Proud Dad Moments?

[Pipe Line]

I promise you that by the time she's 10, she'll be completely rational, polite, and very respectful.

Great, can't wait to be almost 40

 

[huskermack]

Great, can't wait to be almost 40

Yeah. I was just fucking with you.
There's no end to their attitudes.

 

[Pipe Line]

Yeah. I was just fucking with you.
There's no end to their attitudes.

Lol right, terrible 2’s till I die I guess

 

[huskermack]

My oldest daughter just placed 1st for her dance solo at a competition in Los Anchorage!

 

[alt f4]

Our 3 and 6 year old boys started wrestling in Dec. They've had 5 practices so far. For the 6 year old they have been geared towards the extreme basics - listening, being coachable, strength, and a few basic wrestling moves like a single leg, half, and half defense. Was extremely hesitant on any meets through the first year, however entered them into "My First Wrestling Tournament" which was hosted by their coaches. Its geared towards beginning wrestlers in their first year or a losing record last year. Judging by practice and what I saw on the mat warming up, I was honestly thinking he'd go 0-3 and get dominated. There were some kids who looked like they had a lot of wrestling experience.

However, our 6 year old came out and dominated his first match winning 11-4. With 4 take downs and a near fall.

Second match he faced a kid was 4-0 on the year with 3 pins, 1 major. The kid pretty much dominated him the entire match and was extremely fast, relentless and had quite a bit of experience. Only thing we had was a big strength difference. He was down 10-7 with around 30 seconds to go, got an escape and a take down with 2 seconds left in the match. In OT he won on a takedown in 12 seconds. Pretty fun to watch.

Final match I believe dad said was 3-1 on the year. Similar strength, but obviously a lot more experince. He was down 5-3 with around 30 seconds to go, got the escape and missed a takedown takedown and lost 7-4.

Our 3 year old wrestled in ankle band wrestling. Pretty fun to watch and great way to get young kids into wrestling. He went 2-1 and had a ton of fun running and rolling around on the mat.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

If it's any consolation, they become "threenagers" after that and that's hell on earth.

Update. Turned 4. Got worse

 

[Huskerbuck85]

Our 3 and 6 year old boys started wrestling in Dec. They've had 5 practices so far. For the 6 year old they have been geared towards the extreme basics - listening, being coachable, strength, and a few basic wrestling moves like a single leg, half, and half defense. Was extremely hesitant on any meets through the first year, however entered them into "My First Wrestling Tournament" which was hosted by their coaches. Its geared towards beginning wrestlers in their first year or a losing record last year. Judging by practice and what I saw on the mat warming up, I was honestly thinking he'd go 0-3 and get dominated. There were some kids who looked like they had a lot of wrestling experience.

However, our 6 year old came out and dominated his first match winning 11-4. With 4 take downs and a near fall.

Second match he faced a kid was 4-0 on the year with 3 pins, 1 major. The kid pretty much dominated him the entire match and was extremely fast, relentless and had quite a bit of experience. Only thing we had was a big strength difference. He was down 10-7 with around 30 seconds to go, got an escape and a take down with 2 seconds left in the match. In OT he won on a takedown in 12 seconds. Pretty fun to watch.

Final match I believe dad said was 3-1 on the year. Similar strength, but obviously a lot more experince. He was down 5-3 with around 30 seconds to go, got the escape and missed a takedown takedown and lost 7-4.

Our 3 year old wrestled in ankle band wrestling. Pretty fun to watch and great way to get young kids into wrestling. He went 2-1 and had a ton of fun running and rolling around on the mat.

Where did you find a place for your 3 yr old to wrestle? I wanted to get my 4 yr old into it and the Millard league nearby didn’t take his age

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

Our 3 and 6 year old boys started wrestling in Dec. They've had 5 practices so far. For the 6 year old they have been geared towards the extreme basics - listening, being coachable, strength, and a few basic wrestling moves like a single leg, half, and half defense. Was extremely hesitant on any meets through the first year, however entered them into "My First Wrestling Tournament" which was hosted by their coaches. Its geared towards beginning wrestlers in their first year or a losing record last year. Judging by practice and what I saw on the mat warming up, I was honestly thinking he'd go 0-3 and get dominated. There were some kids who looked like they had a lot of wrestling experience.

However, our 6 year old came out and dominated his first match winning 11-4. With 4 take downs and a near fall.

Second match he faced a kid was 4-0 on the year with 3 pins, 1 major. The kid pretty much dominated him the entire match and was extremely fast, relentless and had quite a bit of experience. Only thing we had was a big strength difference. He was down 10-7 with around 30 seconds to go, got an escape and a take down with 2 seconds left in the match. In OT he won on a takedown in 12 seconds. Pretty fun to watch.

Final match I believe dad said was 3-1 on the year. Similar strength, but obviously a lot more experince. He was down 5-3 with around 30 seconds to go, got the escape and missed a takedown takedown and lost 7-4.

Our 3 year old wrestled in ankle band wrestling. Pretty fun to watch and great way to get young kids into wrestling. He went 2-1 and had a ton of fun running and rolling around on the mat.

