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MWA - Letter to the Governor and Call to Action

Today, the Michigan Wrestling Association sent a letter to Governor Whitmer, the Michigan Department of Health, and other members of state leadership asking for interscholastic wrestling to be allowed to begin on February 1st in Michigan. If you support our message, we are asking for your help in advocating for all our student-athletes and coaches. You can make a difference by doing the following: Forward this message to the families of the student-athletes in your program and ask them to consider sharing it as well. Contact Michigan state senators and representatives to support the push to provide our student-athletes and coaches with an opportunity to have a season this school year. Please share with them your thoughts and concerns while advocating for the young people in our state. Feel free to share our letter with them as well. For the MDHHS, the contact email for Dr. Kalhdun is: GregoryR2@michigan.gov Link to contact Governor: https://somgovweb.state.mi.us/ GovRelations/ContactGo...

Interview: Isaiah Thomas and the Coach T Podcast... Coaching, The Decision To Step Down, and the Pistons' Bad Boys

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🖶 Print This Article Michigan Wrestling Resource recently caught up with Isaiah Thomas a former wrestler, coach, and official to discuss his new podcast, The Coach T Podcast , as well as his decision to step down from coaching, and lessons wrestling has imparted on him. Isaiah was an all-State and 2x letter winner at Muskegon Community College. He also was a Regional Coach of the Year at Bay City Western where he coached Two State Champs. His ability to step into different roles in our sport with the same passion and drive for success is a sign to me that the Coach T Podcast (and this interview) will be fire! MWR: We have ten seconds, why should someone listen to your podcast? What’s in it for them? What kind of person would relate to your content? Thomas: I believe with my experience I can give great insight to those interested in learning about Coaching from all three perspectives: Competitor, Coach and Official. The knowledge that they can gain from my experiences I believe wou...

Power and Toughness: Dan Gable's Winning Formula for Wrestling

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The follow article was printed in the Forest Hills Central Wrestling Clinic Program featuring Dan Gable in the fall of 1997. It has been edited for grammatical accuracy and syntax.  POWER AND TOUGHNESS DAN GABLE'S WINNING FORMULA FOR WRESTLING by DAN GABLE, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER 🖶 Print This Article Do you want to know the secret to be a winning Wrestler? There are two vital ingredients, and they're no secret. You've got to know what you're doing - know the techniques, the positions, the moves, know where you are every minute on the mat. And you've got to be in top physical condition to be able to make those right moves. Anybody can say, "Okay, now I know what it takes to be a wrestler." But the boys who go to the top are the ones who realize it takes lots of extra effort, more than what the average athlete is willing to make. The Olympic quality wrestler is the one who works out every morning, who goes out and runs 2 to 2-1/2 miles before school. He ...