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WRESTLING IS CONSIDERED AN
INDIVIDUAL SPORT BUT HAS MANY OF THE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN A
TEAM SPORT.
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AS A
WRESTLER DURING COMPETITION, YOUR CHILD MUST RELY ENTIRELY ON THEIR
OWN INDIVIDUAL TALENTS AND ABILITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
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HOWEVER, TEAM VICTORIES IN MEETS AND TOURNAMENTS DEPENDS ON THE
SUCCESS OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND WHETHER EACH MATCH WAS WON OR LOST.
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What does my child
learn from wrestling?
- AS A RESULT WRESTLERS DEVELOP
AN APPRECIATION AND MUTUAL RESPECT FOR THEIR TEAMMATES.
- THEY
UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT EACH PERSON FACES ONCE THEY STEP ON TO
THE MAT.
- WRESTLING ALLOWS YOUR CHILD TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY TO THEMSELVES AS WELL AS THEIR TEAM.
- IN ADDITION,
IT WILL BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM.
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Are there different
types of wrestling styles?
THERE ARE TWO
INTERNATIONAL WRESTLING STYLES PERFORMED IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES:
FREESTYLE
AND GRECO-ROMAN. A SIMILAR STYLE, KNOWN AS COLLEGIATE OR FOLKSTYLE,
IS PRACTICED IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND YOUNGER AGE GROUPS IN
THE UNITED STATES.
FREESTYLE AND GRECO-ROMAN DIFFER IN RULES,
SCORING AND STRATEGY. FREESTYLE AND GRECO-ROMAN FOCUS MORE ON WRESTLING
FROM THE FEET AND GRECO-ROMAN IS LIMITED TO UPPER-BODY HOLDS. FOLKSTYLE, PLACES EMPHASIS ON MORE MAT WRESTLING AND ESTABLISHING
CONTROL.
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