The guy that runs that tournament is such a good guy/coach, but I heard that meet was kind of a shit show this year. Cold as hell in the building, concessions had no idea what they were doing and just a mess.

Josh’s “Ankle band wrestling” for the littles is such a good idea, I love that he does that.

Glad your kiddos had such a good time!

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

Where did you find a place for your 3 yr old to wrestle? I wanted to get my 4 yr old into it and the Millard league nearby didn’t take his age

My brother and one of my best friends coaches at RWC and I know they have a seperate group dedicated for the littles where they play games and just focus on acclimating them to following instructions, learning physicality and mainly making sure they leave practice having fun so they want to keep coming back. Perfect for that 4/5 year old range.

 

[alt f4]

Where did you find a place for your 3 yr old to wrestle? I wanted to get my 4 yr old into it and the Millard league nearby didn’t take his age

Josh Gannon (founder of CES in Lincoln) started NWTC which wrestles at Nebraska's practice room at Devaney. Their main focus is discipline and strength building. They do sumo and ankle band and a bunch of strength development.

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

Josh Gannon (founder of CES in Lincoln) started NWTC which wrestles at Nebraska's practice room at Devaney. Their main focus is discipline and strength building. They do sumo and ankle band and a bunch of strength development.

^^^I can’t say enough good things about how good Josh is at working with the kids. Back when it was CES it was a bit pricy, assume that’s still the case but definitely worth it for the 3 years my kiddo was there.

 

[alt f4]

The guy that runs that tournament is such a good guy/coach, but I heard that meet was kind of a shit show this year. Cold as hell in the building, concessions had no idea what they were doing and just a mess.

Josh’s “Ankle band wrestling” for the littles is such a good idea, I love that he does that.

Glad your kiddos had such a good time!

We had a good experience overall. It was delayed because of technical issues and morning of drop outs. Quite a few volunteers from Wesleyan were no shows or completely motivated to be there. It got moved a day back. I gave Josh benefit of doubt since that was out of his control.

We dressed appropriately because I know that arena is always colder than shit during winter. We had a track meet there in high school where it was no warmer than 50ish and warmer outside. Wesleyan didn't allow them to turn up the heat until like 8am. It was negative teens overnight.

 

[Adolph Coors]

my 4 year old tied her shoe the other day, i thought that was really cool

 

[Pipe Line]

Rumor is 3 is worse than 2.....any truth?

 

[slattimer]

Rumor is 3 is worse than 2.....any truth?

My 3rd is 5 now and acts like a teenager. Fiercely independent. If you tell her she can't do something she will do it just to prove you wrong. She's basically been this way since birth. She did not want to wear her puddle jumper anymore this summer swimming, we told her should couldn't swim yet and needed to wear it. She was pissed. By the end of the summer, she's flying off the high dive, no puddle jumper, no swim lessons, just figured it out. She was 4 at the time.

Good Luck on #3.

Also, if you go the route of #4...#3 will teach number 4 how to be a hell child as well. Mine are basically partners in crime...constantly.

 

[Pipe Line]

My 3rd is 5 now and acts like a teenager. Fiercely independent. If you tell her she can't do something she will do it just to prove you wrong. She's basically been this way since birth. She did not want to wear her puddle jumper anymore this summer swimming, we told her should couldn't swim yet and needed to wear it. She was pissed. By the end of the summer, she's flying off the high dive, no puddle jumper, no swim lessons, just figured it out. She was 4 at the time.

Good Luck on #3.

Also, if you go the route of #4...#3 will teach number 4 how to be a hell child as well. Mine are basically partners in crime...constantly.

I can relate. I hate to say my daughter is "bipolar" in a serious sense, but she acts bipolar. She is independent as shit sometimes, wanting to prove the world wrong, then 30 seconds later will ask for help once she realizes she can't do something cause she isn't coordinated enough. But will have sass while she does it. My wife and I are told that the attitudes just get worse at 3.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

My brother and one of my best friends coaches at RWC and I know they have a seperate group dedicated for the littles where they play games and just focus on acclimating them to following instructions, learning physicality and mainly making sure they leave practice having fun so they want to keep coming back. Perfect for that 4/5 year old range.

Where is RWC and do the kids get to wrestle in matches?

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

Where is RWC and do the kids get to wrestle in matches?

They practice at Wesleyan. The real little kids do more sumo wrestling and little things that are more simple, they at 6 and up they start doing live wrestling.

 

[alt f4]

^^^I can’t say enough good things about how good Josh is at working with the kids. Back when it was CES it was a bit pricy, assume that’s still the case but definitely worth it for the 3 years my kiddo was there.

I've coached youth and have been around a lot of youth coaches, but Josh is near the top, if not at the top, for his instruction, discipline, and how he gets young kids to pay attention to him. I thought I was good, but he's better yet.

I don't know how many times my 3 year has told me and my wife not to be stuck brains and we need go brains. I'm sure he used that with his CES kids.

 

[Adolph Coors]

Rumor is 3 is worse than 2.....any truth?

no. 3 is better. the older they get the better. just dont be a pushover from a very young age & youll have less issues. @alt f4 is also correct on getting them in programs so they have structure and learn to listen to other poeple