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CAR WASH!
 SATURDAY
 MAY 31, 2008
 9800 Mills ave.Whittier
9:00AM-
12:00PM
 $5.00 DONATION
WRESTLERS: WE MEET @ 8:00AM
Great Job Condor Wrestlers.
Great Job Condors! We had fourteen wrestles compete this Saturday at La Serna High.  Four of our wrestlers brought home first place medals: Jon Toro, Matt Melendrez, Daniel Guzman and a great performance by Cesar Rios to also win Gold. Two other Condors had a great tournament.  Mark Contreras wrestled back to win bronze and  Andrew “Cheeks” Garcia also brought a bronze home. It was a very competitive tournament in the cadet division, where three condor wrestlers took fourth, missing a medal by one match: Mike Maldonado, Torrie Moreno and Miguel Rosales. Â
Today, our wrestlers competed as one, all winning at least one match. Once again, great job guys. A special thanks to Coach Mike Osborne at La Serna for hosting a great tournament.
Wrestlers: Next Practice Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Â
 HAVE A GREAT MEMORIAL DAY!
SATURDAY MAY 24, 2008.
May 24, 2008
Freestyle/Greco-Roman/Grappling
Location: La Serna High School
15301 E. Youngwood Dr.
Whittier, CA 90605
Mike Osborne
562-201-2252
mosborne@ucla.edu
FS/GR/Grappling
Kids through open
Entry Fee $10 per weight and style
Additional Information: Grappling, $20.00 per entry
Weigh-Ins: 7:00-8:30 AM
Start times:
Kids 9:30 AM
cadets and above 10:00 AM
WE ARE MEETING IN FRONT OF THE SMALL GYM AT 6:45AM
LA WATTS SUMMER GAMES
Cal will be competing at the LA Watts Summer Games in June
The USC Galen Center
3400 S. Figueroa at Jefferson
Los Angeles, CA 90089
(Corner of Figueroa and Jefferson, just across from the USC campus)The tournament will be held on the second floor of the Galen Center (see map).
6 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Brackets: 103 lbs, 112 lbs, 119 lbs, 125 lbs, 130 lbs, 135 lbs, 140 lbs, 145lbs, 152 lbs, 160 lbs, 171 lbs, 189 lbs, 215 lbs, and heavyweightReminders:
• Weigh-in from 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
• Bouts begin at 9 a.m.
• Competition is expected to run until approximately 7 p.m., with awards immediately following.
• There is no food or drink allowed.
• If you have not paid your entry fee, or plan on bringing additional wrestlers to the tournament, please bring the fee to the tournament. ($10 per participant, $140 maximum if more than 11 participants)Rules:
· Bouts are three (3) one-minute periods. If no winner, there is a 30-second sudden death overtime period.
· Double elimination tournament where after the first loss the wrestler moves to the consolation bracket and after a second loss wrestler is eliminated.
Awards: 1st, 2nd, 3rd place medal winners and MVP trophy, Sportsmanship Award, and 1st place team trophy
Negative Thoughts = Negative Performance
A few weeks ago we started to incorporate mental techniques into the Condor Wrestling Club Practices.
On monday, we did an exercise to highlight the following:Â
1) All of us have Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs)
example: “The guy that I’m going to wrestle looks way stronger than me” (I’ll use this ex. thoughout this post)
2) ANTs lead to a poor state of mind
example: anxious/not confident about the match (because you think the guy is stronger and will beat you)
3) A poor state of mind leads to undesirable  behavior (poor performance)
example: Not being aggressive, not defending a takedown, not trying to escape when on bottom, not controlling your opponent when on top, etc.
Although it is normal to have ANTs, we also talked about how to manage them when they happen (because you will have them again)
Through another exercise we learned that we can talk back to these ANTs (you teenagers might be good at this in other settings :))Â Some of the ways to handle ANTs were:
1) Talk back to the ANTs to counter them
example: ” I have beaten guys that looked stronger than me in the past” or “just b/c he looks strong, it does not mean that he is good wrestler” or “Even if he is stronger than me, I can use my speed and other skills” or “I am strong too”
2) Strength is not an all or nothing thing, it is on a continuum (even a baby has some strength to hold a bottle)
example: we all saw that even the  lightest guy in the room “felt” strong even when drilling against a guy 50 pounds heavier.
3) Find evidence that supports your responses (you have beaten guys in the past that looked stronger) or make sure that you believe in your statements (even if you only believe 80% of it). Talking back w/ a positive remark that you do not believe in will not do the trick.
Practice noticing your ANTs and talking back to them (you need to do this in order to learn to use this skill during a match).
