BEST 2000 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS





Tom Elling 570-748-8631 telling@oak.kcsd.k12.pa.us Joe Demore 412-492-0459 macej34@ad.com e-mail macej34@ad.com

Mat-Town USA Wrestling Club Volume 4, Issue 11
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9/22/06
CORPORATE SPONSORS

GOLD MEDAL
* Resilite Sports Products --�� www.resilite.com

SILVER MEDAL
* Lock Haven Family Practice
* Carl Poff��s TNT Wrestling Camps, Inc.
* Turner Wrestling Training

BRONZE MEDAL
* Sons of Italy
* Uppling and Company --www.pahealthinsuranceguys.com
* Gilbane Building Co.

For information on becoming a corporate sponsor, please contact Thane N.
Turner, president of the Board of Directors at tturner@uplink.net.

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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
* Mat-Town USA - Lock Haven

Grades 2-4 - Mondays
Grades 8-12 - Tuesdays/Thursdays
Grades 5-7 - Wednesdays

Training is at Lock Haven University��s Thomas Fieldhouse Wrestling Room,
6:30 to 8 p.m. Students can move up or down in grade levels. Just check
with Mat-Town USA by phone or email.

* Special Training Weekend ̱ students should try to attend one of the
events below:

Ken Chertow��s HTC Weekend Camp (www.kenchertow.com) or the Nittany Lion
Wrestling Club Pre-Season Weekend Wrestling Camp
(www.nittanylionwrestling.com).

I would like to see each student that receives this email attend one of
these events. I will let you make the choice, since I am good friends with
the people running both of these. Ken Chertow and I are both PSU alumni,
so you can��t go wrong, unless you stay at home.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
5th Annual LHU Wrestling Golf Classic - Friday, October 6. For more
information, go to www.lhuwrestlinggolf.com.

LHU Wrestling Hall of Fame Banquet ̱ Friday, October 6. For more
information, go to http://www.lhup.edu/wrestling/HOF.htm.

Every LHU wrestling supporter should make every effort to be at the Hall
of Fame banquet to honor the 1997 All-Americans. I would encourage
everyone to go to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame website
(www.wrestlinghalloffame.org) and click on NCAA brackets. You will be able
to go to the 1997 tournament at the University of Northern Iowa. This will
help you to relive Terry Showalter��s 6th place finish at 126, Cary Kolat��s
2nd championship at 142, Mike Rogers��s 6th place finish at 150, Brian
Leitzel��s 6th place finish at 158 and Mike Geurin��s 8th place finish at
177. Lock Haven finished 5th as a team.

* Mat-Town USA - Lancaster
For information, go to www.mattownusa.com and click on the link for
Mat-Town USA - Lancaster

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COACHING THOUGHTS
Athletes and coaches, please know that the training you��re taking part in
is very systematic. We are training the student-wrestler to have the
greatest opportunity for success. We are taping each session so we know
exactly what was covered and how well the students performed in rehearsal.
One of our primary goals is that the student never beats him or herself.
We also stress understanding every position, forwards and backwards. We
want the student to know not only what they can do, but what their
opponent can do from each position. This art of wrestling must be built on
a foundation of mental and emotional ruggedness. The will of the athlete
must be stronger than the will of their opponent. So as you train the
body, you also train the heart. Literally, the athlete never loses, but
they may run out of time. With this attitude and a willingness to
constantly strive to improve, the impossible becomes possible. A wrestler
who buys into this concept will be an inspiration to those around him. So
those individuals will take their team to a new level. We really
appreciate the support of the coaches and families who understand this
approach and put their support behind it. When a student buys into this
approach, the results take care of themselves.

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SUPPORT SYSTEM OF STUDENT-ATHLETE
Every student, coach, parent or anyone else who wants to help the sport of
wrestling needs to bookmark the National Wrestling Coaches Association
website ̱ www.nwcaonline.com. Once on that website, go to the Optimal
Performance Calculator (OPC). 35 of 49 states that have wrestling are now
using this system to determine desired weights for each student and how to
get to those weights. This effort will, in the next decade, move wrestling
into 1st place as the number one fitness sport in the United States of
America. I want to encourage every family member to buy into this. We all
need to eat right, live right and stay fit. Learn as much as you can about
body composition, proper nutrition, consistent exercise, and rest and
recovery. When a student is on this program, they will not be allowed to
lose more than 1.5 % of their body weight in any 7-day period. This is
based on the scientific fact that no daily diet should have more than a
1,000-calorie deficit. Over a 7-day period, this would equal 7,000
calories. To lose one pound, a person must have a 3,500-calorie deficit.
This program also stresses all of us staying fully hydrated. We all need
to drink more water. Please concentrate on the positive goals of this
effort. I have chosen to stress that if we all buy into this not only the
athlete will be more fit, but so will the coaches and the individuals who
make up the support system for every wrestler. I never want to hear that
the wrestler was eating one way and everyone else was eating another way.

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DON��T FORGET TO VOTE
Dan Gable is still in second place for ESPN��s Best Coach of all time. As
of this writing, John Wooden was holding on to first place with 40% of the
votes, while Dan Gable had 28% and Pat Summit had 23.2%. Dan needs your
vote to move into first place. Wrestling needs this type of recognition.
The winner will be announced Monday, September 25 at 10 p.m. on ESPN
Classic.

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COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES
We encourage you to start checking our calendar as we have been in touch
with every organization we can think of to get their dates.
* National High School Coaches Association ̱ www.nhsca.com. There are
events coming up.
* Lock Haven Fall Classic ̱ October 28 and 29 at Lock Haven University.
For more information and/or to pre-register online, go to
www.lhup.edu/wrestling/FC.htm. There will be more mats this year, but you
must register in advance.
* 8th Annual Clearfield Fall Brawl Wrestling Tournament ̱ November 4th at
Clearfield High School. For information email info@clearfieldwrestling.com
* Central Mountain needs two teams for the King of the Mountain on
December 15-16, 2006 (32 teams and 3 points). Contact (Norm Palovcsik), PO
Box 774, Lock Haven, PA�� 17745 or call 570-295-3795 (cell).
* Central Mountain is also looking for a team for the CM Duals on January
13, 2007.�� This is a 12-team, 3-point tournament with all teams guaranteed
five meets.
* Pennsylvania District VI AA Portage Area High School is looking for a
holiday tournament. Contact Coach Rob English at
renglish@mail.portageareasd.org.

For this type of information, we would encourage all wrestling people to
go to http://www.pawrsl.com/pa/dualop02.htm. This is Tom Elling��s
Pennsylvania Wrestling page. I would encourage all Pennsylvania wrestling
people to bookmark this page and check it weekly.

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COLLEGE 2006-2007 WRESTLING SCHEDULES
* Lock Haven University - havensports.com.
* Penn State - www.gopsusports.com
* Lycoming College - www.lycoming.edu
* Bucknell University - bucknellbison.cstv.com
* Bloomsburg University ̱ www.bloomu.edu
* Messiah College ̱ www.messiah.edu
* University of Maryland - http://umterps.cstv.com/

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COMPETITION FOR GIRLS
See www.mattownusa.com under ��competitive opportunities̨. There are
additional opportunities being offered by USA Pennsylvania. Contact person
is Jonathan Mitchell at 717-481-8615 or 717-291-6183 or by email at
Mitchell@lancaster.k12.pa.us. Mat-Town USA would like to encourage all
girls and women in our training area to begin training with us as Coach
Terry Fike is going to put together a team to travel to competitions in
2006-2007.

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SPECIAL EVENT
Olympic champion John Peterson will be speaking at a breakfast meeting in
York County on October 7 from 7 to 9 a.m. There will be a free clinic
after the breakfast. For more information, please contact Scot Naylor at
amdrhms@aol.com.

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WRESTLING EDUCATION
Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association Convention, www.brute.com/pwca,
October 13-15 in Grantville, PA.

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NATIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME PA CHAPTER 14TH ANNUAL ��HALL OF FAMĘ
BANQUET
Plan ahead to attend the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame Banquet. The 2007
banquet is scheduled for April 14, 2007 in Altoona. Mark your calendars
now and for ticket information email Mike Clair at
mclair@wrestlinghalloffame.org.

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TEACHING AND COACHING OPENINGS PLUS PERSONS LOOKING FOR TEACHING AND
COACHING POSITIONS

To view openings, go to our web page and click on ��Announcements̨. This is
updated weekly.

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TURNER WRESTLING TRAINING WILL BE AT LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY, JUNE 24-28,
2007
For more information got to www.ntwrestle.com.

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2006-2007 MAT-TOWN USA MEMBERSHIP & FUNDRAISING
Mat-Town USA needs every family and every booster club to support the
efforts to train wrestlers. The market value of group training is at least
$10 per session. In the near future, we will be sending out reminders and
also contacting coaches and booster clubs. We are in our 4th year of
operation and our #1 limiting factor right now is financial. We need every
one receiving this to ask how they might help.

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2007 GRADUATES
It��s never too early to begin planning for college. Be sure you��ve taken
your SATs and registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse. I would recommend
you meet with your guidance contact and begin to get everything in order
for college now. Mat-Town USA and Turner Wrestling Training will gladly
offer our encouragement and advice if a student has any questions or
concerns. We strongly recommend that the student be very pro-active. Do
not wait to be recruited. Seek out the school that you would like to
attend. The single most important factor in your decision should be the
people you are going to be coached by and wrestle with.

