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Coach Weekly Update 11/29/21

By Troy Seubert, 11/29/21, 6:30AM CST

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Hello Wrestling Families!
 

Last Week Recap

The first week of the season can feel a little disjointed when it falls during the week of Thanksgiving.  Add in the new wrinkle of being without some athletes as they finish up their football season by competing in the State Finals and it’s been a unique week.

That said, it’s exciting to be back on the path of a regular season.  We have a number of wrestlers who are going to have awesome seasons and it’s easy to envision our new wrestlers coming along quickly.  There is a lot of athleticism in the room!  Good things are going to happen for those who commit to giving their best effort.  While it’s fun to see our young men perform in practice, seeing the results of their practice efforts manifest into meet day is even more enjoyable.  It’s going to be fun see to see the growth that takes place as the season goes on – and it begins this week!

Before I get into our weekly schedule, I want to take a minute to thank all those wrestlers who helped make today’s youth tournament a success.  The efforts of today are will directly correlate with the experience our wrestlers are able to have this season.  We’ll be able to do things like attend out of state tournaments, purchase team shirts and shorts, go out to eat as a team, have extra coaches, etc. I want to give a quick shout out to Dylan Buchanan, Jack Faatz, Demontay Farr, Tucker Fournier, Noah Fox, Alex Fox, Luis Haro, Ethan Hong, Max Johnson, Evan Kilgard, Jackson Neighbors-Rahkola, Connor Peterson, Thomas Schlangen, Ben Schultz, Damian Seubert, Andrew Toms, Jayden Waste, and Nick Wetland.  These wrestlers carried the load today and their efforts are much appreciated!  (Note – I apologize if I missed anyone).  Thank you also to all of our parents who helped make the day a success today.  Too many to list but definitely appreciated.   

With the first week of the season is in the books – lets take a look at the week 2 schedule.

Here are the details you'll need for the week ahead:

Practices:

Monday, 11.29 – Weight Room at 2:15p; Wrestling room at 3:10p.  We will also do equipment check out at 4:45p (after practice).  

Tuesday, 11.30 – Wrestling room at 3p.  We will have Team Pictures at 4:45p.  Please make sure all wrestlers have their singlets with them on this day.  Managers should wear a Crimson Wrestling shirt if they have one (otherwise we’ll try to find one they can use for the picture).  We’ve handed out picture forms but we will also have additional forms available after practice on Monday.  

Wednesday, 12.1 – Weight Room at 2:15p; Wrestling room at 3:10p.  

Thursday, 12.2 – Wrestling room at 3p.

PARENTS:  Thursday night (12.2) we are also inviting and encouraging all parents to meet up with our coaches and our other parents at 6:30p at Whirlyball for a parent meet and greet as well as a coaching staff introduction.  I look forward to seeing many of you there and it’s always nice to know the parents of our athletes!    

Meets and Tournaments:

Friday, 12.3 – Triangular at Coon Rapids.  The bus will leave from MGSH at 3:15p with a 4p weigh-in.  We wrestle at 5p vs. Coon Rapids and 6:30p vs. Zimmerman.  This is Varsity and a JV event - all wrestlers will compete.

Saturday, 12.4 – Individual Tournament at Osseo.  Wrestlers and Coaches will meet at Osseo Senior High at 6:40a.  Weigh-ins are at 7a and any wrestlers who are not there for weigh-ins at 7a will not be able to compete.  Managers can come at 8:40a with wrestling beginning on 9a sharp.    

Sunday 12.5- Wrestling Family potluck at the Johnson's house (Max Johnson).  Watch for more information coming soon!

Volunteer Request - Please Help!
Our biggest event of the high school season that we put on is fast approaching.  We host a 16 Team Varsity and JV tournament on December 11th.  We have many needs to pull this tournament off and make it a first-class tournament that offers our athletes a great experience as well as keeps other teams coming back.  Because our current wrestlers will be wrestling in the event we NEED our parents to step up and take this on.  Your help would be greatly appreciated with the following:

  Table Workers.  We plan to set-up 7 mats and will need 2 table workers throughout the day.  This means we’ll need 14 table workers at all times (14 from 9a – 1p and 14 more from 1p – 5p).  

  • We will also need people to help with admissions.

  • We will need help in concessions.

  • We will need help with runners in the Coaches room.

  • We need some help with security throughout the day.

Please consider signing up for one or more shift at the tournament.              

Here is the link:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050545adaa2ca5f85-mgwrestling
 

Upcoming Events
Within the next week we will be begin talking about who intends to attend the teams two overnight trips.  The Redwood River Riot is 12.17 (Varsity and 9th grade team) and 12.18 (Varsity and J.V.).  

We leave for the Eau Claire Tournament on 12.29, stay the night at the Metropolis Resort in Eau Claire, and then wrestle (Varsity and J.V.) on 12.30.  

We do ask wrestlers to contribute to these trips as we take a coach bus, stay overnight at a hotel, provide a significant portion of each wrestler’s food while there, and stop to eat at a Pizza Ranch on the way home.  

Although not necessary, parents/families are also encouraged to attend and support the team.  The wrestlers love these tournaments – and it’s been my impression the parents enjoy them just as much.  We will be posting lodging information on the website in the very near future.  Please let me know if anybody has any questions.     

Awesome Maple Grove Wrestling Fan Gear – Deadline Monday, Nov. 29th

If you missed the first round of orders, don’t fret! The order deadline for the second team store order is Monday, November 29th.  Shop by going here:  https://pateamstores.com/collections/maple-grove-wrestling

Certification Sheets:

Your wrestlers will be bringing home certification sheets this week to be signed and returned to Coach Dave or myself.  The Doctor will have circled the lowest weight your wrestler can wrestle at seasons end.  Often times these weights are much lower that the weight your wrestler will actually wrestle at.  Your wrestler will be allowed to wrestle at the higher of the weights you and the doctor circle.  I highly encourage all parents to circle the same weight that the doctor signed as there is no reason to eliminate options.  Later in the season their will be times where the weight classes will get an additional 4 pounds (106 = 110, 113 = 117, 120 = 124, etc.).  Combine that with working out hard every day and all options are a good thing.  Please feel free to reach out to me (763)-913-0601 or mgwrestling99@gmail.com with questions.  YOUR WRESTLER WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE UNTIL THEIR SHEET IS SIGNED AND RETURNED TO A COACH AS WELL AS SUBMITTED INTO THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.   

Technique Video of the Week

We’ve been working a lot from our feet this week.  If you missed some of the practices OR you are just interested in spending a couple minutes visualizing your technique here are a couple short videos that are definitely worth watching.

Top Takedown Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bugf5PXVt-8

Single Leg Finishes:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WSn-eiQ2qc

Sports Engine and Future Communication

Lastly please download the Sports Engine App and sign up to receive future communications.  Parents and wrestlers can each sign up to receive future communications and schedule changes through the Sports Engine app by going to Crimson-Wrestling.com.  Please let me know if you have any questions with this as we will use this app for communications throughout the week.     

 Looking forward to getting the competition season started this week!  Hopefully we’ll see you all soon.

 Coach Troy