Bill

During my Freshman year of wrestling we had a particularly angry kid who was on our team. He would always be late to practice or not show up all together. When he was there he would only work moderately hard. He had always back talked the coaches, and showed open disdain for them, and how they coached.

I don’t want to disclose his name so let’s call him Bill for now. Every year our team drives up to a tournament 3-4 hours away from us. At this tournament a lot of kids like to mess around we all had pretty easy competition there though not all people were bad as you would come to think. Bill had been matched with one of those “not as bad as you would come to think” guys.

Bill was not doing very well. In the first round the guy had started off taking him down. Our coaches were trying to help him get out by telling him to hit a stand up switch. Bill continually tried to hit this move, but was not performing it right. Our coaches were patient as the match went on telling him different moves tohelp get out.

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Then the second round comes. By now his opponent was becoming cocky so he chose top. Bill again had trouble getting out. His opponent was just blocking all ways to get out. Our coaches are again trying to help him, but by now Bill is frustrated, and not listening. The coaches continued to try to help him. By now Bill has started yelling at the coaches. He was saying that the moves they were telling him are not working. Though it was Bill’s lack of form that was preventing him from hitting the move.  Near the end of the second round Bill was fed up with the coaches. Bill stands up with the other guy in tow. He goes over to the coaches and yells at them “SHUT THE &%#$ up you aren’t helping.” Now the coaches are done.

When the beginning of the third round starts the coaches get up, call over one of the moms that was at the tournament, and had her sit in the corner and coach in their place. The mom knew enough to help him a little, but Bills lack of form still got him beaten in the match.  This was not the last time Bill acted up like that, but it was the last time he said something to them like that on the wrestling mat.