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GUIDE TO NCAA RULES FOR ALUMNI, FACULTY & FRIENDS
Penn State University publishes a brochure for individuals that are
associated with prospective student-athletes and enrolled
student-athletes. I would encourage everyone to write to them and ask for
a copy. Just write to Office of Athletic Compliance, The Pennsylvania
State University, 144 Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, PA 16802.

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TOM ELLING��S PA WRESTLING HANDBOOK
Tom Elling's 2006-2007 Pennsylvania Wrestling Handbook is now available
for purchase and will be shipped in October. This is a great reference
that no coach or wrestling fan should do without. It contains a complete
list of 2006 PIAA placefinishers (sectionals through states), Tom's Top
100 returning wrestlers, Tom's Top 50 tournament teams, rules, committees,
hall of famers, and much more! To reserve your copy, please send a check
or money order for $18.99 ($17 + $1.99 S&H) to Tom Elling��s PA Wrestling
Handbook, PO Box 334, Revloc, PA 15948.

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Until the next time, I hope each one of you does one of or all of the
following: train hard to improve; enjoy the challenge of competition;
coach wrestlers to be better citizens as well as competitors; encourage
everyone to either follow, participate in, or support the great sport of
wrestling. I do not want anyone on the sidelines. I want everyone who
receives this email to be involved in some way in introducing students to
wrestling and helping others to understand what it is to talk about the
education of wrestling. Meanwhile, please support our sponsors.

Coach T

MAT-TOWN USA WRESTLING CLUB Volume 4, Issue 8

Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 14:48:35 -0400

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CORPORATE SPONSORS

GOLD MEDAL
* Resilite Sports Products -- www.resilite.com

SILVER MEDAL
* Lock Haven Family Practice
* Carl Poff��s TNT Wrestling Camps, Inc.
* Turner Wrestling Training

BRONZE MEDAL
* Sons of Italy
* Uppling and Company --www.pahealthinsuranceguys.com
* Gilbane Building Co.

For information on becoming a corporate sponsor, please contact Thane N.
Turner, president of the Board of Directors at tturner@uplink.net.

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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
* Mat-Town USA Lock Haven
Regular group training will start up again on Tuesday, September 12. This
training will occur in the Lock Haven University Wrestling Room from 6:30
to 8 p.m. Later, we will be adding some sessions on Sunday afternoons.
Stay tuned.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Put in for a day off to play golf to benefit Lock Haven University
Wrestling. The 5th Annual LHU Wrestling Golf Classic will be Friday,
October 6. Please go to the website and sign up now -
www.lhuwrestlinggolf.com. This event, thanks to the Mastec Corporation and
CEO Austin Shanfelter, has raised $1000s of dollars for wrestling
scholarships. A percentage of the funds raised go towards endowed
scholarships in memory of Chris Poff and Troy Turner. Every wrestling
program in the country at the collegiate level is focusing on some day
being endowed.

* Mat-Town USA Lancaster
The Mat-Town USA Lancaster Wrestling Club, in conjunction with the Tornado
Wrestling Club, will begin fall wrestling training sessions for
experienced wrestlers every Monday and Wednesday starting September 11 and
continuing until November 8. The only cost is the purchase of a USA
Wrestling Card. Anyone needing more information can contact Trent Turner
at (717) 397-5231, ext. 2312 or trent_turner@cvsd.k12.pa.us. You may also
contact Jon Mitchell at (717) 291-6183 or jemitchell@lancaster.k12.pa.us.

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COACHING THOUGHTS
WE, not they. I��m sure you��ve all heard the statement, ��We won!̨ or ��They
lost!̨ It��s amazing how WE always wins and THEY always loses. This is an
example of failure to accept responsibility. Each of us needs to have a
sense of responsibility in our area of wrestling. Now when it comes to
teams, I feel a sense of responsibility for each individual that trains
with me, either through Mat-Town USA or Turner Wrestling Training. I feel
a sense of responsibility for helping each individual to improve so they
in turn can help their team to do better. So when it comes to individual
teams, I am somewhat neutral because I may have coached athletes on both
teams. So I��m just looking for improved performances. However, I would
expect the athletes, the coaches and the support system of any individual
team to accept responsibility for the team��s performance. Now when we go
to the state level, I, too, have to be somewhat careful because I work
with athletes from many states through Turner Wrestling Training. I would
encourage each of you to accept a share of the responsibility for how your
state does when there is state vs. state competition. What brought me to
write these comments was the Pennsylvania performance in the USA Wrestling
championships held in Fargo, ND in July. This competition is for Cadets
and Juniors in freestyle and Greco-Roman and Girls in freestyle. You can
go to the PAWF web page ̱ www.usapawf.com -- and see the results for
yourself. The high point team-wise was the Pennsylvania Cadet freestyle
team finished first. Quite an honor, one the competitors and everyone
should be very proud of. As I started out, WE did very well. But you will
notice in the junior division and the girls division, we did not do too
well. I, for one, as a Pennsylvania resident and as a person very involved
with many Pennsylvania wrestlers, accept some responsibility for that. I
want to ask myself what can I do to help change that? But I also want all
of you who are reading this to ask yourself what can you do? We are all
quick to point to the Division I NCAA wrestling championships when
Pennsylvania has the most All-Americans. Please examine how you can be
more proactive to make sure we do better next year. But next year always
starts the day after this year. Now to try to keep all of you focused on
WE and THEY, let��s turn to USA Wrestling at the senior level, where men
wrestling in freestyle and Greco and women wrestle in freestyle. I, for
one, am very patriotic and I want to see us do better. I want to see the
United States as the most powerful nation in the world in wrestling. This
would help every person who��s in the sport of wrestling. WE need to do
anything we can in our position and our sphere of influence to help us
move in that direction. To me, wrestling is the ultimate team sport. The
contribution of every individual is very measurable. The importance of
good training partners can never be overstated. The need for adequate
funding is absolutely critical. The impossible becomes possible if no one
cares who gets the credit. I will leave you with that thought.

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SUPPORT SYSTEM OF STUDENT-ATHLETE
See above article. It takes all of us to make consistent improvement in a
positive way. When you think only of yourself, you have the wrong focus.

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COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES
We encourage you to start checking our calendar as we have been in touch
with every organization we can think of to get their dates.
* National High School Coaches Association ̱ www.nhsca.com. There are
events coming up.
* Lock Haven Fall Classic ̱ October 28 and 29 at Lock Haven University.
* Nor�� East High School Wrestling Duals ̱ December 9 at Shenendehowa High
School, Clifton, NY. They are seeking 2 more teams to participate in this
event. Contact Frank Popolizio at fpopolizio@spataroins.com if you are
interested.
* Central Mountain needs two teams for the King of the Mountain on
December 15-16, 2006 (32 teams and 3 points). Contact (Norm Palovcsik), PO
Box 774, Lock Haven, PA 17745 or call 570-295-3795 (cell).
* Central Mountain is also looking for a team for the CM Duals on January
13, 2007. This is a 12-team, 3-point tournament with all teams guaranteed
five meets.

For this type of information, we would encourage all wrestling people to
go to http://www.pawrsl.com/pa/dualop02.htm. This is Tom Elling��s
Pennsylvania Wrestling page. I would encourage all Pennsylvania wrestling
people to bookmark this page and check it weekly.

COMPETITION FOR GIRLS
See www.mattownusa.com under ��competitive opportunities̨. There are
additional opportunities being offered by USA Pennsylvania. Contact person
is Jonathan Mitchell at 717-481-8615 or 717-291-6183 or by email at
Mitchell@lancaster.k12.pa.us.

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WRESTLING EDUCATION
There are two coaches�� conventions this fall ̱ the National Wrestling
Coaches Association Convention, www.nwcaonline.com/convention.cfm,
September 19-21 in Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches
Association Convention, www.brute.com/pwca, October 13-15 in Grantville,
PA. For more information on these, go to their websites. I would encourage
every wrestling coach at every level in Pennsylvania to attend the PWCA
Convention. I would also encourage every state to begin having a state
convention. In turn, I would encourage every district in the state of
Pennsylvania, or whatever your breakdown is in other states, to be sure
you are represented at the National Wrestling Coaches Convention. The more
organized wrestling is the more powerful voice wrestling will have. In the
world of athletic education always be looking for ways to expand your
numbers at every level.

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NATIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME PA CHAPTER 14TH ANNUAL ��HALL OF FAMĘ
BANQUET
Plan ahead to attend the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame Banquet. The 2007
banquet is scheduled for April 14, 2007 in Altoona. Mark your calendars
now and for ticket information email Mike Clair at
mclair@wrestlinghalloffame.org.

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TEACHING AND COACHING OPENINGS PLUS PERSONS LOOKING FOR TEACHING AND
COACHING POSITIONS
Billy Greene, the head coach at Campbell University, is in need of an
assistant coach/graduate assistant. Please contact him immediately if you
have an interest in this position. You can reach him at
greeneb@mailcenter.campbell.edu. Office phone 910-893-1358 or cell
910-489-5185. He will be able to give you additional information. Looks
like a great opportunity for someone who wants to coach at the collegiate
level and also secure an advanced degree or a second degree.

To view other openings, go to our web page and click on ��Announcements̨.
This is updated weekly.

