Featherston Wrestling Club welcomes old and new members, experienced and new wrestlers, male and female wanting to learn the art of wrestling. Wrestling doesn’t discriminate. No matter your body type — height or weight — there is a place for you in wrestling. Weight classes ensure fairness amongst the competitors, so you’re never too small or too big to participate. When you wrestle, you can’t rely on anyone but yourself. Without a positive attitude, there will be no success. From the onset, wrestlers learn to count on themselves, gaining confidence on and off the wrestling mats. The degree of athleticism it takes to succeed in wrestling is second to none. Although many wrestlers don’t start out as “natural athletes,” wrestling improves balance, reflexes, strength, endurance, and agility. Wrestling will undoubtedly improve an athlete’s capabilities in other sports as well. Wrestling teaches the basic skills about how to protect yourself on the event of a physical altercation:
Body positioning
How to control an opponent
How to defend against different types of attacks
Toughness
If anything, basic wrestling skills will help you better understand how to keep yourself safe in some of the most undesirable situations. COME ALONG AND GIVE IT A TRY!!
