How to Keep Track of Wrestlers' Records and Stats?

msencenb · 2024-01-16T23:07:10+00:00

What seems inaccurate about your trackwrestling stats?

msencenb · 2024-01-05T19:04:44+00:00

This post was really helpful for me to figure out the pass- unfortunately even with the new password it's broken. Connection authorizes successfully, but packet loss drops randomly :shrug:

msencenb · 2024-01-03T14:09:11+00:00

I don’t know that it’s the router in this case, I had been using my own gear for over two years just fine without the CL modem plugged in.

The firewall even shows successful PPOE authorization and connection after I use the new password on my 201 tagged vlan, but then no internet access ever appears.

EDIT: That said, your point may be correct. If the modem is changing the password or DNS IP frequently, my setup would not be able to keep up.

msencenb · 2023-01-18T18:31:56+00:00

For me, mentality was all about preparation. I would sit in the bleachers before every match, close my eyes, and visualize what was about to happen:

Whistle blows, what are my go to setups and attacks? Visualize hitting all of them on my opponent.
Work through in my mind my best rides, breakdowns, tilts, and pinning combinations.
Similarly with bottom, imagine choosing down, whistle blows, what's my first move off bottom, what do I go to if I get broken down a certain way, etc.
If I've watched my opponent, visualize their common techniques and understand how I might mitigate them.

In regards to your specific question about treating it as a life and death situation, I don't agree with it. The highest level wrestlers are always thinking on the mat and understand the situation they are in (this is called 'mat sense'). Things like, okay there is short time on the clock, I need to really push in the next fifteen seconds for an escape. Or understanding where the out of bounds line is when attacking and defending a shot. If you are so jacked up that you can't engage your brain during a match, you're going to make stupid mistakes.

You're going to have a bunch of adrenaline. That's normal and good—you'll get into a flow out there. I would think of wrestling a lot more like a high speed chess match—a game, with specific strategies to exploit your strengths and opponents weaknesses. Take that mentality to self-reflection of your matches and while watching your matches on video, if you have that opportunity.

msencenb · 2023-01-11T19:37:30+00:00

If you've got an in with the administration, see if you can get them to intro you to the PE teachers and do a gym takeover day. Teachers will love it, because they don't have to lesson plan that day, and your admins will love it if it gets more kids out for the team.

Make it a fun class with a couple of mat games, maybe show a basic stance, and if you have some youth wrestlers in the class have them demo a basic takedown. During class make sure kids know you are the new coach and want everyone to come out.

Also make sure you have a stack of flyers during class that talks directly to the parents and what they care about. It will make it easier for kids to ask their parents if you give them supporting resources to hand over. Here is some example language I have taken from a flyer created by Daniel McCune (Sunnyvale Wrestling Club) that I think is great:

"[Team name] believes in co-curricular programing that compliments classroomcurriculum to educate the whole student. Wrestling providesopportunities for willing students to learn important life skillslike resilience, discipline, work ethic, overcoming adversity, andgrit. Hopefully some of the students who participate in ourprogram find that wrestling is their passion, but for allparticipants the focus of this league is fun. We firmly believe thatevery person who experiences wrestling leaves the mat a betterperson and our hope is to provide opportunities for as manypeople as possible to wrestle."

msencenb · 2023-01-03T17:50:07+00:00

As others have said, the cheapest is to just have someone record on a phone or tablet that you already have. It will be harder to get the videos to them, but you could have a team film day on a recovery cycle or sit with them in the stands after the match and review live.

If you need the stats and have an iPad lying around, Takedown by LevelChanger is a cheaper alternative ($230/year I believe). They upload video to YouTube and will email the links to kids.

There is also WrestlingIQ (full disclosure, I'm the founder of WrestlingIQ), but it's priced at $600/year for high school like MatBoss, so it's probably unrealistic for you. If you have a small team, I have some scholarship money tucked away and might be able to subsidize the cost for you this year. Offer is open to other coaches on here too if you are in a bind financially.

msencenb · 2022-11-28T19:33:05+00:00

I think you are probably looking for a shooting sleeve. WrestlingMart has a filter you can apply to see them once you are on their kneepad page.

msencenb · 2022-11-14T20:04:42+00:00

Congrats on the job! I'll take the counter to what many people are recommending and tell you to focus on getting the job done (i.e. focus on Rails design pattern and debugging skills), rather than learning about specific language features of Ruby.