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TURNER WRESTLING TRAINING WILL BE AT LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY, JUNE 24-28,
2007
We would like to encourage you to visit our photo gallery from the 2006
week. Just go to www.ntwrestle.com and click on the photo on the home
page. You will be able to go through the week with us by the magic of the
photo world. The 2007 training will be a cooperative effort between Lock
Haven University, Lock Haven University Wrestling, Mat-Town USA Wrestling
and Turner Wrestling Training. This was all put together by Troy Miller,
Director of Athletic Development at Lock Haven University. Lock Haven
Wrestling Training has a long history of success. Coach Turner directed
his first week of training at Lock Haven University in the summer of 1980.
He directed the training there for 11 summers. Coach Turner said, ��I was
praying for a place to host wrestling training and a place where wrestling
training could grow. I am deeply grateful to Lock Haven University and
Lock Haven University Wrestling for giving Turner Wrestling Training the
opportunity to return to where we started. I will put all of my energies
into making wrestling training at Lock Haven the most organized, focused
and intense training offered anywhere for individuals and teams.̨ Stay
tuned.

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2006-2007 MAT-TOWN USA MEMBERSHIP
We have had a good response to our membership drive. New members for
2006-2007 are listed on the website under ��members̨. If you are interested
in supporting Mat-Town USA by becoming a member there is information on
how to do so under ��Membership̨ on the website. Many are choosing to make
donations greater than the initial membership fee. The board of directors
would like everyone to know how appreciative they are for the support we
have received for the past 3 years. 2006-2007 represents our 4th year of
offering wrestling training and education. This would be impossible
without the tangible giving from individuals and businesses. Mat-Town USA
is like a mighty army. If you are not part of this army, consider joining
up today.

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CALENDAR
We have added a calendar of events to the Mat-Town website. If you have
any events you would like to have listed, just send us an email with the
details. Please be sure to give a website if there is one available for
more information. We have been gathering dates for PIAA States,
Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling, Middle Atlantic Wrestling, etc., so if you
like to plan ahead, be sure to take a look. We have listed the teams
participating in the 2006 Conestoga Valley Holiday Wrestling Classic on
December 29 and 30. Just click on the event and this gives you more
details. We are willing to do this for other events. Mat-Town USA is very
focused on wrestling promotion.

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2007 GRADUATES
It��s never too early to begin planning for college. Be sure you��ve taken
your SATs and registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse. I would recommend
you meet with your guidance contact and begin to get everything in order
for college now. Mat-Town USA and Turner Wrestling Training will gladly
offer our encouragement and advice if a student has any questions or
concerns. We strongly recommend that the student be very pro-active. Do
not wait to be recruited. Seek out the school that you would like to
attend. The single most important factor in your decision should be the
people you are going to be coached by and wrestle with.

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Until the next time, I hope each one of you does one of or all of the
following: train hard to improve; enjoy the challenge of competition;
coach wrestlers to be better citizens as well as competitors; encourage
everyone to either follow, participate in, or support the great sport of
wrestling. I do not want anyone on the sidelines. I want everyone who
receives this email to be involved in some way in introducing students to
wrestling and helping others to understand what it is to talk about the
education of wrestling. Meanwhile, please support our sponsors.

Coach T

MAT-TOWN USA WRESTLING CLUB Volume 4, Issue 7

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CORPORATE SPONSORS

GOLD MEDAL
* Resilite Sports Products -- www.resilite.com

SILVER MEDAL
* Lock Haven Family Practice
* Carl Poff��s TNT Wrestling Camps, Inc.
* Turner Wrestling Training

BRONZE MEDAL
* Sons of Italy
* Gilbane Building Co.

For information on becoming a corporate sponsor, please contact Thane N.
Turner, president of the Board of Directors at tturner@uplink.net.

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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
* Mat-Town USA Lock Haven
Regular group training will start up again on Tuesday, September 12. This
training will occur in the Lock Haven University Wrestling Room from 6:30
to 8 p.m. Later, we will be adding some sessions on Sunday afternoons.
Stay tuned.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Put in for a day off to play golf to benefit Lock Haven University
Wrestling. The 5th Annual LHU Wrestling Golf Classic will be Friday,
October 6. Please go to the website and sign up now -
www.lhuwrestlinggolf.com. This event, thanks to the Mastec Corporation and
CEO Austin Shanfelter, has raised $1000s of dollars for wrestling
scholarships. A percentage of the funds raised go towards endowed
scholarships in memory of Chris Poff and Troy Turner. Every wrestling
program in the country at the collegiate level is focusing on some day
being endowed.

* Mat-Town USA Lancaster
The Tornado Wrestling Club in conjunction with the Mat-Town USA -
Lancaster Wrestling Club is holding wrestling practice sessions on Mondays
and Wednesdays for all area wrestlers with experience. Training is a
combination of folkstyle and freestyle/Greco wrestling. Practices are
being held at the McCaskey High School wrestling room on Mondays and the
Conestoga Valley High School wrestling room on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30
p.m. at both sites. The only cost is the required purchase of a USA
Wrestling Card ($30). Anyone wanting more information can contact either
Jon Mitchell at 291-6183 (email: mitchell@lancaster.k12.pa.us) or Trent
Turner at 397-5231, ext. 2312 (email: trent_turner@cvsd.k12.pa.us).

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COACHING THOUGHTS
Mental Training. Everything starts in the mind. Mat-Town USA has been
working with Brad Williams. You can go to his web page by clicking on
��Mental Training̨ on the Mat-Town USA web page, www.mattownusa.com. He is
available for individual and group sessions. Attitude is everything, both
in training and in competition. We must each frame our minds to maximize
each training session and each competition bout. For me personally, my
mental attitude rests on the foundation of my Christian faith. I discuss
this more on my Turner Wrestling Training website, www.ntwrestle.com.
Click on ��Coach Turner Discusses His Faith̨ and then click on ��Coach
Turner��s Corner.̨ This will help you to see how I approach life and
coaching. I try to focus totally on becoming a better teacher of wrestling
every day. And I desire the same for every student to have a passion to
improve every training session. I want every student to train to defeat
opponents that they are not supposed to be able to defeat. You train to
defeat the best wrestlers in your weight class. Every training session is
a rehearsal and every bout is a main event. As we look to Tuesday,
September 12 and all the training after that, let��s all report with a
desire for maximum concentration and intensity. Help me to get good
partner match-ups and let��s maximize our time together.

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SUPPORT SYSTEM OF STUDENT-ATHLETE
I have changed the title of this segment because it is more than just the
family, although the family is the most important support group, but it
also includes grandparents, relatives, friends, teachers and, of course,
coaches. It really includes anyone who can influence the student wrestler
to make right choices in life, school and wrestling. All of us will have
an influence on those we are around. If you want that to be positive you
must realize that first and foremost is modeling. I need to ask myself and
so do you, if a student wrestler followed me around would I influence them
in a positive way? Words won��t do it if my life cancels out the words. Let
��s all work very hard to provide a very positive support system for our
wrestlers. Mat-Town USA has received many compliments for the wrestlers,
families and friends when we have been at competitions together. Let��s
continue this in 2006-2007. Mat-Town USA, the mats are always down.

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COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES
We encourage you to start checking our calendar as we have been in touch
with every organization we can think of to get their dates.
* AAU Wrestling ̱ http://aausports.org/sprt_Wrestling.asp. The AAU has a
few upcoming summer wrestling events.
* National High School Coaches Association ̱ www.nhsca.com. There are
events coming up.
* 10th Annual Elizabethtown Booster Club ��Takedown Tournament̨ ̱ September
30 at Elizabeth Area High School. Contact Mike Sernoffsky at 717-367-2252
or Jeff Rosenberger at 717-361-0312 for more information.
* 2nd Annual Susquehanna Township Wrestling Boosters Pre-Season
Tournament ̱ October 21 at Susquehanna Township High School. For more
information, contact Joe Scott at 717-241-4429 or Jim Whistler at
717-545-7086.
* Lock Haven Fall Classic ̱ October 28 and 29 at Lock Haven University.
* Nor�� East High School Wrestling Duals ̱ December 9 at Shenendehowa High
School, Clifton, NY. They are seeking 2 more teams to participate in this
event. Contact Frank Popolizio at fpopolizio@spataroins.com if you are
interested.
* Central Mountain needs three teams for the King of the Mountain on
December 15-16, 2006 (32 teams and 3 points). Contact (Norm Palovcsik), PO
Box 774, Lock Haven, PA 17745 or call 570-295-3795 (cell).
* Central Mountain is also looking for two teams for the CM Duals on
January 13, 2007. This is a 12-team, 3-point tournament with all teams
guaranteed five meets.

For this type of information, we would encourage all wrestling people to
go to http://www.pawrsl.com/pa/dualop02.htm. This is Tom Elling��s
Pennsylvania Wrestling page. I would encourage all Pennsylvania wrestling
people to bookmark this page and check it weekly.

COMPETITION FOR GIRLS
See www.mattownusa.com under ��competitive opportunities̨. There are
additional opportunities being offered by USA Pennsylvania. Contact person
is Jonathan Mitchell at 717-481-8615 or 717-291-6183 or by email at
Mitchell@lancaster.k12.pa.us.

===========================================
WRESTLING EDUCATION
There are two coaches�� conventions this fall ̱ the National Wrestling
Coaches Association Convention, www.nwcaonline.com/convention.cfm,
September 19-21 in Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches
Association Convention, www.brute.com/pwca, October 13-15 in Grantville,
PA. For more information on these, go to their websites. I would encourage
every wrestling coach at every level in Pennsylvania to attend the PWCA
Convention. I would also encourage every state to begin having a state
convention. In turn, I would encourage every district in the state of
Pennsylvania, or whatever your breakdown is in other states, to be sure
you are represented at the National Wrestling Coaches Convention. The more
organized wrestling is the more powerful voice wrestling will have. In the
world of athletic education always be looking for ways to expand your
numbers at every level.

