Just wait until they find out there’s a sport that REALLY teaches this
🔥Most D-Linemen go the whole off-season without touching a soul; however…
…avoiding contact can put your D-Line at risk for injuries and poor performance.
Instead use @BOOMfootball’s contact prep drills to prepare your guys for the battle in the trenches.
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I’ll have a double double and a lesson on collar ties please @innoutburger_
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Here’s the deal. Sports aren’t just a game - they provide 100s of thousands of people an opportunity to live a more enriched life, to thrive more, to feel more fulfilled. Too important to lose. We absolutely have to find a way to make sports work in a COVID world #WeWantToPlay
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It’s difficult to find peace and impossible to find answers. But the love and support of countless others, and knowing Chris was a believer who is in the presence of glory that we cannot fathom, help bring comfort. CJ, well done; be thou at peace.
We join @WestPoint_USMA in mourning the passing of Cadet C.J. Morgan.
"Chris had an infectious personality with a smile big enough to fill any room, and a heart big enough to love everyone around him."
@ArmyWP_Wres coach @CoachKWard
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We grew up wrestling n dark rooms,rarely had windows,no fans there cheering. No one to see the blood, sweat & tears we put into achieving our dream. No one counting the sacrifice.We work n the dark so we can shine under the lights.The lights will still be there. Time to shine 🏴
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How could any wrestling fan not respect and appreciate Burroughs?! The taunting from fans, the booing, shameful and embarrassing
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Let me tell you how to spell “unfair”. It’s spelled L.I.F.E. Heartache is real, but life moves on with or without you. No time for whining #PressOn
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Character is forged in the fire of unexpected, unpredictable, and often painful circumstances. Too many young athletes felt their dreams slip away today. But remember...how you lead yourself through this pain will help shape your character for the rest of your life. Press on!
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Since @ArmyWP_Wres doesn't issue NLI's, we won't be tweeting pictures of our incoming freshman this week. But I will be sharing with you all of the incredible things our incoming freshman will be getting...
To start, each is getting a FULL RIDE!!! 💰📚💰
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We are gutted. Speachless. If you are so inclined, please pray for ALL student-athletes; that they will find peace in their hardships. Pray that coaches can lead their teams well through a difficult time. And pray for perspective - we are still incredibly blessed.
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West Point is a special place full of wonderful people. It was an honor to lead the @ArmyWP_Wres program and I will cherish the relationships we built forever. #BHAW
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Everyday you walk into practice you are learning one of two things: how to fight or how to quit. Make the right choice! #ChasingGreatness
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Can we move the coaches chairs further from the circle please? Asking for a friend who got absolutely robbed
Kansas City did a phenomenal job. This experience will be hard to beat…but we’re ready to give a full effort!
#NCAAWrestling
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See you fellas in Gallagher for @CowboyWrestling #respect 🫡
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.@NCAAWrestling rules change proposals are due soon. Here are some of mine-what would you like 2 c?
-no chairs on mats. Ever!
-mat apron must b 10' so athletes can compete under rules of the sport
-headgear optional
-stop taking team points
-Give 2 waiver per year on decent plan
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I still call my high school coach “Coach”. Wrestling is a sport that fosters lifelong relationships. Forged through the individual nature of our sport and strengthened through discipline, accountability, and TRUST. #OLDESTandGREATEST
First-year NCAA men are more likely than women to remain in close contact with HS coaches. By sport, athletes in wrestling, track/XC and basketball are most likely to stay in touch, while those in soccer and tennis are among the least likely to maintain contact.
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Some takeaways from the @ncaawrestling Championships:
1) Wrestling is greatest sport on 🌎
2) This is greatest tournament on 🌎
3) The ability to focus is a critical skill
4) If you can’t get off bottom it’s hard to win
5) No excuses‼️
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Current @ncaawrestling weight loss rules are archaic and prevent our sport from creating more exciting matchups. 1.5% (body weight) wt loss per week is both unrealistic and not backed by science. System served its purpose but needs updated!
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Hi, I’m a wrestling coach. You might know me from my chart toppers “weight checks today”, “today’s gonna be a short one”, “if you’re late no per diem” and the all-time classic “one more”
Hi, I’m a director of basketball operations. You might know me from my platinum hits “Do Your Meals”, “My Office Hours are Closed”, “Check...Teamworks”, and “No,
I Don’t Have Your Check”
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3️⃣ “upsets” for @ArmyWP_Wres first round @ncaawrestling. Knocking off numbers 9, 11, 13. These men came to SCRAP‼️
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As I sit on a bus full of tired, grumpy, sore from the tournament yesterday wrestlers, who are headed to Pittsburgh to lace em up again tomorrow… I can’t help but think THIS is the GOOD LIFE 🙏🏻 #gratitude
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I had my first @ArmyWP_Wres in-person full team meeting today for the first time in 5 months and for a while everything was right with the world. I love this team. #WeWantToPlay
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The Ward crew officially said see ya later to West Point today. So much life happened here for us the last 11 years. We are leaving with full hearts and loads of excitement for the road ahead ❤️ #GoArmyGoPokes
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With all due respect for the 🐐I hate this quote. Things happen after wrestling that are really, really hard. Incredibly hard. But the lessons we learned through wrestling help us press on.
