Mission
To utilize wrestling as a vehicle for human potential; teaching the critical values of discipline, respect, sacrifice, and sportsmanship.
Goals
To inspire the Ojai wrestling community to dream big and set high goals in the sport of wrestling. To produce state, regional, national and world champions.
Values
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Discipline:
“Don’t count on motivation; count on discipline.”
Jocko Willink
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Respect:
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
Confucius
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Sacrifice:
“With great victory comes great sacrifice.”
Teddy Roosevelt
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Sportsmanship:
“Win or lose, do it fairly.”
Knute Rockne
“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.”
Muhammad Ali | world champion
Philosophy
The focus of the wrestling program is to introduce boys and girls to the sport of wrestling, teach them proper technical skills, encourage them to compete, and impart the values that wrestling can teach all of us. The goal at the youth age is not to train kids to win the local tournament or a national youth event. Competing is a tool for development and we will encourage the kids to attend tournaments, however the primary objective will be developing fundamentals, strength, fitness, and a passion for the sport of wrestling. We want to inspire the kids, allow them to have fun and learn to work hard.
Once our boys and girls reach middle-school and high-school, more attention and focus can be placed on training to win events and to set specific outcome oriented goals. However, the foundation of the program and training will still be on skill development and technical knowledge. Elite competitors with years of experience in the sport of wrestling still spend a large portion of their time continuing to develop their skill set and technical proficiency.
Wrestling is a complex sport that takes a lot of time on task to fully develop. It is also a sport that allows for multiple strategies, techniques, and unorthodox athletes to find success. Students that approach the sport with an open and creative mindset make the biggest gains, remain in the sport longer, allowing them to develop at a higher level.
“We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
