1. Chaska/Chanhassen Stallions Wrestling 2016/17 Welcome!
Clarify how many limited knowledge of wrestling? Very experienced? Middle School?
Will cover the broad spectrum (our club, what wrestling is, common lingo, practice and season logistics, values of the sport, etc)
Get you out of here to watch the end of camp. I’m available for any questions/concerns.

2. Stallions Wrestling Club Mission
To be a non-profit organization offering all participants, whether new or experienced, a comprehensive and inclusive opportunity to learn the fundamentals and values of wrestling in a fun and supportive environment
To ensure all wrestlers
have the opportunity to
compete and grow, in
practice and through
scheduled events, under
the guidance of qualified
coaches
To provide financial support to the Chaska/ Chanhassen wrestling
program programs.
Stallions Wrestlers (PK-5th)

3. Team makeup
Our wrestling team is comprised of PK-6th graders in the surrounding community. We serve kids from all elementary and middle schools, private and public, in Chaska, Chanhassen, Carver and Victoria.
70 Wrestlers in
5 - PreKindergarten
7 - Kindergarten
15 -First Graders
19 -Second Graders
5 - Third Graders
10 -Fourth Graders
6 - Fifth Graders
3 - Sixth Graders

4. Youth Season December January February March April
Chaska/Chan
Holiday Tournament
NYWA State Tournament (individual & team)
December January February March April
Practice, Team and Open Competitions
Extended Season Wrestling
Season Dates:
Early Season – mid-November - end January
Late Season – February through 1st week April (State Tournament)

5. 2016-17 TENTATIVE Youth Schedule
DATE
EVENT DETAILS
11/19 (on own)
Apple Valley HS • K-8th • Folkstyle • Weigh-ins: K-4th 8-9:00 am, 5th-8th 9-10:00 am • K-4th: 4-Man Round-Robin, 5th-8th: 8-Man • $12 •
11/20 (on own)
Augsburg College – Minneapolis • K-8th • Folkstyle • Weigh-ins: 10-11:00 am • FREE Wrestling Clinic by Orlando Ponce • $12
FRI, Dec 2
STALLIONS TOURNEY – CHANHASSEN HS: Weigh-ins 4:30-5:30 PK-3rd. 5-6pm for 4th-6th. 6:30pm. Round Robin. Admission free for Stallions and parents. Need parents to sign-up for job via Sign Up Genius. 4PM SET-UP TIME!
SAT, Dec 10
Chanhassen High School Tournament – NEED 12 TOWEL TAPPERS AND PARENT VOLUNTEER!
SUN,Dec 11
Maple Grove HS • PreK-8th • Folk • Weigh: PreK-4th 7:30 am-8:30 am, 5th-6th 8:30 am-9:30 am, 7th-8th 9:30-10:00 am • 4-Person Round-Robin • $15
SAT, Dec 17 OR
SUN,Dec 18
Osseo HS • PreK-8th • Folkstyle • Weigh-ins: PreK-2nd 7:30-8:30 am, 3rd-5th 8:30-9:30 am, 6th-8th 9:30-10:00 am • 4-Person Round-Robin • Pick ’10’ Team Tournament • $15
Waconia HS • PreK-6th • Folkstyle • Weigh-ins: PreK-2nd 8-9:30 am, 3rd-6th 9-10:30 am, Wrestling at 10 am • 4-person round-robin • $12 •
HOLIDAY BREAK –check Guillotine for wrestling options on own
SAT, Jan 7
Eagan HS • PreK-8th • Folkstyle • Weigh-ins: begin with PreK-K 8-9:00 am, Wrestling at 10 am • 4-man round-robin • $12
THURS, Jan 12
STALLIONS NIGHT – Chaska High School home dual – Kids get names announced in front of home crowd.
SAT, Jan 14
Watertown-Mayer HS • K-6th • Folkstyle • Weigh-ins: 8:30-9:30 am • All adult referees • Free spectator admission • $15 • Brett Sweeney
Jan 21 (on own)
St. Peter HS • PreK-6th • Folkstyle • GOOD OPTION FOR NON-TEAM COMPETITORS.
THURS, Jan 26
RB FLOAT PARTY – LAST PRACTICE FOR EARLY SEASON WRESTLERS
SAT, Jan 28
Glencoe-Silver Lake HS • PreK-6th • Folkstyle • Weigh: PreK-3rd 8-9:00 am, 4th-6th 8-9:30 am • 4-Man Round-Robin • $8 w food shelf donation/$12 no
TEAM EVENTS (paid by club)
THURS,Jan 5
Thursday Night – MINNETONKA vs WAYZATA vs STALLIONS TRI-DUAL – at Minnetonka
SUN, Jan 15
Delano HS • K-6th • Folkstyle • Weigh-ins: 8:00-9:00 am, Wrestle 10:00 am • NYWA Rules • Guaranteed 3 Duals • $150/team • Josh Kiecker • Teams include Watertown, Brainerd, Orono, Mound, Delano, Mahaca, etc.
SUN, Jan 22
STMA HS – St. Michael • PreK-6th • Folkstyle Dual Format • Weigh-ins: 7:00-9:00 am • Largest K-6th Grade Team Wrestling Event in the World! • $250
SUN, Feb 12
Le Sueur-Henderson HS • PreK-6th • TEAM EVENT: Folk Dual Format • Weigh-ins: 7:00-8:30 am, Wrestling at 9 am • Spectators free • $100 per team