===========================================
NATIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME PA CHAPTER 14TH ANNUAL ��HALL OF FAMĘ
BANQUET
Plan ahead to attend the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame Banquet. The 2007
banquet is scheduled for April 14, 2007 in Altoona. Mark your calendars
now and for ticket information email Mike Clair at
mclair@wrestlinghalloffame.org.

===========================================
TEACHING AND COACHING OPENINGS PLUS PERSONS LOOKING FOR TEACHING AND
COACHING POSITIONS
Billy Greene, the head coach at Campbell University, is in need of an
assistant coach/graduate assistant. Please contact him immediately if you
have an interest in this position. You can reach him at
greeneb@mailcenter.campbell.edu. Office phone 910-893-1358 or cell
910-489-5185. He will be able to give you additional information. Looks
like a great opportunity for someone who wants to coach at the collegiate
level and also secure an advanced degree or a second degree.

To view other openings, go to our web page and click on ��Announcements̨.
This is updated weekly.

===========================================
TURNER WRESTLING TRAINING AT MESSIAH COLLEGE
We would like to encourage you to visit our photo gallery from the week of
training at Messiah College. Just go to www.ntwrestle.com and click on the
photo on the home page. You will be able to go through the week with us by
the magic of the photo world.

===========================================
2006-2007 MAT-TOWN USA MEMBERSHIP
We have had a good response to our membership drive. New members for
2006-2007 are listed on the website under ��members̨. If you are interested
in supporting Mat-Town USA by becoming a member there is information on
how to do so under ��Membership̨ on the website. Many are choosing to make
donations greater than the initial membership fee. The board of directors
would like everyone to know how appreciative they are for the support we
have received for the past 3 years. 2006-2007 represents our 4th year of
offering wrestling training and education. This would be impossible
without the tangible giving from individuals and businesses. Mat-Town USA
is like a mighty army. If you are not part of this army, consider joining
up today.

===========================================
CALENDAR
We have added a calendar of events to the Mat-Town website. If you have
any events you would like to have listed, just send us an email with the
details. Please be sure to give a website if there is one available for
more information. We have been gathering dates for PIAA States,
Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling, Middle Atlantic Wrestling, etc., so if you
like to plan ahead, be sure to take a look. We have listed the teams
participating in the 2006 Conestoga Valley Holiday Wrestling Classic on
December 29 and 30. Just click on the event and this gives you more
details. We are willing to do this for other events. Mat-Town USA is very
focused on wrestling promotion.

===========================================
NEW WRESTLING LINKS ADDED
Under ��Wrestling Links̨ on the Mat-Town website, we have created a new
category for equipment sources. Always keep in mind these businesses have
been very loyal for the support of the sport of wrestling. The greatest
thing we can do for them is increase the number of wrestlers in the United
States of America.

===========================================
2007 GRADUATES
It��s never too early to begin planning for college. Be sure you��ve taken
your SATs and registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse. I would recommend
you meet with your guidance contact and begin to get everything in order
for college now. Mat-Town USA and Turner Wrestling Training will gladly
offer our encouragement and advice if a student has any questions or
concerns. We strongly recommend that the student be very pro-active. Do
not wait to be recruited. Seek out the school that you would like to
attend. The single most important factor in your decision should be the
people you are going to be coached by and wrestle with.

===========================================
Until the next time, I hope each one of you does one of or all of the
following: train hard to improve; enjoy the challenge of competition;
coach wrestlers to be better citizens as well as competitors; encourage
everyone to either follow, participate in, or support the great sport of
wrestling. I do not want anyone on the sidelines. I want everyone who
receives this email to be involved in some way in introducing students to
wrestling and helping others to understand what it is to talk about the
education of wrestling.

Coach T

===========================================
Neil Turner
Director/Coach
Mat-Town USA Wrestling Club
P.O. Box 292
Lock Haven, PA 17745
570.748.3734
Cell: 570.660.1532
Fax: 570.748.3195
nturner@mattownusa.com
www.mattownusa.com

MAT-TOWN USA WRESTLING CLUB Volume 4, Issue 6

This message has been sent to you because you requested to receive these
periodic updates.
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Volume 4, Issue 6
8/18/06
www.mattownusa.com

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CORPORATE SPONSORS

GOLD MEDAL
* Resilite Sports Products -- www.resilite.com

SILVER MEDAL
* Lock Haven Family Practice

BRONZE MEDAL
* www.pahealthinsuranceguys.com
* Sons of Italy

For information on becoming a corporate sponsor, please contact Thane N.
Turner, president of the Board of Directors at tturner@uplink.net.

===========================================
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
* Mat-Town USA Lock Haven
Training sessions for the remainder of the summer must be scheduled on an
individual basis. Please contact the Mat-Town USA wrestling office either
by email or phone. The staff of Mat-Town USA will work with the
student-athlete to find a training partner and provide training and
coaching. The staff would prefer to keep the training on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings. Other days and times will be considered if a coach is
available. All training will still be held in the Lock Haven University
Wrestling Room in Thomas Fieldhouse.

Regular group training will start up again on Tuesday, September 12. This
training will occur in the Lock Haven University Wrestling Room from 6:30
to 8 p.m. Later, we will be adding some sessions on Sunday afternoons.
Stay tuned.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Put in for a day off to play golf to benefit Lock Haven University
Wrestling. The 5th Annual LHU Wrestling Golf Classic will be Friday,
October 6. Please go to the website and sign up now -
www.lhuwrestlinggolf.com. This event, thanks to the Mastec Corporation and
CEO Austin Shanfelter, has raised $1000s of dollars for wrestling
scholarships. A percentage of the funds raised go towards endowed
scholarships in memory of Chris Poff and Troy Turner. Every wrestling
program in the country at the collegiate level is focusing on some day
being endowed.

* Mat-Town USA Lancaster
The Tornado Wrestling Club in conjunction with the Mat-Town USA -
Lancaster Wrestling Club is holding wrestling practice sessions on Mondays
and Wednesdays for all area wrestlers with experience. Training is a
combination of folkstyle and freestyle/Greco wrestling. Practices are
being held at the McCaskey High School wrestling room on Mondays and the
Conestoga Valley High School wrestling room on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30
p.m. at both sites. The only cost is the required purchase of a USA
Wrestling Card ($30). Anyone wanting more information can contact either
Jon Mitchell at 291-6183 (email: mitchell@lancaster.k12.pa.us) or Trent
Turner at 397-5231, ext. 2312 (email: trent_turner@cvsd.k12.pa.us).

===========================================
COACHING THOUGHTS
I��m enjoying working with several individuals during this time. It really
gives me the opportunity to focus on units of movement and position. The
student must master certain units of movement to respond correctly in
given situations. Since wrestling is a very dynamic athletic activity,
there is almost no end to the possibility of different positions and the
correct movement in those positions. This requires a prioritization of
movements and positions that you rehearse. I have to make a decision on
this based on a couple factors, the first of which, what is happening in
the sport in this time in history and second, what is the athlete I��m
working with most adept at doing. By studying the sport as a whole, you
are able to come up with required units that must be mastered by every
athlete. By studying the individual, you come up with units that that
individual must master. I really enjoy doing this and I hope to create
excitement in each athlete about doing the same thing. I will just give
one example. When getting off the bottom and the conditions for a switch
are present, the student-athlete must have mastered the ability to scoot
to the inside hip. Then using leverage, do a cross-understep and attack
the opponent. This would be a necessary required unit. An example of the s
pecial unit might be the inside leg trip from the neutral position when in
an over-and-under position. Some persons are going to be able to master
this with very little difficulty and then use it in competition. This is
how I want Mat-Town students to understand the art of wrestling.

===========================================
PARENTS & FAMILY MEMBERS
Many of the Mat-Town USA students are presently involved in a fall sport.
I would encourage the support system of each student to emphasize to the
student the importance of commitment and loyalty to that activity and to
the leadership of that activity during the period of time that activity is
in progress. These are character traits that need to be a way of life for
every student, both in and out of the classroom. Just remember, ��show up
on time and work hard̨.

===========================================
COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES
We encourage you to start checking our calendar as we have been in touch
with every organization we can think of to get their dates.
* AAU Wrestling ̱ http://aausports.org/sprt_Wrestling.asp. The AAU has a
few upcoming summer wrestling events.
* National High School Coaches Association ̱ www.nhsca.com. There are
events coming up.
* 10th Annual Elizabethtown Booster Club ��Takedown Tournament̨ ̱ September
30 at Elizabeth Area High School. Contact Mike Sernoffsky at 717-367-2252
or Jeff Rosenberger at 717-361-0312 for more information.
* 2nd Annual Susquehanna Township Wrestling Boosters Pre-Season
Tournament ̱ October 21 at Susquehanna Township High School. For more
information, contact Joe Scott at 717-241-4429 or Jim Whistler at
717-545-7086.
* Lock Haven Fall Classic ̱ October 28 and 29 at Lock Haven University.
* Nor�� East High School Wrestling Duals ̱ December 9 at Shenendehowa High
School, Clifton, NY. They are seeking 2 more teams to participate in this
event. Contact Frank Popolizio at fpopolizio@spataroins.com if you are
interested.
* Central Mountain needs three teams for the King of the Mountain on
December 15-16, 2006 (32 teams and 3 points). Contact (Norm Palovcsik), PO
Box 774, Lock Haven, PA 17745 or call 570-295-3795 (cell).
* Central Mountain is also looking for two teams for the CM Duals on
January 13, 2007. This is a 12-team, 3-point tournament with all teams
guaranteed five meets.

