I know i used to get more pumped for the dual meets then the tournaments. I dont know what it was but when i knew my team needed a win, something would just click and make me wanna rip somebody's head off.
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What is easier for you to get pumped, dual meets or tournys?
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my senior yr State Duals i got really pumped for the finals and when i wrestled at state i was really pumped up... i guess it matters what duals and what tournies your talking about
At tournements it is all about yourself and how you are going to do that day; you have to concentrate on your matches and get pumped alone usualy.
In dual meets its like a whole new sport almost. You see your team mates win or loose and cheering for them gives you pure adreniline for your match. From experience me and my whole team wrestle better, with more intensity and more heart in a dual... expecialy against a rival!
Tournaments. Individual accolades. Live by your success, die by your success.
Eh...a dual meet at Danville never really was a big deal, because we would be giving up so many weight classes. I think it was easier to get pumped for a tournament match, because you have time to sit by yourself, concentrate, strategize, get focused, etc.
I'm Gonna Have To Say a Dual... Through & Through. Teammates get you pumped & they get you pumped!
dual matches get me way more pumped up.... when i'm at a tournament i need to get ready mentally for my match and i dont get really pumped up... at duals i'm cheering for my team and right there and we all get into eachothers matches... our team is very loud and lets the wrestler on the mat know we are there for them... i wrestle way better in dual because of it
there's just something about having your whole team sitting right beside me on the mat that pumps me up...with some good music before a match and the support of my team , i am ready to go
It always depended on the opponent in the dual and where the tourney was at.
I know when I wrestled Clarksville High in TN. I had no trouble getting pumped. they were the in town rivals.
Tournaments, well, nothing is more stimulating than regionals and state. it's what you work all year for.
Coaching: I loved to dual Union county because Dennis was always in it and it pumped me up even more to see another coach want to win as bad as me.
I also liked to take my team to the father Ryan invitational because my boys had an opportunity to wrestle big guns from 3 different states.