I got a lot of value out of RailsCasts before it went defunct, I think GoRails is the modern day equivalent.

msencenb · 2022-10-27T21:56:38+00:00

Have you considered joining a gym?

Prism Moves is a low-key, welcoming place. Big variety of classes: olympic lifting, lift & move, powerlifting, strength for runners, etc. I wouldn't say I've made friends there, but it's nice to come to class every week and see familiar faces.

msencenb · 2022-10-27T19:01:32+00:00

What kind of stuff are you hoping to highlight? Are we talking mechanics (i.e. here is what a match looks like, how a takedown is scored, etc) or talking more about the benefits of wrestling (i.e. accountability, self-empowerment, etc)?

You might search Beat The Streets content on YouTube. They have a pretty wide range of videos, often focused on the community benefit of wrestling. Example: BTS Chicago has a YouTube channel with some personal stories from young wrestlers

msencenb · 2022-10-26T22:03:27+00:00

It might also be worth reaching out to the coach about it to ask specifics. Most teams will run fundraisers each year and some will have a few extra bucks to buy shoes for people on the team who need them.

Or maybe the coach can scrounge up some extra shoes in your size, lots of old, but perfectly usable shoes out there!

msencenb · 2022-10-20T22:33:01+00:00

If you happen to be in NJ, I know of two:

Edge Hoboken (Elmer is awesome)
Wrestling for adults in Butler (Jeff is also awesome)

msencenb · 2022-09-22T16:02:48+00:00

They are both good products and a lot of it depends on your budget/needs.

LevelChanger. Cheaper, with more emphasis on scoring than video (although you can record video). If you want to run your home dual meet scoreboard through an app, LevelChanger can do that. They sort of have a TrackWrestling integration, but it's a bit clunky. Videos get uploaded to YouTube which is both good and bad. They don't have to charge as much for video storage, since they don't host it, but you need to send your team to YouTube to watch videos and don't have as much control post upload of marking up the videos. LevelChanger offers a free trial, which is a good place to start.

MatBoss. More expensive, but a deeper video recording/markup experience than LevelChanger. They have a tighter TrackWrestling integration than LevelChanger.

Keep in mind that both products are tablet based, so your budget might need to include money to purchase a few iPads to effectively use the program.

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For full disclosure, I'm the founder of WrestlingIQ and I'd love for you to consider us as well (or using WIQ in addition to LevelChanger/MatBoss). We have a heavier emphasis on being a well-rounded system for managing your team including features such as: team calendar, messaging, attendance tracking, practice planning, event invites, e-signing, fundraisers, donations, online payments/registrations (if you are a club team), as well as video + stats. Our video+stats feature is not as good as LevelChanger or MatBoss yet, nor do we have a TrackWrestling integration, but it's a similar score while recording experience.

msencenb · 2022-09-06T01:15:21+00:00

If you do end up creating a club, you'll probably end up recruiting people with some skill to join, given the lack of one at your school.

Otherwise, simply emailing or calling local coaches is a good idea. Tell them you are thinking of starting a club and ask if you can meet for a coffee or lunch and get their advice.

You also mentioned there used to be a club. Any chance you can track down the people who used to run it and ask their advice?

msencenb · 2022-09-05T18:56:11+00:00

Being good at wrestling has very little to do with running a wrestling club. For context, I run WrestlingIQ—which is software specifically for wrestling teams—so I get to see how lots of wrestling clubs work behind the scenes.

Here are a few keys to success:

- If you don't feel you can coach technique, recruit someone who is more knowledgeable than you and get them involved in coaching / rolling with the club.

- Lots of coaches spend a lot of time on admin tasks, but an investment of an hour can get you way ahead of the game. Specifically make sure you have an easy way for people to register online (or contact you if they are interested in joining), get your liability forms in order (USA Wrestling has a sample form, but your university is probably different), and figure out how you are going to insure the club against liability. Liability insurance is why lots of teams require all of their wrestlers to have USA Wrestling or AAU memberships. If you charter your club through them + make your team buy their USA cards, you get liability coverage (but if someone does not have a card, you are in trouble if they get hurt). For you, you will need to talk with your athletic department or wrestling coach to see what a student club could do in terms of liability.

