Central Kitsap Wrestling Handbook
Wrestling is inherently a part of our nature. It is a very natural thing for
humans and many animals to do. If you put two children together with no toys
and nothing else to do, they are very likely to start wrestling.
We believe at CK that wrestling is meant to be fun, as well as hard work. Our
promise to you as your coaches is that we will strive to keep participation in our
program fun and at the same time do what is necessary to prepare you for top
level competition.
Program Goals
Goal Number One---Academic Success
That each wrestler would realize their academic success by aiming high, show
constant improvement, and being placed on the honor roll.
Goal Number Two---Wrestling Success
That each wrestler would achieve their greatest potential in athletic performance,
and by doing so, they would not only contribute to their own success as a high
school wrestler, but to the overall success of there wrestling team as well. The
team will be known as a prestigious winning program.
Goal Number Three---Personal Growth
That each wrestler would realize a continuing maturity and perfection in their
personal virtues, character traits, attitudes, and habits. Each wrestler should work
hard, stay positive, and achieve. If this happens, we are all winners. We want
everyone to mature, develop self-confidence, and become a better person
through learning self-discipline, cooperation, integrity, and teamwork.
What does it take to be on the Central Kitsap wrestling team?
FIRST, you must be willing to pay the price for wrestling on a good wrestling team! To
wrestle on a winning team, you must go all out in every practice session and match.
Only good conditioning can give you the feeling of confidence and the physical ability
necessary to go all out. Each and every rule plays a definite role in attempting to achieve
standards of conduct and in producing winning teams. Whenever and wherever
CENTRAL KITSAP WRESTLING is mentioned, the words CHARACTER, CLASS,
COURAGE, COMMITMENT, and SUCCESS will be and should be thought of!
SECOND, you as a wrestler cannot do some of the things other students do! To be on a
championship team, you have to be a champion yourself and be willing to "pay the price"
of keeping strict training rules. Wrestling is not compulsory but rather for those people
who want to wrestle and abide by the rules. You are representing the city, the district,
the school, the coaching staff, your parents, all of your peers, and most importantly
yourself. All of your victories will be their victories as well!
THIRD, the following qualities are desirable and worth striving for on the part of Central
Kitsap Wrestlers:
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CHARACTER: Be more concerned with your character than your reputation,
because your character is what you really are, while reputation is merely what
others think you are. (John Wooden)
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A wrestler must be dependable and consistent, regardless of the time or place.
Be it the opening whistle or the final 30 seconds. . Character, as much as
physical ability, is vital. (Calvin Hill)
CLASS: Class is being honest - both with others and with yourself. Class is
treating others, as you would like them to treat you. (Jack Nicholas)
There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters. One must neither celebrate
insanely when he wins, nor sulk when he loses.
He accepts victory professionally and humbly; he hates defeat, but makes
no poor display of it. (Dan Gable)
COMMITMENT: The important thing in life is to try to be your best. Be honest
with yourself, your family, your friends, and your community. An honest
commitment means 100 percent. It means loyalty and it means being able to be
counted on in the clutch. (Joe Paterno)
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the
courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and, if you are
willing, to sacrifice the little things that are worthwhile, it can be done. Once a
man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the
world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made his
commitment, nothing will stop him short of success. (Vince Lombardi)
COURAGE: Courage is not how a man stands or falls, but how he gets back up
again. (Joe Lewis)
Courage is the first of human qualities, because it is this quality, which
guarantees all others. (Winston Churchill).
SUCCESS: "I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming
adversity." (Lou Holtz)
"Courage is not the absence of fear. It is being afraid but being able to control
that fear so you are able to perform at your highest ability. That's what makes a
champion." (Cory Lester)
"Never underestimate the heart of a champion." (Rudy Tomjanovich)
TEAM EXPECTATIONS:
‘JUST DO WHAT IS RIGHT’
‘NEVER LET DOWN YOU TEAMMATES’
‘NEVER LET GOOD ENOUGH BE ENOUGH’
Live an honorable life. Do what is right and avoid what is wrong. These rules are based
on common sense and civility.
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Arrive promptly at team activities
Follow coaches directions
Maintain academic standards
Behave with dignity
Be honest
In other words, we ask you to behave like responsible adults. We are simply asking you
to do things right the first time. We are not into guilt or huge amounts of discipline (read
this as punishment). Our discipline goal is to inflict short-term discomfort to lead you to a
long-term gain. It is not our decision to be disciplined, it is yours. The choice is simple;
you need to choose to "Do Right". Great athletes don't complain about restrictions, they
take pride in them. They understand their willingness to sacrifice, places them in that
rare breed of individual who will do whatever is necessary to attain goals.
”Am I Committed to Excellence?”
