How to Teach Wrestling to a 7-Year Old
If, like me, you have a 7-year-old that has a bigger 10-year-old brother, then you might empathize with the 7-year-old’s keen interest in learning wrestling and karate.
I got stomped as a kid when I wrestled. I remember one of the few wins I had was against a guy who looked just like Clark Kent—I won, but in trying to savor the victory I tried to ignore the fact that I think that mentally he wasn’t all there. Two years on a high school team didn’t teach me all that much, because my coach taught us the moves, but I never learned or really internalized “why” I was supposed to do each move. If you had asked me back then which move to do, I probably could have recited an answer, but I didn’t feel the answer.
I want my son to learn to feel and know — in his body — how to wrestle.
…to be continued.