Posted by old bruin on July 7, 2008, 9:52 am, in reply to "AAU clubs and freestyle's disappearance"
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: Why is it that so many AAU clubs have backed
: away from wrestling freestyle?
: The lack of athletes from east of
: Lewistown/Billings was painfully obvious
: this past weekend. The arguement could be
: made that the tournament is still being as
: well attended by those in the West as always
: but that it's the East's clubs who no longer
: come. Why? Is it a geographical thing? Yes,
: freestyle is different. But, when embraced
: by the coaches and club, the kids love it.
: And, it's still wrestling. It's more time in
: the practice room. It's more time on the mat
: at tournaments. Ultimately this will result
: in stronger wrestlers being produced from
: our state.
: I know that there is the arguement regarding
: nationals tourneys being heavily favored
: toward folkstyle (RMN series, WOW series,
: USA dominator, AAU). But, there is also a
: lot of opportunity for regional and national
: freestyle/greco. This year in particular
: presents a wonderful opportunity for
: wrestlers in our state to not have to travel
: very far at all in order to compete in
: regional and national tournaments for both
: usa and aau.
: So, why the disappearance of freestyle,
: Montanans from the east?
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