A very hard question to answer isn’t it. Being committed to excellence in wrestling
involves first your commitment to the sport, your team and to yourself. What makes up
commitment to ones self you may ask? Commitment is made up of many components
including but not limited to; Dedication, Determination, Will, Skill, Drive, and a balance
between Mind, Body, & Soul. If you want to be successful in this sport, this is what it
takes.
Let’s talk a little bit about winning. When we look at this word, what most often comes
to mind is our hand being raised at the end of a match. It is being the victor out on the
mat. And in truth, this is a usable definition for winning, but not the one that I would
prefer to use. Winning is not “the end of the journey” such as having our hands raised
after a match. It is about the road that we have to travel to get to that end and the
sacrifices that we choose to make along the way, to reach our goals of victory. We do
not have to win every match to be winners. The victories on the mat come with time and
hard work, and being a winner means making the choice to develop the skills that lead to
those victories.
One of my goals is for our team to be like a family. We win together, We loose
together, We work together, We take care of each other, & We care about each other. In
this way We are always supporting each other both on and off of the mat, win or loose. I
hope you notice the emphasis on We. There is no I in Team.
Wrestling Weight: The WIAA has instituted the Wrestling Weight
Management Program. The purpose of the WIAA Wrestling Weight
Management Program (WWMP) is to insure the future of interscholastic wrestling
programs in the State of Washington and protect the health of all student
athletes. The WWMP has been developed to assist young wrestlers as they
make decisions about diet, nutrition and weight control. The program is designed
to assist in avoiding potentially harmful rapid weight reduction practices utilized to
achieve specific weight class participation. It is the WIAA philosophy that the
basis for a sound and healthy weight control plan is best designed when the
wrestler, his/her parents, his/her coach and a physician are included in the
planning process. The WIAA WWMP is designed to be in compliance with the
NFHS Weight management Guidelines.
THE REGULATION: The establishment of a minimum wrestling weight class
based on 7% body fat for males and 12% for females is required for all high
schools. The WIAA does not advocate that a wrestler’s established minimum
wrestling weight class is the athlete’s best weight class, but simply the minimum
weight class at which the athlete will be allowed to compete. The WIAA will utilize
the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Optimum Performance
Calculator as the mechanism to calculate the minimum wrestling weight for
each wrestler and use the minimum wrestling weight to assign a minimum weight
class. Assessors will use the NWCA Optimal Performance Calculator as a data
reporting tool. Schools will utilize the site as a data retrieval tool and nutritional
program supplement.
SHOWERS: In order to help protect against skin infections, all team members
will be required to shower both before and after practice. The soap suggested
for use is called HIBICLENS. This is available at any drug store and from
Suply.com. This soap is used in hospitals and it creates an anti bacterial barrier
that is unaffected by sweat and lasts up to six hours.
TEAM DESIGNATION: Determining the weekly starting line-up for all competing
teams will be based on the following criteria:
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Competition Eligible (grades)
Practice Attendance
Work Ethic in Practice
Attitude
Citizenship
Challenge Matches
Coaches Determination
If a wrestler has satisfied the first 5 requirements listed above, he may challenge
according to the challenge schedule.
CHALLENGE MATCH RULES
1. Initial rankings will be based upon the previous year’s records and
accomplishments. In weight classes were this can not be used, a random draw
will occur.
2. Rankings will be determined by Challenge Matches. Challenge matches are
conducted on an as needed basis. They will occur during the regular practice at
the coach’s discretion.
3. After the first league match, a varsity wrestler must be beaten 2 of 3 times,
before he loses his spot on the varsity and the challenger must win the first
match.
4. Only first-string J.V. wrestlers may challenge for the varsity spot.
5. Varsity challenges will be timed at 2 minutes per period (run continuously, no
stopping of clock.)
6. J.V. challenges will be timed at 1 and a half minutes per period (run continuously,
no stopping of clock)
7. All participants in challenge matches must be within 3 pounds of the weight limit
to challenge.
8. Challenges may not take place on the day before a match unless the challenger
is within 2 pounds of the weight limit.
9. In cases where sickness, absence, injury, attitude, weight problems, etc.
present a problem, the coaches will determine who will wrestle.
10. If you expect to challenge, let the coaches know in advance so that special time
will be allotted for the bouts. (Sign-up)
11. Wrestlers may be required to make lunch weigh-in checks supervised by the
captains and must attend cougar turn out after school on the day of the match.
12. Failure to make vacation turnouts will result in loss of varsity position.
13. Failure to make weight will result in the following:
1. First Offence: Wrestler must make weight that evening.
2. Second Offence: JV can't challenge 1 match; varsity athlete will lose
varsity spot in the lineup and move up a weight for the remainder of the
season.
*Cougar turnouts are scheduled for the team on non-travel dual meet days.
This will be a light workout consisting of warm-up, drilling, and warm down.
Total practice time 45 minutes.