For this type of information, we would encourage all wrestling people to
go to http://www.pawrsl.com/pa/dualop02.htm . This is Tom Elling��s
Pennsylvania Wrestling page. I would encourage all Pennsylvania wrestling
people to bookmark this page and check it weekly.

COMPETITION FOR GIRLS
See www.mattownusa.com under ��competitive opportunities̨. There are
additional opportunities being offered by USA Pennsylvania. Contact person
is Jonathan Mitchell at 717-481-8615 or 717-291-6183 or by email at
Mitchell@lancaster.k12.pa.us.

===========================================
RESULTS
* For results from the competition for girls, cadets and juniors from
Fargo, go to themat.com. This is the most watched event by college coaches
across the nation. Results for all Pennsylvania wrestlers can be found at
usapawf.com. Every bout every individual wrestled is on this site.
Personally, Mat-Town USA and Turner Wrestling Training are very proud of
all these young men and women for making the commitment to represent
themselves, their families, their schools and the great wrestling state of
Pennsylvania. Since we train wrestlers in other states, we also want them
to know we are equally proud of the wrestlers from Delaware, Maryland, New
Jersey, New York, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and
Florida. If we missed any state, we apologize.

===========================================
WRESTLING EDUCATION
There are two coaches�� conventions this fall ̱ the National Wrestling
Coaches Association Convention, www.nwcaonline.com/convention.cfm,
September 19-21 in Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches
Association Convention, www.brute.com/pwca, October 13-15 in Grantville,
PA. For more information on these, go to their websites. I would encourage
every wrestling coach at every level in Pennsylvania to attend the PWCA
Convention. I would also encourage every state to begin having a state
convention. In turn, I would encourage every district in the state of
Pennsylvania, or whatever your breakdown is in other states, to be sure
you are represented at the National Wrestling Coaches Convention. The more
organized wrestling is the more powerful voice wrestling will have. In the
world of athletic education always be looking for ways to expand your
numbers at every level.

===========================================
NATIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME PA CHAPTER 14TH ANNUAL ��HALL OF FAMĘ
BANQUET
Plan ahead to attend the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame Banquet. The 2007
banquet is scheduled for April 14, 2007 in Altoona. Mark your calendars
now and for ticket information email Mike Clair at
mclair@wrestlinghalloffame.org.

===========================================
TEACHING AND COACHING OPENINGS PLUS PERSONS LOOKING FOR TEACHING AND
COACHING POSITIONS
Billy Greene, the head coach at Campbell University, is in need of an
assistant coach/graduate assistant. Please contact him immediately if you
have an interest in this position. You can reach him at
greeneb@mailcenter.campbell.edu. Office phone 910-893-1358 or cell
910-489-5185. He will be able to give you additional information. Looks
like a great opportunity for someone who wants to coach at the collegiate
level and also secure an advanced degree or a second degree.

To view other openings, go to our web page and click on ��Announcements̨.
This is updated weekly.

===========================================
TURNER WRESTLING TRAINING AT MESSIAH COLLEGE
We would like to encourage you to visit our photo gallery from the week of
training at Messiah College. Just go to www.ntwrestle.com and click on the
photo on the home page. You will be able to go through the week with us by
the magic of the photo world.

===========================================
2006-2007 MAT-TOWN USA MEMBERSHIP
We have had a good response to our membership drive. New members for
2006-2007 are listed on the website under ��members̨. If you are interested
in supporting Mat-Town USA by becoming a member there is information on
how to do so under ��Membership̨ on the website. Many are choosing to make
donations greater than the initial membership fee. The board of directors
would like everyone to know how appreciative they are for the support we
have received for the past 3 years. 2006-2007 represents our 4th year of
offering wrestling training and education. This would be impossible
without the tangible giving from individuals and businesses. Mat-Town USA
is like a mighty army. If you are not part of this army, consider joining
up today.

===========================================
CALENDAR
We have added a calendar of events to the Mat-Town website. If you have
any events you would like to have listed, just send us an email with the
details. Please be sure to give a website if there is one available for
more information. We have been gathering dates for PIAA States,
Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling, Middle Atlantic Wrestling, etc., so if you
like to plan ahead, be sure to take a look.

===========================================
NEW WRESTLING LINKS ADDED
Under ��Wrestling Links̨ on the Mat-Town website, we have created a new
category for equipment sources. Always keep in mind these businesses have
been very loyal for the support of the sport of wrestling. The greatest
thing we can do for them is increase the number of wrestlers in the United
States of America.

===========================================
2007 GRADUATES
It��s never too early to begin planning for college. Be sure you��ve taken
your SATs and registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse. I would recommend
you meet with your guidance contact and begin to get everything in order
for college now. Mat-Town USA and Turner Wrestling Training will gladly
offer our encouragement and advice if a student has any questions or
concerns. We strongly recommend that the student be very pro-active. Do
not wait to be recruited. Seek out the school that you would like to
attend. The single most important factor in your decision should be the
people you are going to be coached by and wrestle with.

===========================================
Until the next time, I hope each one of you does one of or all of the
following: train hard to improve; enjoy the challenge of competition;
coach wrestlers to be better citizens as well as competitors; encourage
everyone to either follow, participate in, or support the great sport of
wrestling. I do not want anyone on the sidelines. I want everyone who
receives this email to be involved in some way in introducing students to
wrestling and helping others to understand what it is to talk about the
education of wrestling.
PANCAKE SERIES ��Dr. Welker��s Signature Takedown��

Mini-clinic Components

�� Introduction: ��Weight Management & The significance of Takedowns in Wrestling��

�� Two-hour demonstration of the Pancake Series

�� Weight Management & Pancake Series Handouts

�� The public is invited to attend

�� Q & A Session on all aspects of wrestling

�� Each wrestler will receive a copy of The Wrestling Drill Book,

approx. a $20.00 value and autographed by Dr. Welker.

Cost per Wrestler (K-12):�� $30.00

DR. BILL WELKER

�� PIAA STATE CHAMPION & STATE RUNNER-UP

�� ON COACHING STAFF OF THREE WEST VIRGINIA AAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS

�� 5-TIME WV SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR

�� NATIONAL SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR

�� NATIONAL OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR

�� AUTHOR/EDITOR OF THE WRESTLING DRILL BOOK

�� Dr. Welker, who possesses over 50 years of experience in wrestling, charges NO Expert Clinician Fee to the school, booster organization or mat club sponsoring the mini-clinic.�� You may contact Bill Welker for further details at:

��

�� E-Mail:�� mattalkwv@hotmail.com

�� Home Phone:�� (304) 232-6046

�� School Phone:�� (304) 243-0394�� Ext. 103

Cell Phone:�� (304) 218-1950��

Mat-town USA Wrestling Club Volume 4, Issue 4

CORPORATE SPONSORS

GOLD MEDAL
* Resilite Sports Products -- www.resilite.com

SILVER MEDAL
* Lock Haven Family Practice

BRONZE MEDAL
* www.pahealthinsuranceguys.com
* Sons of Italy

For information on becoming a corporate sponsor, please contact Thane N.
Turner, president of the Board of Directors at tturner@uplink.net.

===========================================
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
* Mat-Town USA Lock Haven
Training sessions for the remainder of the summer must be scheduled on an
individual basis. Please contact the Mat-Town USA wrestling office either
by email or phone. The staff of Mat-Town USA will work with the
student-athlete to find a training partner and provide training and
coaching. The staff would prefer to keep the training on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings. Other days and times will be considered if a coach is
available. All training will still be held in the Lock Haven University
Wrestling Room in Thomas Fieldhouse.

Regular group training will start up again on Tuesday, September 12. This
training will occur in the Lock Haven University Wrestling Room from 6:30
to 8 p.m. Later, we will be adding some sessions on Sunday afternoons.
Stay tuned.

* Mat-Town USA Lancaster
The Tornado Wrestling Club in conjunction with the Mat-Town USA -
Lancaster Wrestling Club is holding wrestling practice sessions on Mondays
and Wednesdays for all area wrestlers with experience. Training is a
combination of folkstyle and freestyle/Greco wrestling. Practices are
being held at the McCaskey High School wrestling room on Mondays and the
Conestoga Valley High School wrestling room on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30
p.m. at both sites. The only cost is the required purchase of a USA
Wrestling Card ($30). Anyone wanting more information can contact either
Jon Mitchell at 291-6183 (email: mitchell@lancaster.k12.pa.us) or Trent
Turner at 397-5231, ext. 2312 (email: trent_turner@cvsd.k12.pa.us).

===========================================
COACHING THOUGHTS
Having just finished working with students 7th grade and under, I can��t
emphasize enough the importance of positional instruction. Every technique
must be broken into the individual units that make it up, then each unit
must be mastered until there is muscle memory. Then put all the units
together, just like gymnastics. When you do this, you will find there are
many similar units and these are the ones that must be rehearsed the most.
You can reinforce this with positional competition. The goal is the
student will never be in a position that they don��t know what to do.
Successful coaching has not occurred until the student is responding
correctly in competition. Students, remember you do not have competitive
mastery of any technique until you use that particular technique in
competition when the correct position occurs. Correct positions are
created by your initiative or your opponent��s response to your initiative.
You score when you have a superior position, so you must know how to put
yourself in a superior position. This change of units is never-ending. You
must know how to wrestle in a way that is to your advantage, so study
yourself very closely. This approach to mastering the art of wrestling
will make every training session a rewarding and fulfilling time of
preparation. If you just keep getting better, winning will take care of
itself.

