Black Flag Days

Philosophy:

Jr. Blues Wrestlers are competitors and athletes, but most importantly, they are survivors. We engage in conditioning drills that enhance and reinforce wrestling skills. These drills are collectively called P.T.A.s, which is short for Pain, Torture, and Agony. These drills build champions and they force our wrestlers to acknowledge the fact that the limitations they think they see every day in practice are finite and breakable. We push ourselves daily to find our limits and to break through them. PTAs teach our wrestlers mental toughness.

This season, we will periodically engage in a special practice called the “Black Flag Day.” In the past, we have completed “Red Flag Days,” but this year we are looking beyond our past successes. Black Flag Days are meant to reinforce the idea of being a “mental giant.” Limitations exist only in our heads; they keep us from accomplishing great things and they mock us when we set goals. Black Flag Days are our answer to that mocking and limiting mindset. During these practices, wrestlers are expected to push themselves beyond what they think they are physically capable of. Wrestlers who do not meet coach’s expectations are asked to leave the room and to engage in a workout in the hallways. Wrestlers who remain receive the honor of being allowed to participate in a black flag day. We work out like madmen until all but one wrestler are eliminated – there will be only one survivor each day. Before that one survivor eliminates himself, he will know that his entire team has not abandoned him. Rather, he will know that they’ve been there behind him the entire time, cheering him on and providing emotional support.

2008-2009 Survivors:

Previous Survivors:

2008	Scott Wortham (jr.) Zach Hewitt (fr.) Jake Farmer (jr.) Nathan Henderson (sr.)
2007	Joshua Hogan (sr.) Zach Smith (jr.) Jake Farmer (so.) Ryan Cordts (sr.)

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