LETTER AWARDS
Central Kitsap High School will issue one letter per student, per athletic
career, which is only to be worn on an official letter jacket. Each additional
time a wrester letters, he will receive a certificate (second or third year,) and a
bar/ symbol. All wrestlers must follow scholastic, citizenship, and training
rules set forth by Central Kitsap High School and the wrestling program.
REQUIREMENTS USED TO LETTER ALL WRESTLERS:
A Varsity Wrestling letter will be awarded to any wrestler who meets one of the
qualifications outlined below and finishes the year in good standing with the coaches, the
team, the Athletic Director, and the School Administration.
1. 60 POINTS NEEDED TO LETTER (20 OF THE 60 MUST BE VARSITY POINTS.)
A. WRESTLE IN A VARSITY MATCH (Varsity Points)
2 POINTS
B. VARSITY VICTORY BY DECISION (Varsity Points)
3 POINTS
C. VARSITY VICTORY BY PINS (Varsity Points)
6 POINTS
D. VARSITY VICTORY BY TECHNICAL FALL (Varsity Points) 5 POINTS
E. VARSITY VICTORY BY MAJOR DECISION (Varsity Points) 4 POINTS
F. MAKE WEIGHT FOR COMPETITION (Varsity Points for Varsity only) 1 POINT
G. PERFECT PRACTICE ATTENDANCE (Varsity Points)
10 POINTS
H. ATTENDING OPTIONAL PRACTICES (Varsity Points)
2 POINTS Each
I. WEIGHT SIGN IN AND OUT EACH DAY
10 POINTS
J. JUNIOR VARSITY VICTORY
1 POINT
K. JUNIOR VARSITY VICTORY BY PIN OR TECH FALL
2 POINTS
L. TEAMMATE OF THE WEEK (Varsity Points)
10 POINTS
2. A Senior Wrestler who has been a member of the program for 3 seasons and has not
met varsity letter requirements.
3. Due to injury, illness, or other circumstances, an athlete who in the coach's
estimation would have lettered may receive a letter.
4. Athletes that compete at the Regional Tournament.
5. An athlete that has won the sub-regional, regional, and/or state title.
All wrestlers meeting lettering criteria are required to finish the season up to and
including the last practice prior to STATE competition regardless of qualified status. In
addition, it is a good team member who wants to come to practice the last week
regardless of qualified status to make his teammates better.
COMPETITION INFORMATION
1. In order to compete in dual meets or tournaments, a wrestler may not miss any
class time the day of the event (travel with the team to the event is excluded).
This means that if you are late to school or miss a class, you are not eligible to
participate that day (doctors appoints are excluded from this rule, but a note from
the Dr. must be provided to the Athletic Director and the Head Coach).
2. In order to compete in dual meets or tournaments, a wrestler may not miss any
practice during the prior week. Consideration will be given for special
circumstance/illness.
3. On all dual meet days, wrestlers are expected to wear a button down shirt
(tucked in) and tie. Traveling managers and trainers are also expected to dress
respectably. Boys with shirt and tie, girls in slacks or dress. For home and dual
meets, Varsity and 1st JV may wear their warm-up jackets. Shirt and tie rule
applies for all dual meets. If you do not wear a shirt and tie on a dual meet
day, you will not participate in the meet or travel with the team.
4. Be at weigh-ins on time and on weight.
5. If it's an away dual, be on the bus on time and on weight. Make sure you have all
of your equipment.
6. All wrestlers and managers will ride the bus to and from the dual. Special
permission, although discouraged, is required to ride home with a parent.
Wrestlers will only be released to a parent or designated individual only per
district policy and with the proper forms completed.
7. Be prepared for weigh-ins; haircut, clean-shaven, fingernails trimmed, jewelry off.
8. Warm-up as a team. Captains should prepare an organized warm-up (with
coaches input).
9. Stand together as a team for the National Anthem and Introductions (varsity
only.)
10. Which ever weight class is to begin the dual, that individual will be warmed up
and ready to go as will the next 2 weight classes to follow. If the 103-pounder is
up and ready to wrestle, then the 112-pounder and 119-pounder should be
warming up.
DURING A MATCH
1. All wrestlers, from the varsity on down are expected to attend all home dual
meets. Those that are not participating in away meets may attend depending
upon space on the bus. Ineligible wrestlers will not travel.
2. When the 103-pound match begins, the 125-pounder should begin to warm up.
3. Pay attention to the match in progress and only say words of encouragement.
Leave the coaching to the coaches.
4. Stay at the bench with the team at all times.
5. At the conclusion of the dual, all wrestlers will form a line, shake hands with the
opposing team, and meet with the coaches to discuss the meet.