===========================================
PARENTS & FAMILY MEMBERS
The support staff of each competitive wrestler must understand what I have
just written above. Just because a student wins doesn��t mean they are a
good wrestler. They are a good wrestler if they are in the process of
mastering the art of wrestling in each and every situation. With this
approach you will see consistent improvement. Every training session
should be focusing on being able to defeat wrestlers that you could not
defeat previously. A very famous football coach said, ��If you��re not
getting better, you��re really getting worse because the other guy is
getting better.̨ This same formula will make you a better student and a
better worker, no matter what the task.

COMPETITION FOR GIRLS
See www.mattownusa.com under ��competitive opportunities̨. There are
additional opportunities being offered by USA Pennsylvania. Contact person
is Jonathan Mitchell at 717-481-8615 or 717-291-6183 or by email at
Mitchell@lancaster.k12.pa.us.

===========================================
RESULTS
* For results from the competition for girls, cadets and juniors from
Fargo, go to themat.com. This is the most watched event by college coaches
across the nation. Mat-Town does not have complete results, but they can
be found on themat.com. We do know, however, that Dylan Alton took 3rd in
Cadet Greco and Andrew Alton took 1st in Cadet freestyle. In freestyle,
Andrew Alton went 10-0 with 7 pins.

===========================================
WRESTLING EDUCATION
Mat-Town USA presents Cary Kolat teaching freestyle, Ray Brinzer teaching
Greco-Roman and Bob Siar teaching on the 2006 International rules. This is
a DVD from the April 2 PAWF event. There is close to 2 hours of
instruction. If you would like a copy of this, just send a check for $25,
plus $5 for shipping and handling ($30 total) made out to Mat-Town USA to
PO Box 292, Lock Haven, PA 17745. Just reference April 2 Training DVD.

===========================================
TEACHING AND COACHING OPENINGS PLUS PERSONS LOOKING FOR TEACHING AND
COACHING POSITIONS
To view these, go to our web page and click on ��Announcements̨. This is
updated weekly.

===========================================
CONESTOGA VALLEY HAS FOUND A TEAM FOR THEIR 6TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY WRESTLING
CLASSIC, DECEMBER 29 & 30

===========================================
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Again, Mat-Town USA would like to stress that we encourage each student to
go to at least one week of a resident camp. Many of you do this with your
team and this is a great thing.

Coach Dave Murray and the Mifflinburg Wrestling Booster Club will be
hosting Cary Kolat on Saturday, August 5. Students register between 8 and
9 a.m. The training will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with 2 one-hour breaks.
Students should bring drinks and snacks for these recovery breaks. The
tuition charge for this opportunity is a very reasonable $40 per student
and $20 per coach, payable at the door. Checks should be made out to the
Mifflinburg Wrestling Booster Club. Mat-Town USA and Turner Wrestling
Training strongly encourages you to take advantage of this opportunity.
Cary Kolat was born to wrestle and he loves to show and teach wrestling.
With his permission, be sure you bring your camera.

===========================================
TURNER WRESTLING TRAINING AT MESSIAH COLLEGE
We would like to encourage you to visit our photo gallery from the week of
training at Messiah College. Just go to www.ntwrestle.com and click on the
photo on the home page. You will be able to go through the week with us by
the magic of the photo world.

===========================================
2006-2007 MAT-TOWN USA MEMBERSHIP
We have had a good response to our membership drive. New members for
2006-2007 are listed on the website under ��members̨. If you are interested
in supporting Mat-Town USA by becoming a member there is information on
how to do so under ��Membership̨ on the website. Many are choosing to make
donations greater than the initial membership fee. The board of directors
would like everyone to know how appreciative they are for the support we
have received for the past 3 years. 2006-2007 represents our 4th year of
offering wrestling training and education. This would be impossible
without the tangible giving from individuals and businesses. Mat-Town USA
is like a mighty army. If you are not part of this army, consider joining
up today.

===========================================
HEART-WARMING STORY
For a heart-warming story, go to
http://www.wdcmedia.com/newsArticle.php?ID=1477. Former wrestler and coach
Nate Carr and his wife and children received a $100,000 makeover of their
home while they were away.

Coach T

Mat-town USA Wrestling Club Volume 4, Issue 3

===========================================
CORPORATE SPONSORS

GOLD MEDAL
* Resilite Sports Products -- www.resilite.com.

SILVER MEDAL
* Lock Haven Family Practice

BRONZE MEDAL
* www.pahealthinsuranceguys.com
* Sons of Italy

For information on becoming a corporate sponsor, please contact Thane N.
Turner, president of the Board of Directors at tturner@uplink.net.

===========================================
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
* Youth Wrestling Clinic
Mat-Town USA will be conducting a Youth Wrestling Clinic July 31 to August
3 in the Thomas Fieldhouse Wrestling Room at Lock Haven University.
Sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to noon each day. The cost of the
clinic is $50 per family and is open to any student entering 7th grade or
below. Coach Neil Turner and area coaches will train students in groups
according to age, grade, weight and experience. Students should wear
comfortable gym clothes and clean sneakers or wrestling shoes. To sign up,
come to the first session with a person 16 years or older and fill out a
registration form. For more information, contact Coach Turner at (570)
748-3734 or (570) 660-1532 or nturner@mattownusa.com.

* Mat-Town USA Lock Haven
Training sessions for the remainder of the summer must be scheduled on an
individual basis. Please contact the Mat-Town USA wrestling office either
by email or phone. The staff of Mat-Town USA will work with the
student-athlete to find a training partner and provide training and
coaching. The staff would prefer to keep the training on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings. Other days and times will be considered if a coach is
available. All training will still be held in the Lock Haven University
Wrestling Room in Thomas Fieldhouse.

===========================================
COACHING THOUGHTS
When I was running on the treadmill this morning, I was watching the tape
from Championship Productions titled ��Dan Gable: Coaching Mental Toughness
on the Mat.̨ I would encourage every coach, parent and wrestler to get a
copy of this and watch it. Then, more importantly, put these lessons into
practice. Go to www.championshipproductions.com to order. No matter what
we are doing, we should have a passion to do it better. Do not place any
limits on your improvement.

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PARENTS & FAMILY MEMBERS
Please be sure the wrestler in your family knows that if they need to
train or want to train they must contact us several days in advance of
each training session and we will try to help them to have a training
partner and coaching. It is never the number of individuals training. It
is having good partner match-ups and wrestlers with a passion to improve.

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COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES
* AAU Wrestling ̱ http://aausports.org/sprt_Wrestling.asp. The AAU has a
few upcoming summer wrestling events.
* National High School Coaches Association ̱ www.nhsca.com. There are
events coming up.
* Keystone State Games at York, July 28 and 29 ̱ www.keystonegames.com.
There is a need for volunteer officials. Contact Libby Yeager at
570-826-1853 or lyeager@luzerne.edu if you are interested.
* Lock Haven Fall Classic ̱ October 28 and 29 at Lock Haven University

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CONESTOGA VALLEY IS LOOKING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL TEAM FOR THEIR 6TH ANNUAL
HOLIDAY WRESTLING CLASSIC, DECEMBER 29 & 30
For additional information, go to ��Announcements̨ on the web page at
www.mattownusa.com.

Mat-town USA Wrestling Club Volume 4, Issue 2

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CORPORATE SPONSORS

GOLD MEDAL
* Resilite Sports Products -- www.resilite.com.

SILVER MEDAL
* Lock Haven Family Practice

BRONZE MEDAL
* www.pahealthinsuranceguys.com
* Sons of Italy

SUPPORTER
* Richard L. Powers, III, D.D.S.

For information on becoming a corporate sponsor, please contact Thane N.
Turner, president of the Board of Directors at tturner@uplink.net.

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SHORT MESSAGE
Everyone needs to know there will be no training tonight, Thursday, July
13, as I��m leaving early in the morning to go to Messiah College, where I
will be training over 460 athletes. Obviously, I��ll have lots of help. I
will offer a training camp for 7th grade and under Monday, July 31 through
Thursday, August 3 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon for the 4 straight days.
Mat-Town will charge $50 for this 8 hours of training. I will put the
students into 2 training groups based on experience. Please mark this on
your calendar. Last year this was a very successful event.

Coach T

Mat-town USA Wresting Club Volume 4, Issue 1

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
* Mat-Town USA Lock Haven
Training sessions for the remainder of the summer must be scheduled on an
individual basis. Please contact the Mat-Town USA wrestling office either
by email or phone. The staff of Mat-Town USA will work with the
student-athlete to find a training partner and provide training and
coaching. The staff would prefer to keep the training on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings. Other days and times will be considered if a coach is
available. All training will still be held in the Lock Haven University
Wrestling Room in Thomas Fieldhouse.

