A referee's course was held at Fremantle PCYC today. The course facilitator was FILA Level 1 referee Larry Papadoupolis. A classroom session was held in the morning where attendees learned the scoring system and conventions used in refereeing. This was followed by a practice tournament where the attendees tested their knowledge by officiating on the mat.
The Fremantle Wrestling Club is located at the Fremantle Police and Citizens Youth Centre. The club's mission is to provide all members with a safe training environment and professionally conducted coaching to develop their wrestling skills. The club aims to support members in achieving their personal goals in the sport of wrestling; From wrestling for fun and fitness to competing with the best wrestlers in the country.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Oceania Championships 2009
Congratulations to Emma Chalmers who has completed a great start to the year with a gold medal at the Oceania Championships (winning the coveted "best female wrestler" award too!) and third place at the Australian Nationals. All in all, she has won 7 out of her last 8 matches over two tournaments.
This training session marked the first step towards preparing for the Australia Cup. I've been preparing individual training programs for the wrestlers and we started putting them into practice today. We were mainly concerned with identifying strengths and weaknesses today. This gave the wrestlers a good understanding of the training path they would have to take over the next few months in order to address those weaknesses.
We will continue with drills and light sparring until the X-Cup at the end of March. That tournament will be a good indicator of match fitness. After that tournament, we will use its momentum to continue getting match ready for the Aus Cup.
We will continue with drills and light sparring until the X-Cup at the end of March. That tournament will be a good indicator of match fitness. After that tournament, we will use its momentum to continue getting match ready for the Aus Cup.