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The selection of a club program is perhaps one of the most important decisions to make about a wrestler's athletic and individual development. The questions below are intended to assist you in making that decision. If you have any additional questions e-mail or call the Overtime School of Wrestling.
While other organizations may have a multitude of goals, our dedicated, wrestling-first facility and wrestling-only staff allows our very experienced coaching staff to have a clear focus on the development of the wrestling skills of our students. Being established for over a decade now, we are able to use our vast experience to shape our wrestlers and guide their careers to follow the path of the top wrestlers who have gone before them in our program, making each individual student at the Overtime School of Wrestling the best wrestler he can possibly be. Since we have trained competitors to reach the highest levels in the United States – and even in the world – in both folkstyle and freestyle wrestling, our program offers athletes not only an opportunity to maximize their potential as athletes, but a proven record of doing so with wrestlers of all levels, whether it be kids-level state champions or U.S. Olympians, or anything in between.
The Overtime coaching staff is unmatched among private clubs. It is headed by Sean Bormet, who has been mentored and trained by some of the most notable wrestling coaches in American history, including Bruce Burnett, Dan Gable, Kevin Jackson, Joe McFarland, Dave Schultz, Valentine Jordanov, and Greg Strobel. Click here for a list of their accomplishments.
Our training is complimentary to the training that a wrestler will receive at a local kids' elementary, junior high or high school program. We are proud of the fact that our staff has worked hard over the years to successfully build numerous cooperative relationships with high school wrestling coaches and kids wrestling coaches around the state. Collaboration with a student's club or high school coach allows the athletes that we work to thrive as wrestlers.
We do not build our program around specific high schools or kids clubs, however we do build around motivated individuals. Our training is geared toward athletes that are motivated to be champions on the mat, and this means putting in extra work. For athletes who strive to reach the top of the podium in wrestling, we offer eight weeks of folkstyle training in September and October for all age levels. In the March through July session, our youth wrestlers train and compete in freestyle wrestling, while our high school-aged athletes focus on training to qualify for the Junior and Cadet USA Wrestling National Championships. Those who qualify by performing well at their USA Wrestling state tournament, or at USA Wrestling regional tournaments, then train to peak for the National Championships in late July, while other wrestlers focus on getting a head start on developing their skills in June for the winter folkstyle season. During the winter, there are special folkstyle sessions for our youth and high school wrestlers as well. While wrestlers are not required to attend all of the classes available to them, we offer enough training opportunities to help them achieve their competitive goals. Since coaches at collegiate wrestling programs pay very close attention to the results of the Cadet and Junior USA Wrestling Freestyle National Championships, it is important for a wrestler who hopes to compete in college to perform well at those tournaments.
We do not try to forbid athletes from attending camps that they enjoy participating in if it makes sense in their overall training structure to do so. It is good for an athlete to be exposed to different styles and different training environments, and perhaps make a couple of friends at a camp. However, there are differences between going to a camp or clinic and training at the Overtime School of Wrestling.
The expectations for what a camp can substantially contribute to an athlete's development are limited. What camps fail to do is to provide a coordinated, career-long or season-long progression to develop an athlete. This is where the long-term expectations at the Overtime School of Wrestling differ from those of a clinician who will only see an athlete for a few days per year. Overtime offers a total, long-term plan to maximize an athlete's development for a sustained period of time, which includes the proper training environment, mentoring, and advising athletes about which tournaments they should compete in at different times of the year. We take an immense amount of pride in our athletes' performance, and we put them on a schedule so that they are peaking mentally and physically for the most important events. Camps can offer a couple of pointers or a fun experience, but the Overtime School of Wrestling offers a path for the complete development of our wrestlers' careers.
The primary reason to send a student to Overtime lies in the importance of having positive and rewarding experiences while training and preparing for competition. Wrestling is a sport that can build strong self-discipline, individual composure, and solid character if a coach seeks to bring out the best in his students in a constructive way. Our staff believe that teaching and learning in this way will benefit students both on and off the mat, and over the course of their lives. Additionally, the Overtime School of Wrestling provides one of the best opportunities available for a wrestler to realize his greatest potential and pursue his highest goals for achievement in the sport of wrestling. Students gain the sense of satisfaction and accomplishment that comes from working hard and getting results.
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