New Wrestlers and Parents. This is just a quick guide on what to expect at tournaments and matches. Tournaments are usually an all day/weekend affair, so plan accordingly. Bring lots of snacks, entertainment, and money to help ease your boredom. Parents please wear RED(or Black Booster Wear) to support your wrestler and join us in the RED ZONE (look for the other Red/Black shirts).
TOURNAMENTS
What to Expect
| Transportation - is provided by bus to all school tournaments/ matches. Meet in the Athletic Building parking lot. |
| Weigh-in - Coach will weigh you before leaving Marcus and again at the meet, when you first arrive. After weigh-ins, you can eat (nothing greasy) and drink as much as you like. |
| Warm-ups - You will need to get warmed-up and stretched-out after weigh-ins( as a team and individually). |
| Tournament begins - Each tournament will start at a different weight class. Coach will let you know who is up first. |
| Wait for your Weight Class - Coach is usually busy at this time with other matches. So, have someone help you stretch/warm up and listen for your name/weight class to be called. An experienced teammate can help you out, BUT YOU MUST ASK!! They will be glad to help, but like all teenage boys they don't volunteer information unless asked. |
| The Match - When called, proceed to your mat number (there can be up to 10 mats in three different gymnasiums going at the same time). Report to the scoring table, for your mat number, and check-in. Keep warming up until your match begins. Walk to the middle of the match shake hands and off you go! |
| After the Match - Sit with your teammates and root for your team. It may be up to two hours until your next match, so grab something to eat (NO potato chips or other greasy foods) and relax. |
| Repeat. If your winning, you may wrestle four or more times in a day so plan your food and drinks accordingly. |
| Info - some tournaments are two days, usually Friday and Saturday. Friday's usually start around 3:00PM - 10:00PM. Saturday's usually begin with weigh-ins at 7:00AM and last till 8:00PM(bus usually leaves at 5:30AM). |
| What to Bring |
| Shoes - wrestling shoes and flops/tennis shoes |
| Headgear - required |
| Mouth-guard - (optional, recommended with braces) |
| Singlet - Provided by coach |
| Extra pair of socks - after four matches they will be pretty wet |
| T-shirt - to put on when not wrestling |
| Warm-ups -provided by coach |
| Money - for food and drinks |
| Food and Drinks - fruit and snacks(healthy is best, no chips/greasy food), you'll be hungry between matches and after weigh-ins. |
| Entertainment - walkman, IPOD, PSP, cell phone. Lots of dead time throughout the day. There is usually someone sitting there to watch your belongings while you are wrestling. |
| Note from Parents - If your parents will be picking you up (i.e. no bus ride home). Coach will need a note from your parents with your name and stating that your parents/other parents(names included) will be driving you home. Coach has to have a body count + notes to make sure he comes home with the correct number of wrestlers. If you don't have a note, you have to wait until all wrestler's have completed their bouts to come home on the bus. |
| Bleacher seat - if desired, highly recommended for parents as well. |
| Reading material - Newspaper, homework (ha!), books. |
| Cell Phone - with other wrestlers phone numbers programed in the memory, in case you get lost. Also, in case you need to call home in an emergency. |