Posted by Coach Sampson
on 3/20/2003, 9:08 pm, in reply to "Weight Cutting / Weigh-ins - Youth Wrestling"
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I am firmly against cutting weight in most circumstances. Most youth wrestlers are in fairly good shape and are at a good (healthy) weight. I believe that a wrestler needs to compete at their natural weight, not trying to maintain a weight class that they are outgrowing. I do not allow my kids (unless they come into the season heavy set) to drop a weight class. Many kids that drop weight classes are encouraged by either a parent or a coach. This is where the problem is, we need to get our coaches and parents not to push weight cutting.
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