Blog 10 Preseason Week 10 We’re coming up on Halloween, and I don’t know where the time has gone. It’s dark and cold in the mornings now when I leave for work. And it’s dark and cold at night when I get home. My son Dakota has improved in wrestling during this preseason beyond my …
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Blog 9 Preseason Week 9 My wife and I are a little frustrated right now. When I feel like this, I try to remind myself that Dakota is still only 14-years old. And… it took me 48-years to become the man that I have slowly and sometimes painfully become today. Progress is like …
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Blog 8 Preseason Week 8 Wow! This week is off to another crazy start. Dakota and I snuck in a quick drilling session with some instruction that quickly wore me out late Sunday night. After about 15 minutes, my shirt was soaked, and I felt exhausted. I was a bit concerned because I shouldn’t have …
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Blog 7 Preseason Week 7 I notice for the first time tonight that the leaves here are really starting to change colors. It’s a cool Monday night on Columbus Day in early October in the northeast part of Connecticut or the quiet corner, where I live with my family. Things have been a …
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Blog #6 Preseason Week 6 It’s Monday night again, and once again Dakota and I are back in the car heading to another pre-season wrestling practice after consuming another dinner in seven minutes or less. These pre-season days are so busy. As a matter of fact, all of these autumn back-to-school days are busy. …
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Blog #5 He’s Getting Better As the next week of pre-season wrestling rolls around, Dakota tells me in the car on the way to practice that he isn’t feeling 100%. I wonder if his interest in wrestling is fading, or if he’s still feeling the effects of last week and those really tough …
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Preseason Week Two- Blog #3 Well, another week and two more wrestling practices are under our belts. In the last blog, I shared with you that my son Dakota’s first pre-season wrestling practice had caused him to become so tired and worn out that his vision became blurry. In addition, his calf painfully cramped …
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Pre-Season Practice Blog 2 “Dad, can you bring me to your old friend John Knapp’s to wrestle before the regular season begins?” asked my boy Dakota. “Wow! You want to go big time here with KT KIDZ Wrestling! I guess you’re really serious about this wrestling thing.” I responded to my son Dakota as …
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