6. 2016-17 TENTATIVE Youth Late Schedule
Date
Late Season Event Details
Cost $50 per wrestler. ↑ focus, intensity, technique. Prepare for individual Districts, Regions and State.
Feb 4
HLWW HS – Howard Lake • PreK-6th • Folkstyle • Weigh-ins: K-3rd 9-10:00 am, 4th-6th 9-10:30 am, wrestling at 10:30 am • 3- or 4-person round-robin • $12
Feb 12
TEAM EVENT - LESUEUER
Feb 18
Mound-Westonka HS • PreK-6th • Folkstyle • Weigh-ins: PreK-3rd 9:00-10:00 am, 4th-6th 9-10:30 am, Wrestling starts at 10:30 am • 4-man round-robin • $12
Mar TBD
Districts 1 :
Districts 2
Mar 24
Regions. Location: Lakeville North High School, Ipava Ave., Lakeville   K-8th grade; weigh-ins 7-8:30 am; wrestling begins at 9:30 am.
Mar 30-Apr 2
State. K-4 weigh ins are Friday night. 5th and 6th are potentially different times.

7. Youth Practice Schedule
Message to Parents:
You are welcome to attend and urged to help with 1:1 instruction!
Our Ideal Practice Scenario:
Coach Darin and 2 HS wrestlers at every practice.
AND/OR 4-6 committed parents to support breakouts as-needed.
Practice on Tuesday and Thursday Nights
PK-2nd grade at 6-7pm
3rd – 6th grade at 7:15-8:30pm
Remember, kids range in age from 4 – 11 .
If you EVER have concerns, please talk to a board member or coach.

8. Practice Focus – Method to Madness
Fundamentals for Wrestling Success
Takedowns (single, double)
Breakdowns (chop bus, far arm near lace)
Pinning Combinations (half nelson, cradle)
Escapes (wrestling from bottom, sit-out, stand-up)
Defense (defending a takedown, sprawling, pinning combo)
Nov-Feb Focus
Teach tried and true techniques
Compete via Gameplay, Relays, etc.
Drill extensively
Live wrestling
Post competitions, ID challenge areas and work to improve upon those as a group.
Most Important of All:
Learn to compete, individually and as a team.
Learn to win and lose
Here’s what your kid WILL learn by end of season.
Best way to learn is to come to practice AND compete. “Mat-time”
Likely to teach 2 or 3 throughout season and really try to get them.

9. What Might a Practice Look Like?
6:00 Game/Compete
6:15 Jog/Stretch
(Drink break)
6:25 Group talk – Move demo
6:35-6:50: Drills alone, with partner
6:50-7:00: Live wrestling
Can use parent help, especially during drills!

10. What Does a Match Look Like?
Three, 1 minute periods
Period 1: Both kids start on their feet
Period 2: Flip coin for choice (up, down , both up or defer)
Period 3: Other child gets choice
Scoring
2 points for a takedown (top control)
2 points for “reversal”
1 point for “escape”
2-3 points awarded for exposing back to mat (near-fall)
Match ends early with pin (shoulders on mat), technical fall (15 point lead), or time expiration.
Ask Questions! It’s much more fun when you know what is going on! You’ll get it!