We’ll talk more about how to handle ANTs next monday
2 NCAA D1 Champs!
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Presents
Head Clinician
Mark Perry
2X NCAA D1 CHAMPION
ALL AMERICAN
3X NCAA FINALIST
and
Camp Counselor
Brent Metcalf
NCAA D1 CHAMPION
ALL AMERICAN
2008 OUTSTANDING WRESTLER AWARD
2008 DAN HODGE TROPHY AWARD
5 Full Days of Camp
July 28-August 1, 2008
For More Information Contact:
Condor Club Wrestling Practice.
Starting this Saturday May 10,2008. Condor Wrestling will start Saturday practices at 7:00am-9:00am.
Wrestling Tournament May 10, 2008.
May 10, 2008
Location: West Covina HS
1609 Cameron Avenue
West Covina, CA 91791
Contact: Shirly Stephens
Shirley.stephens@wcdhs.net
FS/GR
Kids through open
Entry Fee $10 per weight and style
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING RULES CHANGES.
High School wrestling rules changes announced for 2008-09
Cassie Krisher NFHS
05/01/2008
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 1, 2008) - The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee emphasized risk minimization and standardized procedures to assist both coaches and referees through 16 wrestling rules changes for the 2008-09 school year. Rules changes were made by the committee at its April 5-7 meeting in Indianapolis and subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.
The time sequence for the offensive wrestler in assuming the offensive starting position was standardized with the addition of a note to Rule 5-20-5. First, the wrestler must set the knee(s) and feet.
Second, the wrestler must place the palm of one hand on the navel.
Third, the wrestler must place the palm of the other hand on or over the near elbow. Fourth, the referee shall pause momentarily before starting wrestling. This rule change is meant to provide consistency for coaches, wrestlers and referees. While each action is currently standard practice, there has not been a written sequence of those events in the NFHS Wrestling Rules Book.
“These changes provide further rules support based on interpretations,” said Bob Colgate, assistant director of the NFHS and liaison to the NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee. “The clarifications make the rules easier to administer.”
With an emphasis on sportsmanship, the committee approved two rules changes meant to encourage sportsmanlike conduct by wrestlers and coaches. An addition to Rule 6-7-1c6 states that an unsportsmanlike act that occurs at anytime during the match shall take precedence over the first points scored in the regulation match in determining choice of position in the ultimate tiebreaker. So the wrestler whose opponent has received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at any time during the match will now have choice of position in the ultimate tiebreaker.
In addition, a change to Rule 5-31-1 removes the penalty for coaches whose wrestlers report to the scorer’s table not in proper uniform, not properly groomed, not properly equipped or not ready to wrestle.
The addition of Rule 7-1-5w makes a back flip from a standing position an illegal maneuver. The rule was added as an effort to minimize risk to all wrestlers.
“Any time you’re dealing with risk minimization in wrestling, it’s paramount,” Colgate said. “Someone could have been seriously injured if we did not take that initiative.”
The committee also addressed the issue of skin conditions. A revision to Rule 4-2-3 allows an on-site physician to examine a wrestler with a particular skin condition without a physician’s release form immediately after the weigh-in. A new Rule 4-2-5 allows a physician’s release form for a non-communicable skin condition, such as a birthmark or eczema, to be valid for the duration of the season, with some stipulations.
The committee also approved the following rules changes:
* A change to Rule 2-2-2 clarifies the boundary for the
restricted zone for coaches.
* A revision to Rule 4-1-5 requires the wrestler’s uniform
to be worn as intended/designed by the manufacturer. This change gives rules support to a previous NFHS interpretation.
* Rule 4-2-1 will state that a wrestler’s hair in the
front, in its natural state, shall not extend below the eyebrows.
* A change in Rule 4-5-5 allows for a one-pound weight
allowance when a competition is postponed for one calendar day or more due to inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances. The head coach, principal or athletic director of the opponent must be notified in advance to be granted the one-pound weight allowance.
* A change to Rule 5-15-3 gives referees the option to
stop a match if there is no action at the edge of the mat and to restart wrestling in the center of the mat.
* A new addition to Rules 5-25-6c and 7-6-6c provides
rules support for the interpretation of stalling as “repeatedly creates a stalemate situation to prevent an opponent from scoring.”
* In Rule 6-6-1, when the wrong wrestler is given choice
of position at the start of the first 30-second tiebreaker in overtime, the opponent will be given the choice at the start of the second 30-second tiebreaker. Previously, this would have been considered bad time.
* In Rule 7-4-1, the committee further defined unnecessary
roughness by including “. . . a forceful slap to the head or face, and/or gouging or poking the eyes.”
* The committee also approved a new signal for referees to
indicate when to start recovery time during a match.
The committee adopted four points of emphasis for the upcoming season, including grooming and medical checks, reporting to the scorer’s table ready to wrestle, going out of the wrestling area, and referees’
signals and mechanics.
