We kicked off the 2013-2014 season off this past Saturday at Beachwood High School. With only bringing 9 wrestlers we knew we were not going for any team title, but we were going for individual accomplishments. I was not really worried about how many people we placed. Of course I would have liked to have everyone bring home hardware, but I was more worried about seeing our guys wrestle with our style against all opponents. Every wrestler showed glimpse of our new philosophy, but as the competition became greater our confidence in our abilities became less and we reverted back to old habits. We have to get to a point where we wrestle every opponent the same way. It doesn't matter if you are better than your opponent or if they are better than you. We need to have the same approach for every match we wrestle. I have seen a lot of progress since the 1st day of season, but old habits are hard to break. We need to get to the point where we are so confident in what we do in the practice room that their is no room for doubt. We doubt our selves in the big matches, and those are the ones that we need the most confidence. We can't let situations determine how we are going to wrestle. We need to live in the moment, and only worry about what we can control. We can control our focus and our attitude toward the match. If we are focused on how tough our opponent is then we our not focused on what we can do, we our focused on what he can do. To be successful we need to have an offensive mindset not a defense and protect mindset.
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