How can i start a wrestling league?

Question

I want to start a wrestling league for kids because there doesn't seem to be any! I will start it at no cost but then charge when there are too many people!!!!

Answer 1

First of all, define "wrestling league".

Do you want this to be a genuine competition, or something done more for entertainment? ;) Sorry to bring it up but it will help out immensely if you want to actually invest your money in equipment.

If you are talking about genuine, *competitive* grappling, I'd humbly suggest taking a few hard looks at the AAUA guides for actually running competitive Greco-Roman and Freestyle Wrestling of a high-school rules sort, investing in mats, training, the works....or you could also see if there is a Judo or Jiu-jitsu club in your area as they might know more about getting kids into competitive grappling of an age-appropriate sort.

What follows assumes you are talking about something LESS than that, less than competitive and something more in a "Sports Entertainment for Amateurs" vein. Take it with as big a grain of salt as needed.

--Avoid the "hardcore" stuff. While it can be easy to fake (corn syrup dyed to look like blood, etc.), truth is anything that can *go wrong* with kids will go wrong. And you don't want to be sued over any "backyard wrestling" sorts of shenanigans, really, that stuff is for older teens and young adults for a *reason*.

--Invest in a LARGE trampoline complete with full padding and rollcage, and confine your "pro-wrestling" activities to that area. Make that a hard, fast and REAL rule, that it never leaves the ring. Then make sure you have THICK mats (I'm talking somewhat soft mats at least SIX INCHES thick if not more) both under and surrounding the trampoline/ring area in the first place, because with kids and the bouncy-bouncy, the high-flyer action *will* get out of control at some point.

Really. You cannot assume that your kids, who are under *your* watch, will have the sense to show *any* restraint about anything, because they won't....they've seen too much on TV and think it's all a game. Which it *is*....but it is a game wherein necks and backs get broken.

But yeah...trampoline wrestling is where you want to start. Keyword Search: "Hardy Boyz", "Matt Hardy" or "Jeff Hardy," or "OMEGA", that is how *they* started, on a trampoline, inside a padded cage.

--Tell your wannabe "wrestlers" that they are NOT going to be allowed to use ANY moves that risk another player's vertebrae (neck or back). This means anything and everything from *body slams on up*, and that you as the adult in charge of the mess reserve the *sole right* to interfere in or *stop entirely* any match at ANY time for the express purpose of protecting spines. And hold this as a strict, REAL rule that isn't going to be broken, for ANY reason.

What you want to do in your matches is a) focus on the bouncy-bouncy, the high-flying maneuvers that rarely if ever connect (and only glance off each other when they do) and the b) lower-risk "submission grappling" game, meaning less about the throw and pinfall, and more about *getting the tapout* by armbar or cleverly faked "chokehold". And yeah, you *always* ALWAYS want to teach control with this stuff and never let anyone actually GET a broken arm, wrist, leg, or god forbid, actually get fully choked out into unconsciousness....If you have to, *be the ref yourself* and institute a *countdown rule* with the submissions so that all the players have to do is *apply the hold* for five seconds and they win, no risk of real injury required. :)

Hope this helps, and I hope, either way, whether you do this as a competition or as "sports entertainment" that it all works out for you and that you have good clean fun.

Answer 2

by stopping someone in a street,and saying ''do u want to wrestly''?

Answer 3

well thats kool

Answer 4

money