Excited About Learning
Coach Fretwell talks about the changes the CMP staff plans to make in how they teach technique in the coming season.
Build The Team The Rest Will Work Out
No athlete has achieved any level of success by themselves. They are constantly surrounded by a support system which is their team.
The Weight Cutting Trap | Roper Report
Coach Roper talks about the the trap wrestlers, parents and coaches fall into by falling into the “normal” weight cutting practices of wrestling. He keeps the discussion more on the mental effects weight cutting causes, and how that stress can shorten wrestling careers. Once you start the weight cutting or weight management practices in wrestling…
Keys to Enjoying Wrestling | Roper Report
Coach Roper talks about the strategies that they use with CMP athletes to keep them enjoying wrestling.
Taking Chances
Coach Roper discusses taking chances and how that translates to life outside the wrestling mat.
Decisions & Peak States
Coach Roper discusses decisions, peak states, and how we as parents and coaches can positively affect the two.
CMP Wrestling Starts PreSeason Off With A Bang
Compound wrestlers competed at a couple of national tournaments the past two weekends to kick off the 2013–14 season. First, middle school and high school wrestlers traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina on October 26–27 to wrestle in the Super 32 Challenge—the toughest folkstyle tournament in the nation. Three Compound grapplers finished the weekend with All…
Compound Experience
We spend a ton of time as a coaching staff trying to create the ideal environment for our athletes to train. When we receive emails like the one below from a new member, it makes all the effort worth while. “I just want to let you guys know how impressed we are with your facility…
CMP Alumni Gamble Begins Season In Top 20
As WIN’s 2013-14 Preseason Individual Rankings were released yesterday, CMP alumni and Gardner-Webb sophomore Hunter Gamble was ranked 18th overall at 174 pounds. Gamble is coming off a stellar season in which he captured a Southern Conference title as true freshman and knocked off the #9 seed in the first round of the 2013 NCAA…