High School Wrestling ideas?

No offense meant, but staph was a problem 10 years ago and I heard of issues going back before that. I wonder if schools and coaches are doing a better job of protecting their athletes from these things now or not.

 

Hang out with the parents in the stands while they talk to the "nutritional supplements" salesman.

 

The idea about the skin infections is probably the most relevant in Pennsylvania right now. Maybe it's just that it's being taken more seriously becuase of the strain of staph infection that has killed people around the country this year.

And the elimination of the optional start has been a phenomenal addition to the sport this year.

I don't know what part of the country you're in, but if wrestling isn't as popular a sport as it is in states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma and such, maybe even like a small weekly feature breaking down the sport is worth it.

Just a thought.

 

I'd like to wrestle a bear. And by bear, not a fat, hairy gay man, but a real-life bear, black or brown. I'm crazy, but not crazy enough to go toe-to-toe with a grizzly.
My vision has always been driving down the road, see a roadside attraction for bear wrestling and stop.
If it ever happens, I'll post pictures.
And I need to do a real wrestling story in January, so the health mats is an interesting idea.

 

If you want to appeal to the non-wrestling fans in the area to an enterprise piece that would be a course in Wrestling 101. Go to one of the best teams in your area and see if the coach would let his wrestlers pose in the various holds/positions etc. and explain what they are. Then talk to other some other coaches about strategy and when to shoot, when to use a particular hold, etc.

Or do a feature on match strategy. How coaches decide when/if to forfeit a match by bumping a kid up in class, who to keep at class, etc.

 

This is all great stuff.

Thanks for doing my job.