Gilmore's Take: Hudson

Going into this dual we knew it was going to be a tough match.  On paper it looked like it was going to be 7 wins for each team, with 3 of those matches being swing matches.  Bonus points were going to win this match.  Both teams earned 3 pins, and a tech.   Unfortunately, we lost the swing matches.  We are improving on our technique, but today when push came to shove when we got shoved we folded too many times.  We lost several matches that we were winning.  To truly be able to compete you need to be able to close out the win.   You can't slow down your pace and try to hold on.  If you just try to hold on you will always get beat.  On the opposite hand, we can't panic when we are losing or in a close match.  when you panic in a match you stop wrestling and just try to hold on.  Once again when you just hold, you lose position and it always ends bad.  Some of us are going into matches afraid to lose.  You can't go into matches worried about winning or losing.  You have to go into matches looking to just score points.  If you get scored on, who cares.  Build back into position and start working to score.  If you are always working to score points, you will never be out of a match.  If you are so worried to lose the match that you shut down, you will never win the close matches.  90% of wresting is mental.  If you can change your mindset to focus on the small picture instead of the large picture you will become a better wrestler.