Dinuba Wrestling Club 

 

 

We are now holding sign-ups every Monday starting October 6th from 5:00-6:30pm in the wrestling room at Dinuba High School for the upcoming folk-style season.  This team will participate and practice in cooperation with the Washington Jr. High team.  Practices will be every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 6-7:30pm in the Dinuba High School wrestling room.  This team will wrestle in duals and tournaments.  Participants need to be in 4th through 8th grade.  Cost to join is $50 and covers your USA card ($34.75).  For more information contact either:

Michael Wright 559-786-5115

Ralph Cisneros 559-393-6366

 

CVEWA and CVJRHWA Schedule

Kings/Tulare Freestyle Wrestling Schedule
 

About the Club

Introduction - Welcome to the Dinuba Wrestling Club! The goal of this guide is to familiarize you with the sport of wrestling. Hopefully, the information outlined in this guide will help introduce you to the sport. The club is governed by a set of bylaws and elects a board of directors. The current board of directors is as follows:

President - Delia Smith
Vice President- Shawn Garrison
Secretary - Michelle Kelly 
Treasurer - Carina Arreolla

Trustee- Jose Padilla
Director - Michael Wright

Wrestling Club Goals - The simple goal of the Dinuba Wrestling Club is to introduce your child to the sport. We want your child to have a fun and positive experience. Like most athletic activities, we will emphasize the fundamentals of the sport, including the basic skills, drills and technique.

Your coaches for the season will be:
Michael Wright- mwright@dinuba.k12.ca.us

Miguel Castrejon

Ralph Cisneros

Frankie Cervantes

We will also have high school wrestlers helping, and encourage any parent who has some experience to help.

Questions?/Suggestions - When you register your child in the club, you also register your voice for questions and suggestions of improvement. If there are ever questions or suggestions, please contact a coach or a board member.

Athletic Development/Competition - Please understand that your child may not have instant success in wrestling. Very few wrestlers start winning when they are first introduced to this sport. There will be other wrestlers who started earlier, have more wrestling experience, or may at this time be more athletically inclined. In some cases, it may be years before your young wrestler develops the competitive edge. The physical, emotional and competitive stages of athletic development will vary for every young athlete. Some children may be ready for tournament competition in their 1st year; others may develop this confidence later. You know and understand your child's development more than anyone. Don't push or drive too hard until you feel the child is ready. Give your child the choice, listen to what they say and give a lot of praise and encouragement.

Parental Support - We encourage parents to attend wrestling practice with their child, especially at the younger levels. Parents may not have wrestling experience, but their involvement is critical. Your child's progress in the sport can develop at a faster rate if you are assisting or are visible at the practice sessions.

Competition, Winning & Losing - Unfortunately, many wrestling tournaments available to your child do not take into account your child's athletic development or experience. Most Tournaments take into account weight and age or year in school. On occasion it is not uncommon for your young wrestler to meet more physically dominant and talented wrestlers. Regardless of whether your child wins or loses, always reinforce the positive. Let them know you are proud of them no matter what the result is. Emphasize the importance of participation, not winning or losing. Losing can be more traumatic to a young wrestler due to the individual nature of the sport.

Wrestling Styles - There are three primary styles in amateur wrestling: folk style, freestyle and Greco-Roman. All three are taught at the Dinuba Wrestling Club. Folk style is the primary American style of wrestling coached in the Dinuba Wrestling Club, taught September through March. It is also the style wrestled at the Middle School, High School and the College level. Freestyle and Greco-Roman are the internationally recognized styles of wrestling. It is the style you will watch at the Summer Olympic Games. These two styles are coached in the Dinuba Wrestling Club, in February. Although these 2 styles are similar to folk style, there are differences in scoring, strategy and technique. Freestyle/Greco wrestling is encouraged for the advanced youth folk style wrestler. Most of the place winners at the state high school tournament have strong Freestyle/Greco backgrounds.

Equipment & Dress - For club practices: shorts, clean shoes, and a tight-fitting T-shirt are all that we require. Loose and baggy clothing is discouraged because hands and fingers can get twisted or bent. Wrestling shoes, headgear, and wrestling singlets are encouraged but optional. At the youth level practices, there is generally not enough contact to warrant the use of headgear. Headgear, however, is recommended to prevent rubbing, banging or twisting of the ear causing "cauliflower ear" (swelling and hardening of ear soft tissue). Mouthpieces are not required but highly encouraged. We ask that all wrestlers wear a clean pair of tennis or wrestling shoes. Do not wear the same shoes that you wear outside. Stocking feet are not recommended because they provide limited traction. We need to keep the wrestling mats clean at all times.

Equipment costs:
Shoes (the club does recycle shoes) $30.00-$50.00
Headgear $15.00-$30.00 Equipment can be purchased from most local sporting goods stores, Midtown Sports 733-1817
Singlets can be purchased from many web site or magazines...see a coach for more info.
 

Practice Session Rules
Please review these rules with your child:
1. Please, no street shoes in the wrestling room at any time ( this means Parents too). Sand and dirt deteriorate the mat surfaces. Parents and wrestlers, please remove all footwear before entering the wrestling room.
2. Do not play on fitness machines or equipment.
3. Please respect the coaches by staying quiet while we coach in the center.
4. Please, no climbing or running up the wall mats.
5. Make sure you take home everything that you brought to practice. Shoes, shirts, headgear are often left behind and disappear.
6. Report all injuries to the coach immediately.
 

Injuries & Skin Conditions - Wrestling is a contact sport. Jammed fingers, bloody noses, and sore muscles are common in this sport. Major injuries in all contact sports can occur, but are not common. We make an effort to monitor practices carefully so illegal holds or potentially dangerous predicaments are halted at once. Because of the number of wrestlers at club practices, it is difficult to see everything at all times. If at any time you see a wrestler in a move that looks potentially dangerous or hazardous, do not hesitate to stop the wrestlers. Wrestling is a safe sport and has no more injuries than football, soccer, basketball or baseball. If at any time your child breaks out with a skin condition or rash, report it to the coach and see your family doctor. On rare occasions we will have a case of a rash break out on a wrestler. The most common types of skin conditions are ringworm, impetigo, boils and cold sores. Although these conditions are often blamed on the wrestling mat, the likely case of transmission is through bodily contact. Our wrestling mats are disinfected daily, you can help by not putting your child's wrestling shoes on until they enter the wrestling room. 

Wrestling Associations - The primary wrestling association in California is: USA Wrestling. Our club is affiliated with the USA Wrestling organization. It also provides secondary injury insurance if your child is injured at a tournament or practice, and is required by the school district to practice and hold tournaments at the high school to limit their liability. Most, but not all, wrestling tournaments, require that you purchase a USA Wrestling Card. Proof of date of birth is required for these cards. These cards offer injury insurance if your child is injured at a tournament or practice, and you do not have a primary health insurance. Newsletters and magazines are also part of the card fee.

KIDS TOURNAMENTS -  Youth tournaments are held at most all schools throughout the state. You can travel as much as you like, but it is not necessary. As mentioned before, most tournament pairings are made by age and year in school and weight. Your young wrestler could be bracketed in with more experienced wrestlers. Tournament entry costs range between $6.00-$10.00. Most tournaments guarantee every wrestler at least 2 matches win or loose. Medals and occasional trophies or ribbons are distributed to those wrestlers who place at the end of the tourney. Weigh-in times will vary but are usually on the same day of the tournament from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. The number of tournaments you attend is up to you, But these tournaments offer the needed "mat time" for success in the sport.

We wish you the best of success in the sport of wrestling. Hopefully this guide has sufficiently outlined the opportunities ahead. Good luck!