Where are you located? That way I can help put you in
touch with the right people.

Juli

--- liquid_paper_project
<liquid_paper_project@...> wrote:
> At my High School, for the next wrestling season
> we're looking at
> only 2 girls on the team. I know of nearly a dozen
> girls who would
> love to wrestle, but are too intimadated by the guys
> to go out for
> the team. No matter how much my cohort and I try
> to explain you CAN
> only wrestle girls if you really, really want to,
> the very fact that
> wrestling is listed under boys sports and the way
> they see the boys
> horsing around scares them to death.
> I also happen to know of a good dozen 8th graders
> coming into the
> school next year who would make great wrestlers, and
> would probably
> go out for it if they weren't too scared.
> The point of this is, any ideas on how to start a
> women's only team?
> Would I have to make an appeal to the school board?
> Any suggestions
> on what to say, and how to recruit would be helpful
> too. I know it
> took me, lowly freshie a lot of guts just to walk
> into the gym the
> first day, let alone survive suicide training (our
> nickname for the
> first few weeks of just conditioning before we can
> even hit the
> mats.) and, I understand that not all kids can get
> up the courage to
> do that, but I don't think that doesn't mean they
> should have a
> chance. As much as I don't want to pussify woman's
> wrestling, and I
> have every belief they can wrestle guys, I think
> just the
> name 'Women's Wrestling' would encourage more girls
> to come out, even
> if we did just practice with the guys.
> So, any suggestions? Do I make an iota of sense, or
> should I give it
> up now? :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> -~*Anne*~-
> "True, Wrestlers don't NEED balls, but I've got some
> anyway."
> - Zach Shiner, Proud Supporter of Women's Wrestling
> -
>
>
>


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