Give me a call anytime and I'll discuss what steps to go thru with your
school administration and coach and principal to get a girls team started.
Kent Bailo (248) 627-8066. Good luck and stay in touch.
----- Original Message -----
From: "liquid_paper_project" <liquid_paper_project@...>
To: <womenswrestling@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 5:17 AM
Subject: [womenswrestling] Starting a Women's Team


> 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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