FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • Parents are welcomed and encouraged to stay and watch practice from our parent viewing room. We have a 2 live-feed televisions for each of our wrestling rooms.

    We do not allow parents in the wrestling room during practice.

  • In order to coach for Seymour Wrestling club you must have a TNAAU Coaches Card. This process includes passing a background check.

    1. Go to www.aausports.org

    2. Login or Create a profile on the website

    3. Navigator to Get a Membership

    4. Follow the instructions and apply for a Non-Athlete Adult membership

    5. Once you receive your approval, bring a copy of your card to practice.

    We request all parents wanting to help to make sure and focus on the entire room of athletes and not just their owner child. Coaches will also need wrestling shoes.

  • The following items will be needed if your child plans to compete in wrestling tournaments:

    • Headgear

    • Singlet

    • Wrestling Shoes

    • Mouthpiece (if they have braces)

    For practice, your athlete can wear shorts, leggings, or sweatpants with a T-Shirt, Long-Sleeve Shirt or Crewneck Sweatshirt. We discourage the use of Hooded Sweatshirts in the practice room.

  • TNAAU requires headgear for all TNAAU sanctioned events. Headgear also is a very important part of preventing injuries to your ears.

  • As you progress into higher levels or wrestling, weight cutting is unfortunately a part of the sport.

    It’s our option at SWC that there is ZERO need for weight cutting in youth wrestling. It’s more important to focus on proper nutrition and hydration to perform at your best vs. attempting to dehyrate and stave yourself to make weight.

  • Every wrestler should be doing the following daily:

    • Shower immediately after practice or as soon as your get home.

    • Bring clean clothes every day to practice

    • Wash/Wipe your wrestling shoes, headgear, and bag weekly.

    • Wash Knee Sleeves regularly

    • If you notice any spots, large or small, call your primary care physician or dermatologist and get an appointment ASAP.

    • Do not come to practice until you have been cleared by a doctor and are no longer contagious.

  • Coaches are very strict about kids not wearing their wrestling shoes outside of the wrestling room. Anything that that a wrestler steps on while wearing their wrestling shoes will end up on the mat. Whatever is on the mat will end up on your child's skin, face, and in their mouth. To prevent the spread of common skin and communicable diseases like ringworm and impetigo, we ask that you please ensure that your wrestler put their shoes and take them off only in the wrestling room.

  • Competition is an important part of wrestling and eventually one of the major goals.

    That beng said, every child is different. Some young children are ready for competition at 5 years old, and others may not be ready until they are 8 or 9.

    There are also different levels of competition. We have great options for Beginners as well as National-Level tournaments for our elite wrestlers.