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COACHING THOUGHTS
Communication
As I prepare to go to Messiah College for a training session with over 400
student-athletes, as we get closer to this event, the importance of
communication between coaches, student-athletes and families becomes very
important. I would encourage all coaches to have complete contact
information on all of the students in your program, from youth, middle
school and junior high and high school. We try very hard at Mat-Town USA
to have everyone��s address, all phone numbers, including cell phones, and
emails. It is important to have this information on the family as well as
the student. We are living in an age when communication is a way of life,
so I would encourage every student and family be sure your coach has all
your contact information. If you are a part of Mat-Town USA, be sure you
keep us up to date on all your contact information. In Mat-Town USA��s
case, this would be the family, the student and the coaches in your
district, as we try to work in concert with all of your coaches. We��re
living in a time when we all need to check our email on a daily basis,
just like we check for the mail and phone mail messages. Technology has
brought us all closer together. Mat-Town USA feels this is a great
advantage and we would encourage you all to take advantage of it in a
positive way.

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COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES
* URGENT NEED!! ̱ Mike Maney is taking a group of students to the Mid-West
Nationals in Bloomington, Illinois. He needs two more wrestlers that were
in 9th and 10th grade last academic year. There are no weight classes.
They are using the Madison system. Please contact Mike at 814-574-2322 or
by email at mmaney@pomounties.org. Once again, this is urgent, as they are
scheduled to leave tomorrow.
* AAU Wrestling ̱ http://aausports.org/sprt_Wrestling.asp. The AAU has a
few upcoming summer wrestling events.
* National High School Coaches Association ̱ www.nhsca.com. There are
events coming up.
* Keystone State Games at York, July 28 and 29 ̱ www.keystonegames.com.

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RESULTS
* For the results of the Disney Duals, go to
http://aausports.org/sprt_Wrestling.asp. Please note the Pennsylvania Blue
Team won 1st place out of 28 teams in their division.
* For the results of the Cadet National Duals and the Junior National
Duals, go to www.themat.com. Grant Paswall from Bald Eagle Area wrestled
140 for Pennsylvania in Junior Duals. The Cadet Pennsylvania freestyle
team won first place and Dylan Alton went 10-0. You will recognize other
names if you check on Pennsylvania. If you��re wondering, Andrew Alton was
not able to participate because of an infection. He will be ready to go to
Fargo. We��re trying to get a list of the students going to Fargo for a
future newsletter.

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COACHING THOUGHTS
Today, June 30, is the end of three years of operation for the Mat-Town
USA Wrestling Club. You should have all received a letter encouraging you
to become a member for 2006-2007. Our 4th year of operation officially
begins tomorrow July 1. Due to the generosity of countless individuals,
businesses and booster clubs we were able to end the year in the black ̱
not by much, but we were in the black. If you go to our web page at
www.mattownusa.com and click on ��Members̨, you will see that a number of
people have already sent in their donations to become members for the new
fiscal year. I would like to encourage all of you who receive this to
consider doing the same. Just make your check out to Mat-Town USA and send
it to PO Box 292, Lock Haven, PA 17745. There is a membership form on the
website that you can print out, fill out and send with your donation. The
Mat-Town USA Wrestling Club is totally dedicated to the student wrestler
at every level and every age, from beginner to world and Olympic champion.
This is not a for profit organization. This is a service organization.
Persons who give of their talents and abilities need to be properly
compensated, even though at the present time many volunteer their
services. All other monies go right back into doing everything possible to
enhance the training and development of the student wrestlers. If you like
what Mat-Town USA brings to the wrestling community, please be an
ambassador for our program and the needs of our program. Any questions or
concerns, please contact Neil Turner by phone, email or letter. Persons
who have been members for the first 3 years, please forgive me for not
putting the names on the website. I believe you all know how much the
board of directors and I appreciate your support. We hope you will
continue to join and encourage others also. The listing of our members
going into our 4th year is just an example of continually trying to
improve our communications. Thanks for your understanding. On the members
list for 2006-2007, you will see the names of some students because the
family or a sponsor has contributed on their behalf.

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RESULTS
* For the results of the Disney Duals, go to
http://aausports.org/sprt_Wrestling.asp. Please note the Pennsylvania Blue
Team won 1st place out of 28 teams in their division.
* For the results of the Cadet National Duals, go to www.themat.com. We
know for a fact that We know for a fact that the Pennsylvania freestyle
team won first place and Dylan Alton went 10-0. You will recognize other
names if you check on Pennsylvania. If you��re wondering, Andrew Alton was
not able to participate because of an infection. He will be ready to go to
Fargo. We��re trying to get a list of the students going to Fargo for a
future newsletter.

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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Please try to go to at least one week of summer wrestling training. See
our web page for opportunities. If anyone would like to go to the Athletes
in Action wrestling camp July 2 to 6, please contact Ruth-Lee Sandel at
570-523-1885. She is trying to put together a group to attend this event.

Coach T
PA- Mat-town USA Wrestling Club Update #86

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
* Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. at the LHU Thomas Fieldhouse Wrestling
Room on main campus
Training sessions will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Lock Haven University
Thomas Fieldhouse Wrestling Room. The USA Pennsylvania series is the
current focus of training. The road to Fargo starts at Mat-Town USA. We
are now preparing for the state championship June 16, 17 and 18 to be held
at Clarion University. We work on the integration of all 3 styles of
wrestling. If I did not believe strongly that learning to wrestle
freestyle and Greco will make the student a better folkstyle wrestler,
trust me, we would not be doing it. I am very focused on helping every
student improve for 2006-2007. Please join us.

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COACHING THOUGHTS
These thoughts are for coaches, athletes and family members.
* Maximizing every training session carries with it certain
responsibilities for the coach and certain responsibilities for the
student.
* The coach needs to show up early, be well-prepared and, to the best of
his or her ability, try to meet the needs of the students in attendance.
* The student needs to show up on time, place total trust in the
leadership of the training session and strive to do exactly what you are
asked to do.
* Both coach and student need to realize that just putting in the time
will produce very little results. There has to be a unity of effort and
commitment.

Please keep these thoughts in mind as you take advantage of different
training opportunities in the weeks ahead.

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PARENTS & FAMILY MEMBERS
* Be selective about competitions and know what your goals are.
* Be sure you have your wrestler signed up for summer training.
* Be very supportive of sports performance training. Physical fitness,
nutrition and overall wellness should be a priority for the whole family.
We used to say weight training, but thatís not enough in the 21st century.
Now we want to look at it as total fitness and sports specific training.
It is a lifestyle, not a seasonal thing.

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COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES
* PAWF States at Clarion, June 16, 17 and 18 ñ www.usapawf.com. Please be
reminded that all of you who attended the April 2 training day are
eligible to compete in this event.
* Disney Duals, June 18 to 22 ñ http://aausports.org/sprt_Wrestling.asp.
The AAU has other summer wrestling events. One is the AAU/Super Brute
Grand National Championships in Omaha, NE, June 28 through July 1.
* National High School Coaches Association ñ www.nhsca.com. There are
events coming up.
* Keystone State Games at York, July 28 and 29 ñ www.keystonegames.com.

COMPETITION FOR GIRLS
See www.mattownusa.com under ìcompetitive opportunitiesî. There are
additional opportunities being offered by USA Pennsylvania. Contact person
is Jonathan Mitchell at 717-481-8615 or 717-291-6183 or by email at
Mitchell@lancaster.k12.pa.us.

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TEACHING AND COACHING OPENINGS PLUS PERSONS LOOKING FOR TEACHING AND
COACHING POSITIONS
To view these, go to our web page and click on ìAnnouncementsî.

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CONESTOGA VALLEY IS LOOKING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL TEAM FOR THEIR 6TH ANNUAL
HOLIDAY WRESTLING CLASSIC, DECEMBER 29 & 30
For additional information, go to ìAnnouncementsî on the web page at
www.mattownusa.com.

Coach T

PA -Mat-town USA Wrestling Club Reminder

COACHES, STUDENTS & FAMILIES:
Please be reminded that Dave Murrayís Battleline Training Camp will be at
Central Mountain High School next week, June 19-22. You can sign up online
by going to www.battlelinewrestling.com. Tom Brands, the new head coach at
the University of Iowa, will be training you on Monday, June 19. It doesní
t get any better than that!

Coach T

PA - Mat-town USA Wrestling Club Update #85

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COACHING THOUGHTS
As we did in 2005, Mat-Town USA is very focused on the PAWF State
Championship, June 16,17 and 18 at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. If
you have qualified for this event, please join us on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. If you havenít qualified, you can still benefit from the
training, as every good wrestler needs excellent training partners.
Following the state tournament, we will continue to train hard to assist
those students who have qualified to go on to Fargo. Once again, we will
need more than those individuals to assure that we have good partner
match-ups. Great things can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the
credit.

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PARENTS & FAMILY MEMBERS
We would like to encourage all of you to make sure your wrestlers are
signed up for a week of summer camp. To see what options are available,
just go to the Mat-Town web page and click on ìOther Training
Opportunitiesî. We also have some of this information available at each
training session. If you were to ask me how to make the best choice, I
would answer you in the following manner: ìWhich training opportunity is
going to do the most to improve your competitive mastery of the art of
wrestling?î No training opportunity can guarantee you that youíre going to
be a champion and getting the autograph of some wrestling superstar will
not help you get off the bottom in less than 30 seconds.

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COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES
Mat-Town USA will focus on the following PAWF Qualifier: the Northeast
Regional Championships, June 2 to 4 at Roger Williams University in
Bristol, RI. Entry forms for the regional championships can be downloaded
from www.themat.com. All midget, novice and schoolboy/girl wrestlers
participating in the freestyle and Greco-Roman regional tournament qualify
for the Kids National Freestyle and Greco-Roman Championships in Green
Bay, Wisconsin, June 28-July 1. All cadet wrestlers that place in the top
3 at this event qualify for the Cadet Nationals in Fargo, ND on July
22-29. You must still adhere to all state policies and you qualify only in
the style in which you place. Just go to www.usapawf.com for further
information on these events. A number of Mat-Town USA athletes are also
preparing for the Disney Duals, June 18 to 22. For information on this, go
to http://aausports.org/sprt_Wrestling.asp.

