Olympus Wrestling |
A regular newsletter brought to you by Olympus Wrestling Foundation |
Vol. 1, Issue 1 |
5.14.2021 |

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New Memberships?
Going forward we are going to be offering annual memberships to athletes, which will be a change from past strategies. Our goal is to offer wrestling as a year round sport and not just as a seasonal sport. This doesn’t mean that we expect you to be in the room all year long but just that we want to give your athletes chances to wrestle when it fits into your families schedules. Memberships will run from September of the current year through August of the following year. So currently we offering memberships through Aug. 31, 2021. The cost is $100 for the rest of the season, however we wanted to thank you all for being loyal to us with 25% discount, please see the coupon code at the bottom of the page. Memberships include the Olympus Summer Wrestling Camp! We will be holding a summer wrestling camp at Olympus High School. June 12-21st, for grades 5-12. Click here for more information.
Olympic Styles for Wrestling
In America we have traditionally wrestled what is called Folkstyle (F), however most place in the world wrestle Freestyle (FS) and Greco-Roman (GR) styles. The major difference between the styles are the rules, however the skills learned can generally transfer between the styles. For example, In America we have several athletes that were championship wrestlers in college (high schools and colleges wrestle Folkstyle rules) and they go on to excel at the Olympic (the Olympics athletes wrestle FS and GR). As a high school coach I find it necessary that athletes learn techniques from all three styles, but I like to emphasize strategies that especially apply back to Folkstyle wrestling. For example the skill of throwing/defending throws of your opponents is used in all three styles but GR and FS rules both place high emphasis on developing those skills so athlete are able to better focus on that skill set to help them excel in the winter. In the spring months we like to have our wrestlers participate in the Olympic wrestling styles (FS and GR) so that they will perform better in the Folkstyle season. The rules are different enough so that wrestlers that participate don’t generally worry about burning out and they have lots of fun participating! Come give our Spring Youth Club program a try and see how much fun it is!
Olympus Wrestling Results
High School Team: Congrats to the Ashton’s (Haaga @138 lbs. and Thorn @160 lbs.) for qualifying for the 5A State tournament! Ashton Haaga placed 6th at the 5A Divisional tournament and he also placed 4th at Layton Invitational Tournament (one of the biggest tournaments in the high school season). Ashton Thorn placed 4th at the 5A Divisional tournament.
Youth Teams: Due to Covid-19, most of the teams got a season of practicing in however we did sneak in a few matches. I am so proud of those of you that came and worked through the practices. Thanks to Coach Robbins and Coach Burkman for running those programs. Our Junior High teams unfortunately didn’t even get to practice, except those that came to our competitive team practices. Those of you that have junior high/middle school wrestlers I would strongly encourage you to participate in our Spring and Summer Youth Camps. Visit www.olympuswrestling.com for more info. Congrats to Atlas Burkman he placed 2nd at the Utah Youth Super State Wrestling Tournament!
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