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Jeff Pape (Premier Login wrestlinggear)
Forum Owner
Posted Aug 25, 2005 8:44 PM
This Blog will be posted on www.wildcatwc.com - be sure to visit the site to see what has been updated.
Wildcat Wrestling Fans,
One year ago I became involved in wrestling after a decade or so hiatus when I was asked to assist the coaches and wrestlers at Northwestern University, and what a year it was! Northwestern had one of their best seasons in memory and the future looks promising as we have all of our NCAA tournament qualifiers back and a good mix of new faces and veterans on the team.
My commitment is to work with several young men on the Wildcat squad as mentor and coach. These men include Ryan Lang, Jake Herbert, Dustin Fox, Matt Delguyd, Mike Tamillow and Joe Gulotta. I have promised to each of them that I will continue to work with them until they reach their goals in the sport and I believe that several of them have the ability and drive to become Olympic Champions. After that I am back out of the sport! (This stuff is tough for an old guy!) And now with Pat Cummins and Ryan Bertin joining our efforts we can only get better. I can hardly wait for next year to begin.
I am not idly waiting for the season to start. I also volunteered with USA Wrestling to work with their National Team and was selected to coach the US Women's World Team that will compete in Budapest at the World Championships at the end of September. This past year I have been working to become more familiar with the team and current rules and this past two weeks have been to Colorado twice to work with the team at the training camp. I will be spending my weekends in Colorado and then traveling to Prague for a brief acclimation camp before heading to the World Championships in Hungary.
This experience has been a real education for me. First, I am learning more wrestling and training skills to bring back to Northwestern. Second, I am learning how dedicated and tough these women really are. Their practices are TOUGHER than anything we made the guys at Northwestern do last year. (Watch out next year guys...no mercy!) Third, I am learning that their are differences between the sexes in how they feel and think but not in their commitment and determination and love of the sport; or, their ability to work. So, all of you who haven't embraced the sport of women's wrestling get on board because our women are moving to the top! And if you don't wish to get on board, get out of the way!
I will continue to post blogs as we move towards the World Championships and into next season for Northwestern. You can also learn about our women and some of the young men I am mentoring at Northwestern on my website www.mywrestlingcoach.com <http://www.mywrestlingcoach.com> or on USA Wrestling's Website www.themat.com <http://www.themat.com> .
Thanks,
Bill Scherr
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