11. Meet the Youth Coaches Darin Bertram – Youth Head Coach
Herman High School (Wheaton, MN)
3x State Champ ( )
Career varsity record of 177-8
Augsburg University –
NCAA Champion - Junior
Career NCAA DIII record of (12th best in Augsburg history)
4x MIAC Champion (1 of 10 wrestlers ever)
3x All American
National runner-up - Freshman and Sophomore
Dan Roth – Youth Assistant Coach
Bloomington Kennedy HS
Avid Freestyle wrestler – started in 7th grade
Itaska Community College
NJCAA National Qualifer both years
Hobbies: fishing, hunting, racing snowmobiles, four-wheeling

12. Meet the HS Coaches Jeff Higgins – Chanhassen HS Head Coach
Chisago Lakes - 3x State qualifier with a 4th place finish in 1984
Previously the Middle School head coach. 8 years+ of HS referee experience.
Erik Rogness - Chaska HS Head Coach
2nd year as Chaska Head Coach (previously Robbinsdale 3 yrs)
Buffalo-2x State Qualifier
Saint Cloud State University-4 year starter, 3x academic All-American, Team Captain, Member of National Runner-Up 2010.
Cabe Miller – HS Assistant
State qualifier as Chaska Sr., 5-year varsity wrestler.
Locally grown, graduated in 2008.
Previous Middle School and Youth coach.

13. Many Opportunities to Wrestle
We strongly encourage:
1)Practice
2)Competing at Opens with Coaches present
Yet involvement is an individual choice
Some kids only practice, others wrestle 50 matches/year
We believe, with the right mindset, competing will enhance your experience and love for the sport over time.
All open tournaments in MN and surrounding area listed on The Guillotine website:

14. Open Tournaments – How They Work
entry (nominal fee - around $10 per wrestler)
Go to weigh-ins (there is no “making weight”)
Go to the stands, eat, kids warm up together.
Announcer will call kids to “staging area” by grade.
Grouped by age, grade, experience and ability (you can document all at registration ie. ability/experience)
NOTE: Parents can both staging AND matside wrestling.
Kids are then taken in groups of 3-4 to a mat to wrestle
Pre-K and K 1st, then 1st grade, 2nd and so on.
A coach or experienced parent will always try to be there as well.
If your child is K-2, you will be in and out in a couple hours
Tournaments usually last 4-6 hours start – finish

15. Stallions Season Fees - Youth
Camps
August Summer Camp ($40)
November Winter Camp (Free)
Regular Season
Mid NOV – end JAN
Cost: $180 each or $280 max/family
Extended Season
Feb – 1st wknd April
Preparation for individual Districts, Regions and State
Note: NYWA State tournament is in Rochester
Cost: $50 (don’t worry about until mid-February)

16. Cost vs Value Paid coaches
Long season, lots of practice and opps to wrestle
Wrestling gear, other apparel for purchase brought to room at beginning of season
Home matches during practice hours vs other teams
FREE T-shirt
FREE Chanhassen/Chaska Holiday tourney
FREE home HS wrestling admission
FREE Stallions HS Wrestling meet
NEW: Team events

17. We need your help! **Specific Sponsor Opportunities**
Sponsorship Levels:
$ Bronze
$ Silver
$ Gold
$ Platinum
$ Stallion
Receive name on free tshirt to kids, advertising on Stallions webpage (link/logo), special Stallions holiday tournament, thank you plaque.
Specific Areas to Direct Donation if interested:
$ Coaching
$ Scholarships for families who cannot pay
$ Busing for team events
$ “Open” event fees
Average cost $10/wrestler. 6 events X 50 wrestlers (not including parent/sibling admissions).
$ NYWA memberships
Individual Districts = $20/wrestler. X 75 wrestlers = $1400
Additional Company Logo Opportunities:
$ Individual singlet’s – $35 - $70/per wrestler pending quality
$ Wrestling bags – $15 (draw-string) up to $55 (nice backpack)
$2500 – 30 Team singlet’s owned by club, used for 4+ years
$ Parade banner, table cover, signage

18. New Website – please link calendar!
PIC OF STALLION WEBPAGE / SPONSOR LINK.

19. What is Wrestling? Wrestling is: But what you really need to know:
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing – Marcus Aurelius
Wrestling is:
the oldest sport on earth - cave drawings date back to 3,000 B.C.
one of the original sports in the ancient Olympic Games in Greece
a builder of determination, diligence and perseverance.
But what you really need to know:
Wrestling is both an individual AND team sport
The schedule is flexible, and the level of commitment and activity is up to you and your child.
Most importantly

20. So Many Benefits PHYSICAL MENTAL/EMOTIONAL Agility and Quickness
Balance (Body Control)
Coordination
Flexibility
Core Strength
Endurance
Explosiveness
Controlled Aggression
Value of Practical Nutrition and Exercise
Emotional Intelligence/Attitude
Self-Confidence
Humility
Discipline/Accountability (self and team)
Work vs Reward Ratio
Overcoming Obstacles/Fears
Trying is Winning / Failing is NOT Losing
Preparation
Exclusivity (the “few”)
INTANGIBLE
Anyone can do it!
NO height or body shape reqs, 40 yd dash times, off-season reqs
Financial demands are tempered.
The discipline and intensity prepares your child for life (in academics, work, family)
It channels the aggressive child’s tendencies, and cultivates the more passive child’s.
It’s a GREAT cross-trainer for ALL other sports!