Wrestling is the sixth-most popular program for high school boys in terms of participants, with 257,246 boys wrestling in 9,445 schools throughout the country. It is also gaining popularity among high school girls, with 5,048 girls participating in 1,227 schools, according to the NFHS 2006-07 High School Athletics Participation Survey.
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This press release was written by Cassie Krisher, a spring semester intern in the NFHS Publications/Communications department and a senior at Butler (Indiana) University, majoring in journalism and media arts.
About the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leadership organization for high school sports and fine arts activities. Since 1920, the NFHS has led the development of education-based interscholastic sports and fine arts activities that help students succeed in their lives. The NFHS sets direction for the future by building awareness and support, improving the participation experience, establishing consistent standards and rules for competition, and helping those who oversee high school sports and activities. The NFHS writes playing rules for 17 sports for boys and girls at the high school level.
Through its 50 member state associations and the District of Columbia, the NFHS reaches more than 18,500 high schools and 11 million participants in high school activity programs, including more than 7 million in high school sports. As the recognized national authority on interscholastic activity programs, the NFHS conducts national meetings; sanctions interstate events; produces publications for high school coaches, officials and athletic directors; sponsors professional organizations for high school coaches, officials, spirit coaches, speech and debate coaches and music adjudicators; serves as the national source for interscholastic coach training; and serves as a national information resource of interscholastic athletics and activities. For more information, visit the NFHS Web site at www.nfhs.org.
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2008 SOUTHWESTERN REGION INTENSIVE CAMPS
14-Day “Ironman†Intensive Camp
The Camp of Champions “Intensive†Wrestling School will be hosting the nation’s finest intensive training camp in Southern Utah at Dixie State College in St. George, UT (86 miles north of Las Vegas). The dates for this tremendous camp is July 18-31! This 14-Day intensive camp has all the unique aspects for building young champions. Quality mat time is balanced with “top notch†current technique being instructed by our Olympians, NCAA National Champions, and All-Americans. Our hand-picked professional staff personally works in small groups to maximize our camper’s progress. Workouts consisting of positioning and hand fighting drills for attacking opponents. Structuring of intense “hands-on†drilling and hard wrestling sessions, teaching relentless attacking of opponent’s weaknesses. Our staff includes a sport psychologist that teaches mental preparation, relaxation, goal setting skills to be ready for the “Big Matchâ€. After 11 days of excellent training, the wrestler prepares for the competition phase of the “Ironmanâ€. Three tremendous sessions daily of wrestling in dual meets, individual matches, challenge competition with technique at every session. We guarantee that this camp is perfect for the high school wrestler that is ready to make a huge leap on the mat at a new skill level, work ethic, greater mental toughness and a winning attitude to be a champion! This camp is the most comprehensive intensive camp in the nation!
10-Day “The Elite†Intensive CampÂ
The “Elite†intensive wrestling camp is perfect for the wrestler that desires all the aspects of preparation to be a champion, dates are July 18-27 at Dixie State College. Systematic training with our professional staff will maximize and develop every aspect for success and winning at the championship level. Excellent technique, hard drilling, positioning drills, riding and pinning, escapes and reversals, tough live wrestling sessions include this terrific intensive camp. The “Elite†intensive wrestler will be training with the “Ironman†campers and will receive the same training for the 10 awesome days of camp.
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7-Day Training/Technique Intensive Camp
 The 7-Day Training/Technique Wrestling Camp is for the wrestler that has outgrown the traditional technique camp and wants more mat time, hard drilling, hard wrestling and great technique. This camp is held at Dixie State College on the dates of July 21-27. This T & T Wrestling Camp is perfect for individuals and groups, train along with the 10-Day and “Ironman†intensive camps…
11-Day Intensive-Competition Combo Camp
This concept camp is designed to combine 7 days of intensive training and advanced techniques. The wrestler will receive over 65 hours of “intensive†mat time. Then you will be prepared for 5 more days of awesome competition and technique with over 450 wrestlers with the team competition camp. Great camp for groups and individuals
2008 INTENSIVE TRAININGÂ FEATUREDÂ CLINICIANS!
 Nick Simmons: Michigan State (4X NCAA All-American)*Ryan Churella: University of Michigan(3X NCAA All-American*Teyon Ware: University of Oklahoma (2X NCAA National Champion)*Matt Valenti: Univ. of Penn (2 X NCAA National Champion* Joe Dubuque: Indiana University (2 X NCAA National Champion) Steve Mocco: Oklahoma State University (2X NCAA National Champion)*Donny Pritzlaff: University of Wisconsin(2X NCAA National Champion)*Tyrone Lewis: Oklahoma State University(4X NCAA All-American)*…PLUS MANY MORE CHAMPIONS & ALL AMERICANS!