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Originally Fresno State Administrators said it was a budget issue? A Title IX issue (but started a Men's Cross Country Team)?

Now its been reported that the budget is actually at a surplus and wrestling's budget was approved before it was cut?

Wow - what the heck is going on in Fresno? I have written several administrators to try and find out even the Governator of Caly-Fornia. 

We encourage you to follow this story as the attention is starting to drop...keep up with the latest news click here...

What do you think about the situation? There is contact information for admin's and public officials at the site.

The scary thing is they have raised a bunch of money to help offset the costs of the program in the future, but Fresno State is just being plain silly with the number they are looking for each and every year...and even if that money is raised they say then they will look into bringing back the program...

What can we learn from all of this? Why not have the millions put together before the program is cut. Just make sure any of the money is clearly identified as wrestling only and if anyone questions the use for wrestling - the money will be pulled and used for some other wrestling related use...I know if I leave some money for wrestling if it's even discussed to be used for another use...it will be gone from that program...

-Jeff

I was taking a lesson yesterday and the instructor asked "How did that feel?" "Can you feel the difference in the swing?" and he just kept asking me until I said something like "Not sure, it did not "feel" any differently.

This might be a good way to see how your wrestlers learn. For example, some wrestlers may learn via audio, some visually, some kinesthetically (sp?). The last is how I would learn if I answered the instructors questions about how it felt, etc.

Then it got me thinking, often times in class, you are lectured to. So you are only learning through your ears rather then your eyes or how something feels. I always knew I liked to visualize things and if I look back one of my accounting classes that I did well in involved visually recording journal entries into t-accounts.

Just something to think about when you are showing athletes moves. Some kids learn through their eyes, some ears, some have to perform the move to learn.

Another idea from Beasy Hendrix, wrestling author, is take a look at your kids when you are showing a move. Make it a point to move back and forth in front of the group. The kids in the back that are practicing the move - don't yell at them, they may learn through feel and have to practice the move, the kids that are watching you go back and forth, chances are they learn visually, and if kids are just listening and not making eye contact they may be learning through their ears and not their eyes.

Now if the kids that aren't making eye contact with you are not learning the moves, they may just be screwing around...

That's it for now, I'll take a look for some stats on what percentage of kids learn with what method...okay here are some stats according to one survey...kids in the survey were approximately 33% strong; approximately 20% strong auditory; and the rest a combination of both. The remaining 45% about 30% showed a leaning toward visual and 15% showed a leaning towards auditory. I'll have to see if they break it down by learning how something "feels" and post back later.

Here is another article about teaching methods for different students. I think its worth a look - Click Here

If you would like to read another article, it's talking about business stats class, but I think it's worth a look as well. Click Here to read the article.

-Jeff Pape
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If you are a coach or a club administrator, be sure to keep Nov 12 open if you live near the Chicagoland area.

We are looking at bringing in some top coaches and club leaders to talk about building a team...

We have NCAA Champion, Mark Massery; Triton College Head Wrestling Coach, Harry McGinnis; Montini Catholic Head Coach, Mike Bukovsky; Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association will present a brief officiating clinic and more.

Did I mention every major wrestling dealer including adidas/Brute, Asics, Cliff Keen and Matman will be there to check out their new shoes, head gear, uniforms and more.

All of this will be to help The Smile Train, an organization that helps children and their families who have a child with a cleft lip. They help both within the United States and through out the World.

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-Jeff Pape
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Vote for wrestling coach, Dan Gable, by clicking here to visit ESPN.

He is far behind so he'll need a lot of votes...

-Jeff Pape
WrestlingGear.Com

I was looking at one of my credit card bills and saw a $39 late fee on the account. Did not understand how I was late. Well the statement closed around July 4th and it did not go out on that date, then with the weekends etc, I did not receive the bill until July 10th and mailed the payment in 3 days so it could be received on time. Needless to say turning that bill around in 3 days still was not fast enough. I got wacked with a late fee.

I told them what the heck is going on, they said sir you were late a couple times this year already. I then asked how is it all my other bills are paid on time and this card is always late...they then said the card had a very short payment cycle, meaning they were almost setting me up for late fees every month...

So just beware if you are not getting an appropriate time frame to pay a particular credit card bill. Particularly if you have late payments on one card only, they may be only giving you essentially a week to pay it, because they recommend allowing 7 to 10 business days for mailing time. Not sure where you live, but the mail should get to either coast in 2 to 4 business days...

The credit card company then gave me another week to send the payment. I then asked, are you giving me another week by closing my statement a week later, they said no. They were shorting me a week on the payment cycle on this particular card.

Make sure you look at your payment dates on your credit cards...

Jeff Pape