21. Want to see a picture of “opportunity”?
The Great Opportunity
Benefits/Rewards are tangible outside of the previously mentioned:
Medals
Trophies
T-Shirts
Podiums
Public praise (raised hand on mat)
Diaper Pins
Sometimes, though, things don’t go your way.
Want to see a picture of “opportunity”?

22. “I STINK at wrestling!”
-If you can't accept losing, you can't win.--Vince Lombardi

23. How might you handle this?
Plan for ups and downs maybe not encountered in academics or other sports yet.
Top 4 at every meet earn an award, but it’s clear who “won”.
Thoughts/Suggestions:
Absorb this.
Understand where your child is physically, emotionally, mentally
Know:
Your encouragement and engagement matter!
Your kids hear and see you, especially when mat-side.
You’ll get chances to see (and feel) who you don’t want to be.
Again, we are all here to help.
Not in the business of telling people what to do. If you join this group, you will be with a group of people who have ALL been through wins and losses.
-Sports do not build character, they reveal it. – Unknown

24. A Couple Week’s Later
Same place as the previous photo. Another teammate beat him. Hey, 2nd place is not a death-sentence. Lost his very first match then came back to win the next two. No tears, just friendly competition.
”Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”
-Confucius

25. Consider Goal-Setting
Why?
A great practice to engage both your child AND yourself.
Helps put this sport (all sports) in perspective.
Identify and celebrate what’s really important, together.
Enjoy the small successes throughout the journey
Success is not wins alone!
Some Ideas:
Make new friends, Be a good listener in practice, Attend every practice and do my best, Learn 1 new move and use it in a match, Fight off a pin, Attend team competitions, Wrestle 15 matches this season, Shoot first this week, Finish the season, etc.
Handout available if interested.
Train to push yourself both physically and mentally;
Compete so as to improve yourself as well as those around you;
Live to be healthy in mind, body and soul.

26. Common Wrestling Concerns
Winning/Losing
It’s easy to put too much emphasis on this vs continuously learning, improving, striving to be your “best self”, growing.
There is almost always someone better, and almost everyone is beatable.
Skin Problems
Usually avoided by checks prior to each tourney, showering after practice.
Mats are washed before or after every practice.
Anti-bacterial wipes are evidenced to help.
Cutting Weight
Not an issue for Open Events – just show up and wrestle kids of similar size/ability.
A family decision only for post-season competition and/or team events.
Skipping – Quitting
A family decision. At some point you may hear, “I want to skip” or “I quit”.
Be ready for it. The benefits are only there for those who endure/persevere.
“How” you do anything is always more important than “what” you do.
- Unknown

27. Website: www. Stallionswrestling.org
Current Board
2016 Board
Website: www. Stallionswrestling.org
Rob Miller
Derek Bush
Grace Tripp
Jay Nebben
Meghan Gillette
Shelly Manning
Greg Larson
Kelly Loosbrock
Dan Boyum
Chris Goodman
Mike Fahey
Dean Olevson
Andy Brkovich
Lynn Jackman
Co-President
Head Administration
Web Platform
Treasurer
Secretary & Volunteer Coordinator
Fundraising/Sales
Members At Large

28. There are no losers in wrestling, just winners and learners. - Unknown
Final Thoughts
Welcome and Thank You for coming to our camp!
Wrestling Is Fun!
If you are interested in joining, I need your /phone!
I’ll send weekly updates throughout the season (weekend highlights, upcoming news and logistics, fun stuff, etc.)
Questions?
There are no losers in wrestling, just winners and learners. - Unknown

29. Resources Wrestling Basics Explained Guillotine Our website
Guillotine
Our website
NFL Players That Wrestled

30. Once you’ve wrestled, everything in life is easy. – Dan Gable
Questions/Comments
Once you’ve wrestled, everything in life is easy. – Dan Gable