Welcome To Fox Lake Wrestling Club

The mission of the Fox Lake Bulldog Youth Wrestling Club is to introduce area youths to the sport of wrestling.  A positive teaching approach will be utilized to help students learn basic moves and techniques of the sport which will also help build self confidence in each individual.  Athletes will be introduced to the "Grant System of Wrestling".  Rules of scholastic style wrestling will be taught with a heavy emphasis on sportsmanship and fair play.  The goal is for each child to gain a solid foundation for continued growth toward the varsity level. 

Announcements

The cost of registration is $200.  Write checks to “Fox Lake Wrestling Club.”  This will cover the cost of your USA Wrestling Card, a t-shirt, and a club singlet ($45 refundable singlet deposit is included in the $175 registration fee). The cost is $175 if you register your child before October 31st. Early Registration will be October 13th and 14 at 6-7PM,and then again the following week October 20th and October 21st from 6pm to 7pm at Grant High School. Enter in entrance number 9. You may register the first day of practice for the regular price of $200.

Why Join the Fox Lake Wrestling Club

The Grant System of Wrestling has guided Grant High School to an average of 20 wins a year for the last 11 years.

The Grant System of Wrestling has Guided Grant High School to 7 out of 8 NSCt titles, 35 state qualifiers, 16 state placers and 7 state finalists.

The Grant System of Wrestling will be taught at the Fox Lake Wrestling Club by certified coaches and the Grant High School wrestling staff.

Wrestlers can expect from the Fox Lake Wrestling Club:

1. Learn the Grant Wrestling System

2. Knowledgeable certified high school staff with emphasis on teaching

3. Safe and clean learning environment

4. Positive reinforcement

5. Team First attitude

6. Physical activity

7. Have lots of fun! 

Expectations from the coaches

1. Positive attitude

2. Proper attire (t-shirt, shorts, clean sneakers or wrestling shoes, no jewelry, trimmed fingernails, and headgear/knee pads are optional)

3. Attentive, especially during technique time

4. Respectful of coaches

5. Respectful of other wrestlers

6. No fighting or hitting of any kind

7. Give their best effort.

Equipment:

Wrestling Shoes

HeadGear

Knee Pads (optional)

Practices:

Attire and Equipment

• Wear shorts and T-shirt. Do not wear your tournament singlet for practices. You may wear a personal singlet if you have one. T-shirts should be tucked into shorts during practice.

• Wrestling shoes strongly recommended. Shoes must be clean especially on the bottom.

• Headgear and knee pads if you have them.

• No jewelry (e.g., chains, watches, bracelets, etc.). Medical alert chains and bracelets can be brought to practice but should not be worn while practicing. Please alert the coaching staff to any medical condition that may affect your child.

• Fingernails must be cut and filed to remove any sharp areas.

• Securely cover any cuts or scrapes before practice.

• Do not practice if your child has a contagious infection especially a skin infection.

Schedule

• Practices begin Tuesday November 3rd, and runs through the Month of March.  Practice is from 6:00- 8:00 PM. 

• Practices are held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights and Saturday mornings 9:00-11:00 AM. 

• To allow us to follow our practice plan and to ensure time for proper warm-up, please have your child at practice about five minutes early.

Location

• All practices will be held in the Grant High School Wrestling Room.

Parents and Siblings

• Parents are not obligated to stay during practice. If you do drop your child off, please plan to pick them up promptly at when practice ends.

• Parents are welcome to stay and watch practice. If you do stay, we need your help in a few areas.

• Please keep conversations with other parents and/or between siblings to minimum or go outside. With kids on the mat, we need to keep talking to a minimum so that they can hear.  Sideline conversations interfere with this need.  If you have wrestling experience, please speak to the coaching staff about helping.  We would like to encourage your involvement.