6. If it is a home dual, all wrestlers will help clean up.
Nutrition
The competitive weight classes are designed to ensure the safety of the
wrestler by matching athletes of relatively equal size, and provide competition
on an equitable basis. The unique feature of competitive weight classes
affords a wrestler the opportunity to learn healthy life-style habits. A working
knowledge of body composition, weight control, nutrition, muscle strength and
cardiovascular conditioning is beneficial to optimum wrestling performance.
Competitive weight classes present many nutritional challenges to the high school
wrestler. To be effective, wrestlers must remain well nourished and properly hydrated
while attempting to compete at a weight that supports a minimal body fat.
Weight classes reward a wrestler for properly achieving an optimal competitive wrestling
weight. Well planned meals that include a variety of healthy food choices combined
vigorous exercise frequently results in optimal competitive wrestling weight, a weight that
has a maximal muscle mass, minimal body fat (7%) and proper level of hydration.
An effective weight control program that is planned in advance, has clearly
documented and reasonable goals, and is organized around a sound knowledge
of nutrition and fitness will bring a wrestler to his optimal competitive wrestling
weight with the greatest success.
With nutrition also comes the need for rest. We Train Hard and we Need to Rest Hard.
As an athlete you need to be sleeping 7 to 8 hours per day in order for you to recover
from our work out. Sleep is a time for regeneration and you will need all that you can
get.
The NWCA web page has meal planning info as well as menu’s that you as an athlete
and your parents will be able to access. It includes many resources for both parents and
athletes. http://www.nwcaonline.com/
1. Highlights: At the end of each practice during warm downs, the head coach will
identify one of the wrestlers in the room that has done something noteworthy
during that practice. The team will recognize this by saying the wrestler name and
performing a single clap. That individual will then recognize a teammate with the
same criteria. The assistant coach will repeat the process.
2. NWWC: Northwest Washington Wrestling Club practices are available to all
members of the CK Wrestling program. Clubs fees are arranged through NWWC
team coach Jim Burchett. JV Wrestlers not participation in weekend tournaments
with the Varsity can travel with and be coached by NWWC to tournaments across
the state and in Oregon. This participation is not associated with the Central
Kitsap High School wrestling program or with the Central Kitsap School District.
Points to Remember:
1. Practice starts at 3:10 p.m. All wrestlers should be at the Aux gym setting up the
mats by 2:45. This is every day and there are no exceptions. As the season
progresses, we will establish a weekly schedule for set up so that everyone has
only 1 day per week of set up duties. Get to practice early. 15 minutes is plenty
of time to dress and weigh-in. Practice starts 35 minutes after school ends. If all
are here on time we all leave on time. Doors will be locked at 3:20pm. If you are
going to be late, let me know or bring a note from teacher. Headgear should be
worn during practice.
2. Practice gear will include clean shorts and t-shirt ( we will have a team practice
uniform again this season [$20] and the district laundry will wash them daily[we
ask each athlete to bring 2 towels in. these towels will be washed by the district
daily). Team Practice gear will not be distributed until the second week of the
season. The district will be doing our laundry during the first week of practice.
We would suggest bringing a minimum of 1 extra t-shirt to practice. Sweats may
only be worn during warm-up and must be removed prior to the beginning of
drilling. Plastic or “sweat suits” are never allowed. The use of these items will
lead to serious consequences.
3. EXTRA DRILLING OF MOVES should be done at least every other day. DRILL
FOR PERFECTION. Extra efforts give you the edge over your competitors.
4. Never miss practice. If you are temporarily injured, go to the wrestling room
anyway. If you must miss practice, inform the head coach.
5. Record weight daily.
6. Keep fingernails trimmed weekly.
7. Keep your gear clean. This means disinfecting you shows and headgear at
least once per week.
8. Keep your locker locked. You are responsible for all gear issued to you. Do not
lend or trade without the coach knowing. Your complete gear costs over 250.00
dollars.
9. Remember your actions before, during and after wrestling matches are a direct
reflection on our team.
10. Show up one half hour before departure time for any meets or Tournaments. Do
not eat meats or sugared carbonated drinks (this includes energy drinks) prior to
events. If you have questions about diet consult the coaches.
11. Develop a desire for winning, strive for excellence, train faithfully and believe in
yourself.
Wrestling - Participation Acknowledgement
Your son/daughter has been handed a Wrestling Handbook within the first week of
Wrestling practice. It is to be taken home and read by both him/her and his/her parents!
We want you, as parents, to realize what your son/daughter is going through, and
understand what rules he/she must follow to be a member of our team! Please read this
carefully and help us to enforce these rules as the season moves along
If you have any questions or problems, please call and discuss it.
Remember that YOU as a parent, are also a part of our team and you can help us
"win" by seeing that your son/daughter follows the rules!
I have read the PARENT/WRESTLER HANDBOOK and understand what is involved in
CENTRAL KITSAP HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING PARTICIPATION.
Wrestler's Signature Date
Parent's Signature Date