After William asked about wrestling, I looked into it, and found that there was a rec. club, called "Little Wasps" that practiced for an hour a week, and then had tournaments every Saturday morning. It was cheap, it was not time consuming, and it was a good introduction, so I signed William up.
He literally asked me EVERY DAY for two solid months when wrestling was going to start. He was so excited.
He had his very first practice last week. Ben took him, and he said that William just did what he knew, and he would just kind of body slam kids!!! He ended up making a kid cry on his first practice. Good grief! He didn't try to hurt anyone, he just had no idea what he was doing, and they kind of just let the kids go at it.
William came home from that practice sooooo excited about wrestling. He absolutely loved it! He was begging for wrestling shoes. Apparently, to him, that was the coolest thing ever. He also could not wait for his upcoming "Battle" on Saturday. Yes, he calls his wrestling matches battles. I LOVE it, and we haven't told him any differently.
I contacted my friend, whose husband coaches wrestling, about getting some wrestling shoes. Not only did they have shoes for William, but her husband, Landon, really wanted William to come try out his wrestling team. It is similar to Little Wasps, but it is more serious and competitive. The kids are also older. It is more of a club wrestling. The kids are more experienced and older, but he wanted William to give it a try.
So, on Thursday evening, Ben took him to Landon's practice. William came home absolutely beaming! He had on his wrestling shoes (which he slept in that night) and he kept showing me the move he had learned over and over again. He was literally exploding with testosterone!
We have definitely found William's nitch. I can't believe I didn't see it before. He is big for his age. He has always LOVED to wrestle his dad and his brothers. All he wanted to do in football was tackle people and "smash people." He is a great athlete. It is so perfect.
He had his first "battle" on Saturday. They have about 4 different matching going on at the same time. Basically, they just have the kids wrestle for three rounds of 30 seconds each. They have about 3 different matches. No one wins, no one loses. They have a big cheer and get a sucker at the end of it all.
It is definitely a little unorganized, but they do their best. Williams first match was with a kid a little bigger than him. Neither of them really pinned the other one, or really knew what on earth they were doing. William loved it though! He got this determined look on his face, and just went for it. Full force, brute strength.
The second match he had was with a kid that totally knew what he was doing. His dad was a coach, and he was telling the kid all of the moves to do. He definitely was better than William, but William didn't care, he had a great time.
The third match, William was with a kid smaller than him. Neither of them knew what to do. William would get the kid down, and then pin him with his hands, like he was doing CPR, and then he would laugh.
It was sooo funny! I finally told him to lay down on the kid, so he just flopped down on him until the whistle blew. It was epic!
We did notice, however, that William has some great natural talent, and once he learns some moves and has some training, I think he is going to rock this sport! He definitely has the passion, the drive, and the overflow of testosterone for it already brewing!
It was perfect for his very first experience with "battling." I look forward to watching his tournament this next Saturday, after a couple more practices, and hopefully him learning some moves.
He loved the practice with the older, more experienced kids, so much, that we are going to take him there twice a week, and then let him do his Little Wasp "battles" on Saturdays. Landon, the coach of the "club" wrestling, said that he thinks William will do great with it.
Once Little Wasps is over, he will then do the tournaments with Landon's group, if he feels ready.
Go William Go!
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