We sent four guys out to Super32 tournament this weekend. We got a lot of good matches in and we lost some tough ones. As a former wrestler and now a coach I kind of see things a little differentially. As a wrestler I know the feeling of going to all these tournament and wanting to win every match. I also know the feeling of losing matches that I knew I probably should have won. But as a man of the sport for the last 20 years, I can say this will not be the last lost that we take!!! The most important thing we can do is look at what we have accomplished and be happy with it and move on. The matches that we lost… well that’s a different story. The matches that we lose are the most important matches. The matches that we lose are the ones that we can learn the most from. We must take those matches as a learning tool. We can look back and see what we did wrong and see how we can improve. Because as wrestlers and humans we can always improve!!! We can walk away from the lost bout saying well I need to improve my shape, my technique, my physical and mental toughness. Maybe I need to be more aggressive or maybe I just wasn't prepared. These are the questions that I always asked myself and I figured it out and I attacked the problem. This is why going to these tournaments are important. They are important so we can work the kinks out early. We can figure out what we need to work on and fix the problem early. So I just want to say congrats to the guys who went and let’s start working on the problems!!!

Coach Perry