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WRESTLING EDUCATION
Mat-Town USA presents Cary Kolat teaching freestyle, Ray Brinzer teaching
Greco-Roman and Bob Siar teaching on the 2006 International rules. This is
a DVD from the April 2 PAWF event. There is over 2 hours of instruction.
If you would like a copy of this, just send a check for $25 made out to
Mat-Town USA to PO Box 292, Lock Haven, PA 17745. Just reference April 2
Training DVD.

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TEACHING AND COACHING OPENINGS PLUS PERSONS LOOKING FOR TEACHING AND
COACHING POSITIONS
To view these, go to our web page and click on ìAnnouncementsî.

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CONESTOGA VALLEY IS LOOKING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL TEAM FOR THEIR 6TH ANNUAL
HOLIDAY WRESTLING CLASSIC, DECEMBER 29 & 30
For additional information, go to ìAnnouncementsî on the web page at
www.mattownusa.com.

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RESULTS & RECOGNITION
Pennsylvania Youth Wrestling announces their Top 100. Go to the Mat-Town
web page and click on ìResultsî to see the athletes who have competed for
or trained with Mat-Town USA that have been mentioned on this list. If you
go to the PYW website, you will see the entire process and can order a
shirt with your name on it.

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MEDIA COVERAGE
Please check out our web page under ìWrestling Linksî for The Pennsylvania
Wrestling News. You may want to get a copy of the May issue. There is a
very good article regarding Pennsylvaniaís performance in all three NCAA
divisions. Pennsylvania had more All Americans in Division I and II than
any other state. I would like to encourage more coaches in Pennsylvania to
also have their athletes consider attending the Pennsylvania Division III
schools. I believe if that were to happen, Pennsylvania could lead all
three divisions. Please encourage your athletes to take a look at the
following schools: Gettysburg College, Muhlenburg College, Ursinus
College, York College, Albright College, Delaware Valley College,
Elizabethtown College, Kingís College, Lycoming College, Messiah College,
University of Scranton, Wilkes University, Thiel College, Washington &
Jefferson College and Waynesburg College. I personally believe there are
enough good wrestlers in Pennsylvania to continue to be a dominant power
in Division I and Division II, while moving up in Division III, so please
encourage your athletes to wrestle in college.

Pa-Mat-town USA Wrestling Club Update #84

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
* Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. at the LHU Thomas Fieldhouse Wrestling
Room on main campus
Training sessions will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Lock Haven University
Thomas Fieldhouse Wrestling Room. The USA Pennsylvania series is the
current focus of training. The road to Fargo starts at Mat-Town USA. For a
list of qualifying events go to www.usapawf.com. We work on the
integration of all 3 styles of wrestling. If I did not believe strongly
that learning to wrestle freestyle and Greco will make the student a
better folkstyle wrestler, trust me, we would not be doing it. I am very
focused on helping every student improve for 2006-2007. Please join us.

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COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES
Mat-Town USA will focus on the following PAWF Qualifier: the Northeast
Regional Championships, June 2 to 4 at Roger Williams University in
Bristol, RI. Entry forms for the regional championships can be downloaded
from www.themat.com. All midget, novice and schoolboy/girl wrestlers
participating in the freestyle and Greco-Roman regional tournament qualify
for the Kids National Freestyle and Greco-Roman Championships in Green
Bay, Wisconsin, June 28-July 1. All cadet wrestlers that place in the top
3 at this event qualify for the Cadet Nationals in Fargo, ND on July
22-29. You must still adhere to all state policies and you qualify only in
the style in which you place. There is also a PAWF qualifier in Edinboro,
May 27. Just go to www.usapawf.com for further information on these
events.

The NHSCA Duals (www.nhsca.com) take place this weekend in Salisbury, MD.
Mat-Town has helped train wrestlers for this and has helped several teams
to find wrestlers to fill weights. We would be interested in hearing from
those involved with any results they have to report. Just send us an
email.

The 2006 Ironman Tournament is May 27, 28 and 29 at Millersville
University. For information on this, email Todd Roberts at
troberts33@yahoo.com or go to www.aausports.org.

Mat-Town USA WILL NOT be able to host a training day on June 11.

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TEACHING AND COACHING OPENINGS PLUS PERSONS LOOKING FOR TEACHING AND
COACHING POSITIONS
To view these, go to our web page and click on ìAnnouncementsî.

===========================================
CONESTOGA VALLEY IS LOOKING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL TEAM FOR THEIR 6TH ANNUAL
HOLIDAY WRESTLING CLASSIC, DECEMBER 29 & 30
For additional information, go to ìAnnouncementsî on the web page at
www.mattownusa.com.

Mat-town USA Wrestling Club: Important Notice

COACHES, STUDENTS & FAMILIES:
We would like to see as many students as possible on Tuesday and Thursday.
Thursday we will be joined by the Python Club from Wyalusing, PA, coached
by Walt Fisk. He will be bringing the following students listed below:

Garth Mahosky, 105 (Cadet)
Corey Benscoter, 119 (Junior)
Brock Parker, 130 (Junior)
Matt Fisk, 135 (Open)
Andrew Lewis, 135 (Junior)
Derek Noldy, 152 (Junior)
Seth Canfield, 160 (Schoolboy)
Jake Eastman, 171 (Schoolboy)
Casey Lyons, 171 (Junior)
Zack Bruce, 189 (Cadet)
Darrin Rockwell, 189 (Junior)
Josh Fisk, 200 (Open)

We want to try to come up with the best partner match-ups possible. I am a
very strong advocate of clubs getting together this time of year to ensure
that the training is very focused and very intense. We appreciate any help
that we may receive from coaches, the students themselves and the families
of the students. Our workouts have been going very well. We will strive to
improve every week. See you tomorrow.

Coach T
Mat-town Wrestling Club Update #83

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
* Next Special Training Session, Sunday, May 21 at 3:30 p.m. at the LHU
Thomas Fieldhouse Wrestling Room. The special training sessions are to
help train students who are going to the NHSCA duals the end of May, but
all of you are invited to join us.

* Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. at the LHU Thomas Fieldhouse Wrestling
Room on main campus
Training sessions will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Lock Haven University
Thomas Fieldhouse Wrestling Room. The USA Pennsylvania series is the
current focus of training. The road to Fargo starts at Mat-Town USA. For a
list of qualifying events go to www.usapawf.com. We work on the
integration of all 3 styles of wrestling. If I did not believe strongly
that learning to wrestle freestyle and Greco will make the student a
better folkstyle wrestler, trust me, we would not be doing it. I am very
focused on helping every student improve for 2006-2007. Please join us.

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COACHING THOUGHTS
My first coaching thoughts will be attributed to Mike Rogers, assistant
wrestling coach at Lock Haven University. In a tutoring session with a
student-athlete, Coach Rogers emphasized 3 very important points:
* Your opponentís body will go where the head goes.
* Control the head and control the body.
* Control the pace of the bout.
These 3 points emphasize the importance of having an attitude that is
reflected in action.

Discipline is a WINNING word. Discipline applied to life, training and
competition will make you more successful. Discipline is not having to do
something. Discipline is doing something in a certain way because I desire
the best results possible, both in the short and long term. Discipline
starts in the head, is applied by the heart, is manifest in action. This
will be evident in my life and my words. Decide what result you want and
discipline yourself to put yourself in a position to achieve the desired
result. Even if the desired result falls short, you will be a more mature
and trustworthy person -- a person others can respect and trust. Respect
and trust is far more important than being liked.

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PARENTS & FAMILY MEMBERS
Encouragement and support. That is what each wrestler needs. It is up to
the support system to provide the opportunities. It is up to the student
wrestler to take advantage of these opportunities. Parents, please stay
positive and I appreciate all your help. And I know the wrestlers do too.

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COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES
Mat-Town USA will focus on the following PAWF Qualifier: the Northeast
Regional Championships, June 2 to 4 at Roger Williams University in
Bristol, RI. Entry forms for the regional championships can be downloaded
from www.themat.com. All midget, novice and schoolboy/girl wrestlers
participating in the freestyle and Greco-Roman regional tournament qualify
for the Kids National Freestyle and Greco-Roman Championships in Green
Bay, Wisconsin, June 28-July 1. All cadet wrestlers that place in the top
3 at this event qualify for the Cadet Nationals in Fargo, ND on July
22-29. You must still adhere to all state policies and you qualify only in
the style in which you place. There are also some PAWF qualifiers in
western Pennsylvania: Waynesburg, May 20; Northeast, May 21 and Edinboro,
May 27. Just go to www.usapawf.com for further information on these
events.

Last chance qualifier for PAWF States ñ Tentatively Mat-Town USA will host
a training day Sunday, June 11. This will be 4 hours of training with
competition in freestyle and Greco-Roman. Attendance at this event will
qualify the wrestler for States June 16, 17 and 18. The fee will be $25
with a USA card. We will have more information next week on this. Mat-Town
USA is committed to working with PAWF to make certain that no
student-athlete who desires to be on the Pennsylvania team is left out.
Please send us an email if you can help out at this event. We will need
volunteers to help out with concessions, registration and the door. It
would also be good to hear from coaches and athletes who wil