Southern Minnesota Wrestling Club

05/29/2020

USA Wrestling guidance on returning to the mat does not look promising for Summer wrestling in Minnesota. Fitness facilities and training centers were not included on the list of businesses that will be allowed to open on June 1st. There was talk of allowing them to open later in June, but that is only with restrictions that include everyone being at least 6 feet apart. Obviously, wrestling is not a sport that can be properly trained without physical contact.

As frustrating as this is for everyone, I encourage wrestlers to find individual physical challenges that push you to a level that you have never reached before. That can be a long distance run, a series of sprints, strength and/or endurance training or some physical challenge that you can accomplish, and then try to beat over the course of the Summer.

03/23/2020

Southern Minnesota Wrestling Club will remain closed through April 6th, as recommended by USA Wrestling. We will continue to monitor the ongoing Coronavirus responses and try to get our members back on the mat as soon as it is deemed safe to do so.

We appreciate your patience. Stay safe!

03/15/2020

Southern Minnesota Wrestling Club will suspend practices for a minimum of one week starting with the Monday March 16th practice. The Coronavirus is being tracked very closely and a decision to resume practices will be made when it is determined that there is a reasonable expectation of safety for all participants.

This is not any easy decision, but I believe that it is the right thing to do until more is known about this virus. Below is a link to a statistics page that tracks and updates the Coronavirus worldwide and by country. Everyone will be notified when the decision is made to resume practices.

www.worldometers.info/coronavirus

Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, and death toll by country due to the COVID 19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, historical data, and info. Daily charts, graphs, news and updates

03/09/2020

Freestyle starts tonight at 7:00 p.m.

Bring a partner and join us!

03/01/2020

Coaches don't make a sports easier, they prepare you to be successful in tough situations.

03/01/2020

There were 672 participants in the 2020 Minnesota State High School League State Wrestling Tournament this weekend. Every one of them has a story and a path that got them to this event. I feel fortunate to have been able to share a significant part of the wrestling portion of the story with three of these young men. Watching them overcome injuries, defeat, setbacks and just normal stuff that comes with being teenagers, I gained respect for each of them.

Athletes come to Southern Minnesota Wrestling Club from many different places, personally and geographically, with a goal of getting to one destination. The common thread that they all must deal with immediately or eventually is that the path to that destination is not an easy one, ever. Wrestling is, always has been, and always will be a tough and difficult sport to master. And, just when you think you have it figured out, it reveals a new layer of challenges, that no matter how hard you thought it would be, you end up wishing it were that easy.

Less than 10% of Minnesota high school wrestlers who start the season in November qualify for the MSHSL State Wrestling Tournament. 3.6% place in the tournament, and .6% are state champions. To purposely choose a path that becomes that narrow the closer you get to your destination is a testament to those who do it. Tonight, a chapter in the lives of three young men will close, and they will wake up tomorrow morning to a new day. Tallin and Eli have chosen to continue their wrestling careers in college and Avery is going into the military. All three can be proud of their accomplishments in the sport of wrestling and use its lessons to help them succeed in whatever comes next.

We wish them the best and thank them for the memories. Getting to watch the final high school matches of each one of them is a memory I will have forever. Thank you!

02/29/2020

Congratulations Tallin Johnson St. James 152A 4th place at the MSHSL State Wrestling Tournament.

Congratulations Eli Hunt St. Peter 170AA 5th place at the MSHSL State Wrestling Tournament.

02/29/2020

Why Freestyle?

The two primary international styles of wrestling, Freestyle and Greco-Roman, offer a completely different dynamic than just more wrestling in the off-season. The international styles have a faster pace and points are scored when a wrestler is out of position, regardless of control. Wrestling these two styles more naturally teaches position than folkstyle. This is not an arguable point. There is also more of a focus on feet to back techniques that can light up an opponent, and the crowd in any of the styles.

For the sake of development, high school wrestlers should make the hard switch to Freestyle and Greco-Roman immediately after the high school season ends. Psychologically it releases them from the long folkstyle high school season and reenergizes their ability to learn and grow in the sport.

The SMWC Freestyle and Greco-Roman program starts Monday March 9th at 7:00 p.m.

02/28/2020

Training the best athletes in the area since 1987.

We will continue the process starting March 9, 2020 when our Spring Freestyle/Greco Roman program starts.

Practices Monday and Thursday nights 7-8:30 through the end of the school year. Bring a partner and join us!

02/22/2020

Congratulations to Eli Hunt, St. Peter. State qualifier and Section 2AA 170 lb.Champion.

02/22/2020

Congratulations to Tallin Johnson, St. James. State qualifier and Section 3A 152 lb.Champion.