“Once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy” - Dan Gable
Live: bit.ly/2w6gFMz
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Today was a good day! Hannah and I are are overwhelmed with love as we welcomed our 3rd child, Hank, to the world. #GodIsGood #HelloWorld #PartyofFive
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Any @NCAAWrestling teams looking for some action?? Our plans just changed. DM me let’s try to figure something out
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Funny that Clemson used COVID as an excuse to cancel two entire athletic programs. Must be tough having mini golf in your locker room #PotMeetKettle
Dabo Swinney said Florida State used a Clemson player's positive test for COVID-19 as 'an excuse to cancel' Saturday's game.
es.pn/3nPW3NU
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When you learn to run towards a challenge and meet it head on you can start to grow. @ArmyWP_Wres has a lot left in the tank and will continue to rise 📈⚔️
Went toe-to-toe with the top team in the country today and came away with some wins thanks to two of our captains, PJ Ogunsanya and JT Brown.
Thanks to all who helped make this match happen. Excited for what's ahead. 👀💪
#GoArmy | #BHAW
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PSA Wrestling Fans:
There is no such thing as stalling on top. You don’t even have to try to turn your opponent. #LetsRide
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4% leads the nation and it’s not close. Making a D1 wrestling roster is incredibly hard. Less than 1% of HS wrestlers will do it #Respect
Pennsylvania has a higher percentage (and total number) of its high school boys wrestlers recruited by NCAA DI schools than any other state. #NCAAWrestling
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All Championship tournaments should have mats big enough to accommodate the rules of our sport
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Lots of talk about kids committing too early and then decommiting. I’ll tell you this...when I commit to a recruit @ArmyWP_Wres and I will honor my word. That’s how I was raised and that’s how I coach. #Commitment #Loyalty #Trust are backbones of our program!
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Many people overestimate the results they can get in the short term and underestimate the results they can get long term. Persistence and consistency win. No shortcuts.
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"I teach today what I first learned here @WestPoint_USMA " -Coach K
West Point prepares young people to LEAD better than any institution in the world!
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This tournament is freaking hard man. Much respect to the gladiators in the arena
Among many other facts around the weekend, here's one that sticks out: 19 former All-Americans failed to AA this year.
Good list of random factoids from @MatScouts1 on his Rokfin channel! rokfin.com/article/16747/NCA…
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🤔🤬“These cuts will eliminate one-third of Stanford’s student athletes, and will save the school $4.5 million yearly — less than 4% of Stanford’s athletic department budget. Among these cuts was the varsity wrestling team.” @KeepStanfordWRE campustimes.org/2021/03/28/k…
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I can do better. The world can be better. There is much work to be done so let’s not wait any longer. I’ll do my part to be more like CJ
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I seriously think my time away from the sport, working a blue collar job in the oil fields and then a white collar job with @Chesapeake, made me a much better coach than if I had just went directly into coaching. Broadened my thinking and perspectives.
For 2 1/2 years, Kevin Ward was working in the oil fields. Now he is the head coach at @ArmyWP_Wres. Learn about @CoachKWard's improbable journey to West Point.
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First workout after Midlands and Markus Hartman is the last one to leave. There are zero secrets to success. 💪⚔️🇺🇸
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If you got 50 calls today, great! If you got zero, you’re still good! No matter what, keep your head down and keep working.
You have to own your future and take control of your destiny. Press on 2024’s! I’ll be seeing you soon 👊🏻
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Supporting a teammate on their journey towards their goals is never a story line. It’s an EXPECTATION for @ArmyWP_Wres #Brotherhood
Under-appreciated storyline: Lee and DeSanto both ended their B1G tournaments with heart-breaking losses, but both came back into the arena to watch The Bull from the stands.
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Taken after a grueling workout in the @ArmyWP_Wres room. What I love most about this team is how much they love each other #Brotherhood #Family #ChasingGreatness
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How many thousands of reps has he drilled this? #RepitionIsKey
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One hell of a season for these men! We are always striving for more, but I am grateful for the success that these men brought to the @ArmyWP_Wres program. 6 NCAA qualifiers return for the 23rd ranked team in 🇺🇸 Future remains bright! #ChasingGreatnes
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What a season for @ArmyWP_Wres and THE BEST IS YET TO COME‼️Who will be next to step up and commit to #ChasingGreatness with 🇺🇸’s team?!?! #2020Vision #FutureIsBright #LetsGo
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“All together, 305,593 athletes participated in high school wrestling last season — 256,466 boys and 49,127 girls — marking the first time the sport has eclipsed the 300,000 mark since 1978” 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks to another year of massive growth for girls wrestling and a big bounce back for boys numbers, high school wrestling participation hit a 45-year high in 2022-23.
flosports.link/3PvxB54
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Kids listen up...if you aren’t getting a check every month, AND getting school COMPLETELY paid for, you aren’t getting a full ride. Don’t get duped! Some shady people out there in the recruiting game. West Point = FULL RIDE 💵💰💵🇺🇸
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Pre-season is officially over. Couldn’t ask for better weather for our annual run from the lowest spot at West Point to the highest.
