My 11 year old grandson has wrestled for his school this year for the first time. He has not been successful, losing every match but working hard in practices. I only went to to one meet, later in the season. As I watched their warm-ups, I was surprised to see Kai's flexibility as he did front and back somersaults and then a back bend up from the floor. Obviously he had learned some things in practice and was stronger than before. The matches started and I felt it was a little barbaric as the boys groped each other and some left the mat in tears. Kai struggled mightily but lost his match that day.
Today he came home from his last team meet and announced that in his very last match, he had pinned his opponent. The huge grin on his face was all it took to make me like wrestling very much. His coach complimented him and reminded him that all his hard work had paid off and that he deserved this win. Wrestling will never be my favorite sport, but I think it's been character building for Kai. To work hard and never win is always harder than not working and winning easily. It was great that he got the reward at last!
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Yeah Kai!! Good job!
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