to attend a weekend with "LEE KEMP", it

changed his life.  If any have ever met Mr. Kemp, you will know what I'm

talking about.  My son and MANY other future state champs from TN walked away

from that weekend with a drive of excellence.  He no longer wanted to just

win his matches, but Lee actually changed the way that he viewed life.

 

It won't be cheap, but it will be worth more than you spend.  Find Mr. Kemp

and get him to do some camps.  I believe that just about every high school

wrestler in attendance that weekend became a state champion?  He doesn't

just teach technique, he teaches life lessons.

[HSDAD]

I am sending my wrestler to 3 camps this summer. I figure he will get about 45 practices and 25 to 35 matches out of the 3 Im sending him to about 20 days total. 2 technique camps and 1 intensive. This year he was about 8-17 as a hwt. & these are hwt camps specifically. My question to you gurus is how much improvement should we expect to see?

 

 

Thanks for you opinion.

What grade this year?  Where do you live?

Edited January 24, 2014 by HSDAD