We like to see athletes go on to compete at some of the national tournaments.. Obviously, if we can get a guy who competes well at the national level in high school, there’s a good chance he will continue to succeed at the highest level in college.

I’m looking for accomplishment at the highest levels of competition, or at least the potential to do so. The number one thing an athlete can do is wrestle in national competition. It’s a great gauge to evaluate how good you are, although not necessarily how good you’re going to be. A great thing to do for exposure is to compete at Junior Nationals.

Film

Film is very, very helpful. It gives me an idea of where an athlete is in his development as a wrestler—in terms of technique—how he competes and how hard he wrestles when he’s out there. I like to see complete matches. Sometimes I get highlight films, which really don’t do me any good. I want to watch a number of entire matches. The best situation is when I can see an entire series of matches, through the state tournament. At the end, I also like to have some off-season stuff. And if he wrestles freestyle and Greco, I like to watch a little bit of that as well.

Film is really important. We want films that show you being challenged, so we can see your prowess. Particularly, I like to see a whole match. I want to see whole matches, preferably against better competition.

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