Welcome to the 2006/2007 Wrestling Season! - WOW!

Practice
Practice will begin on Tuesday November 7th, Practice will be Tuesday and Thursday from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. at
Naperville Central High School Auxiliary Gym. Please park and enter through entrance 19 which is off of
Hillside. Practices will continue through last February and will be held even if there is no school. Notices will be
distributed at practice if a conflict arises and a future practice must be canceled.
We recommend wearing comfortable clothing to practice. T-shirts and shorts are the best...sweatpants are ok
too. Gym shoes or wrestling shoes are required...no dress shoes. Each wrestler must purchase their own
wrestling headgear. Headgear protects the wrestlers head and is mandatory when competing in tournaments.
Wrestling shoes and headgear can be purchased from most local sporting stores, but we recommend Dick Ponds
on Chicago Ave. Their shoe prices are among the best in the the nation. Headgear comes in many styles and
retail around $20.00...buy the one that your wrestler is comfortable with. Jewelry, watches, glasses or any
others items that could cause injury or tear the mats must be removed prior to practice. Club uniforms are NOT
to be worn at practice. If a wrestler wears either the team singlet and/or shorts, they will be asked to change the
clothing.
Parents are welcome to stay and watch our practices. If you plan to drop your child off in the parking lot,
please make sure that practice has not been canceled and the school doors are unlocked. If you plan to have your
child meet you in the parking lot after practice, make sure that plan has been communicated to your child.
We strongly encourage attending as many practices as possible. Most often we have found that the wrestlers
who do not attend regularly fall behind the others. Also tournament information and practice cancellations will
be handed out at practices, so it is important they attend as much as possible.
We try and group the wrestlers by weight and experience as much as possible, however, this may not always
work depending on how many wrestlers are at practice.
A typical practice is as follows:
-begins at 6:00 p.m. promptly with 15 minutes of warm-up activities
-1 hour of technique training and review
-ends with approximately 10 minutes of games
If your child becomes ill during practice, one of the coaches will contact you by telephone.
We expect all wrestlers to be on their best behavior during practice. Any wrestler who disrupts practice will be