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Being able to take team points away that have already been earned in competition has got to be one of the dumbest things in sports.
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Finished the regular season #13 in the country @InterMat rankings. Onward to the Championships! #ChasingGreatness
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Talk about an example of doing the small things right! My man here was asked to fix a motor on a fan. Took him 10 minutes. Instead of being done he cleaned the ENTIRE fan. Said if he was gonna do something he was gonna DO IT RIGHT! #RoleModel #DetailsMatter
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Tough match this morning! @AmericanAir came out strong trying to slow us down at bag drop & @TSA did what @TSA does: no hustle, no empathy, barely a pulse, hated their jobs. But the Ward family fought through the adversity and made it on time. #ProudDad #FamilyTravel #WeMadeIt
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In what other sport do the referees interrupt your warmup to remind you of the rules you and your coaches already know???
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Nothing could ever replace CJ or the joy he brought to our lives. But if wrestling can add a layer of comfort for those feeling pain & bring a smile to someone’s face the way CJ could, then we will wrestle our asses off this Friday 🙏🏿
.@ArmyWP_Wres to honor C.J. Morgan on Friday night in a special Senior Night.
A tribute to a friend, classmate and teammate.
#GoArmy
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In St Louis for @ncaawrestling Championships. 4 @ArmyWP_Wres warriors ready to scrap. Time to make dreams come true! #chasinggreatness
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Wrestling is the most honest sport in the world. You will get what you earn. Sacrifices and determination make the impossible possible.
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There are a lot of things to love about coaching at West Point, but this might be my favorite
If you become who you look up to, my kids are in great hands ❤️
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Six @ncaawrestling National Qualifiers and one 1st alternate for @ArmyWP_Wres. The troops are coming!!! #ChasingGreatness
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Black Knight Invite this Sunday at West Point. 10 of these bad boys up for grabs #LetsGetIt 🤼♂️🏆⚔️
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Gear Day at @ArmyWP_Wres. The ultimate gear video. Check it out! piped.video/watch?v=q5aMlyR3…
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Benny!!!
Ben Pasiuk. All-American. 🏆
He wins by decision 9-8 to secure the program's first top eight finish since 2008 at the NCAA Championships!
#AmericasTeam
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My letter to the @ArmyWP_Wres family. Hard work is never wasted, and the trophy isn’t the true prize. Press on! 🙏🏻
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Maybe the most important lesson I relearned in 2019...tell your people you love them. Feeling love is good; sharing love is great. Hoping #2020 brings much love to all y’all! #LoveIsAverb
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When it’s “Breaking” news that someone didn’t fail a drug test 😂🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Breaking: Jon Jones was drug tested by USADA and the California State Athletic Commission on the night of UFC 232 on Dec. 29 and all tests have come back clean. No picograms of the M3 metabolite, which was the source of all the controversy and drama last month, were found.
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Family dinner @ArmyWP_Wres style. Full belly, full heart ❤️
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This senior class is special. This team is special. The best is yet to come ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #ChasingGreatness
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Being smart matters, but being TOUGH matters more!
'Grit' more important for success than brains and brawn, West Point study finds nypost.com/2019/11/04/grit-m…
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The day after LU announced they are dropping their program head coach Dallas Smith SHOWS UP to coach his guys under brutal circumstances.
Because that’s what leaders do. They don’t quit. This is the CHARACTER and INTEGRITY that @LU_Lions is throwing away. Do better @LindenwoodU
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We aren't hanging our heads. We made mistakes and we'll work on them. We didn't stop fighting and we never will #BHAW
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One of my favorite things about open tournaments is coaching against all the parents in the other corner
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Makes me wanna play for @ArmyWP_Football and @CoachJeffMonken!! ⚔️☠️⚔️
🔉 @ArmyWP_Football head coach Jeff Monken was PUMPED UP in his pregame speech before facing Michigan.
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18 wrestlers on the Dean's list at West Point! So proud of the work the @ArmyWP_Wres guys do in the classroom. True #StudentAthlete #leaders
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You are never satisfied unless you win all 10 weights, but I am so proud of our team for continuing to raise the bar for @ArmyWP_Wres. We are taking a group of warriors to @ncaawrestling next week and they will be ready! 🏴 #ChasingGreatness
🗣️ "We had some really good performances that will set us up really well for Minneapolis."
Hear more from coach Ward and the guys following yesterday's 3rd place finish at the EIWA Championships.
#GoArmy #ChasingGreatness
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I love @FloWrestling. Love the articles, videos, all the content, the personalties. No perfect, but they have revolutionized wrestling media. Watching WTT from NY -- amazing how things have progressed!
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