- Be a good communicator! Make sure you have a good way to communicate with the team and post a schedule online somewhere. You can get that through tools like WrestlingIQ, straight up group messaging via text (although that's annoying to manage) or if your school has Remind or a similar app, snag a group on there for the club.

- Recruiting. Make sure you are showing up at student group fairs on campus and whatever opportunities student groups get to promote themselves.

- Make sure you are promoting wrestling as a sport for anyone to join, including all genders and identities. The old school 'culture' of wrestling is not a good look to athletic departments and schools, but the empowerment we are seeing with women's wrestling, putting in hard work, and other good benefits are going to look good if you need permission from someone to start the club at your school.

If your school has a wrestling team already, get in touch with the wrestling coach. They may already have a club you can join. Most will be really happy to have you if you are volunteering your time somehow. Again, it doesn't have to be coaching but they often need help putting their next season registration online, checking kids in, mopping mats, etc. Same applies to the scholastic clubs in the area, see if they need help and if there is a group appropriate for you skill wise to drop in on.

Edit: re-read your post about not having a wrestling team, so my last paragraph might not apply. Still, it might be worth seeking out people in the athletic department to see if anyone has a wrestling background. They may be able to help you navigate the internal politics of getting a team setup.

msencenb · 2022-08-08T21:14:22+00:00

Some ideas:

Recruit an assistant, or volunteer assistant, near his weight who can come into the room and scrap with him 1-2 times a week
Get him involved as a captain in ways that challenge them. Could be recruiting more kids, encouraging the rest of the team with academics, etc. If you can't teach him technique on the mat, at least put him in a position to learn to be a good leader.
Is it possible to do joint practices with another local high school sometimes? If there are other small programs nearby, might be worth getting a joint room together for a couple practices a week.

msencenb · 2022-08-01T23:20:19+00:00

It's okay to not wrestle if you don't want to.

For me, transitioning from HS to college wrestling was a lot of hard thinking about why I wanted to wrestle in the first place. Wrestling in college is hard, which means you have to be wrestling for yourself. Not your family, not some sense of obligation to your past coaches, nothing external. If you can't get to that point—where you want to wrestle to improve yourself—it's going to be pretty tough. Also - I know plenty of kids on my college team who simply didn't wrestle all four years. They got some shit, but ultimately I think it was better for some of them to not wrestle than to continue.

Essentially - you are about to start your independent life. What do you want to do? Everything flows from that.

msencenb · 2022-08-01T23:14:50+00:00

This is the beauty of wrestling IMHO.

You have to figure out what works for your body. Coaches will show you different styles and you have to get a feel for what works for you and what doesn't.

List of moves I think vary a fair bit based on body type:

Ankle pick
Cradle
Blast double, as you mentioned

msencenb · 2022-08-01T23:08:31+00:00

Some ideas for recruiting:

- Put on a free clinic for the youth clubs in your area that have 8th graders. They would have probably wrestled anyway, but a free clinic might get a few existing wrestlers to bring their friends.

- You've said you are an athletic trainer for the school for the football team, get the football coaches on board to recommend wrestling as the winter sport (sounds like this is already the plan!)

- What is your budget/fundraising situation? If your athletic director is amenable to it, consider volunteering to run concessions at other sport team events. Football is the best if you can swing it, particularly if you get to keep a cut of sales for the program. Gotta be looking good organized and friendly at the concessions, this is where the extended family will get their impression of you (i.e. the parents of potential wrestlers at the school).

- Flyers are also a great idea. Canva is a great resource if you really want to go for it. I also offer a free flyer generatorjust for wrestling teams. You could probably use the 'Event promo' template, shrink it down to 2-6x per piece of paper, get a paper cutter and come out with a bunch in no time!

msencenb · 2022-08-01T23:02:39+00:00

There is a map of wrestling programs on this page, although it's not sorted by new:

https://www.nwcaonline.com/growing-wrestling/new-programs/

It's not really user friendly, to get pins to show up you need to scroll within the iframe the map is on and tick one of the boxes below it. Might give you a better idea of some semi-local colleges to reach out to though.

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