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Parents Orientation 2025-2026 Season

1.     Introduce coaching staff

2.     Wrestling overview-what the sport is and what it is not:

• Wrestling competitions-kids are grouped by: age, weight, experience level
• Will my child get hurt?
• Building block for all other sports as well-Wrestling makes kids stronger physically, mentally, and emotionally
• Parents at practices

• We are always looking for volunteers throughout the year for various items and events (Uniform night, banquet etc.)
• Tournament volunteers 12/12 and 12/13. This is our annual fundraiser, and we need all of the help we can get to run smoothly. Proceeds go to off season wrestling camps and scholarship

4.     Registration fee $250 ($100 discount for second child within family)- This fee covers the rental of the space, uniforms, insurance, USA wrestling charter, league dues, trophies etc.

5.     Scheduling:

• Practices:
  • Monday’s/Wednesday’s for grades 5-8 from 6:00-8:00 
  • Tuesday/Thursday for grades K-4 from 6:00-7:30. 
  • Calendar is loaded for the season, including dates where the school may be closed for various events

• Meets and tournaments:
  • Occur either Saturdays or Sundays depending on the event, and are marked on the calendar as to whom should attend which event. The events that are marked NER (North East Region) are our league events (scrimmages/dual meets), and there is no need to register ahead of time, as these are included with your registration fee. All tournaments you will need to register for, and are marked in the calendar with registration information (highly recommend registering in advance as they fill up). We will remind everyone weekly the plan for the upcoming weekend’s events details. In the calendar, if an event is titled “other” you do not need to register, just show up. If it is marked “tournament” you need to register a week ahead of time, before it fills up. Registration link is in the calendar.
  • Parents Responsibility to have wrestlers on the mat, with a coach. "How to" guide is on our website under “Parent Resources”

6.     Website registration and Teamlinkt calendar and comms:

• Everyone should be registered through the website, and have Teamlinkt downloaded as that is where we will be sending out communications. Please continue to use “My name is” stickers until after next week while we learn names. For returning parents, on the app, toggle down from last season to “2025-2026” season to see this year.
• Attendance expectations for weekends:
  • We need to show up to wrestle, learn, and grow. If your wrestler needs more encouragement, help, or a “lift” please let us know
  • Communicate with us if you cannot attend a practice or weekend event, please use common courtesy in that regard. You can mark in Teamlinkt if you are unsure or not attending     

7.     USA Wrestling-our insurance, Safe Sport, Background checks. USA wrestling card needed for state run tournaments for all wrestlers

8. Uniforms will be distributed on Thursday 12/4 from 6:00-7:30 at Robinson School (looking for some volunteers please). Wrestlers will return their singlets at the Pot Luck Banquet, you keep the hoodies and shorts. I will order uniforms based on the sizes you ordered plus an extra buffer. If you would like to exchange any piece for a different size, please wait until all uniforms have been distributed to ensure everyone gets what they ordered.

9. Safety-Wrestlers will need to bring their own head gear and water bottle every practice and meet/tourney. Water breaks will be given regularly throughout practice, and there is a water fountain in case any wrestler forgets. 

10. Westford Academy Wrestling week (all wrestlers):

• WA Coach Bruce Rich and his wrestlers will be running our practice, and we will be attending their home meet on Wednesday 1/14. Our wrestlers will be doing the opening warm ups on the mat with the high school before the meet
• This will be our team and individual picture day

11. DAWG of the Week Belt

12. Social Events-Adult nights 12/20 and 1/10 and movie day Saturday 1/24 at Maynard Fine Arts Theater for all-CC

13. Snow storm cancellation

14. Wrestling Demonstration after Q and A Session:

• Scoring-Takedown, escape, reversal, near fall
• Listen to your coaches
• When not wrestling-cheer on your teammates
• Sportsmanship-win or lose we shake hands with our opponents and opposing coaches. Go see your coach afterwards for coaching
• No throwing of our headgear or temper tantrums

15. End of year potluck banquet in Monday March 2nd:

• Uniform return
• Team recognition
• Individual award winners
• Gift for each wrestler

Flo Wrestling Guide

• Arena.flowrestling.org
  • Search for 2025 Westford Youth Wrestling Kick Off Tournament
    • Once you are in you will go to the BRACKETS tab on the bottom on the page  (icon will look different if using a cell phone)
    • You can see ALL upcoming match information under the UPCOMING tab on the bottom of the screen

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• After the first round of matches, you will need to choose the appropriate drop-down option for bracket type depending on whether your child moves forward or not (these usually consist of Championship & consolation brackets)
  • The team & competitors tab is where you can see team points for the tournament and the team standings (points are added for each winning match per team and is a running total until all matches are done)

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***Please make sure to monitor this site throughout the day to make sure your child is on the correct mat when needed

Below are some helpful links.​​​​​​​

USA Wrestling
Massachusetts Wrestling Association​​​​​​​