wrestling/baseball?

Personally I do not like the combination---the need to be weight specific in wrestling can be harmful

Is their lifting similiar to football? What do they work on?

Sorry TR, were you referring to lifting or making a weight class?

making weight class

My son played with a pretty top-notch area wrestler who tried to do both. The young man wrestled in the 150 range, so spent all winter making weight and would miss the first couple weeks of practice due to post-season competition. By the time he made it back to baseball, the poor guy was WEAK. IMHO, the winter is best spent getting bigger and stronger, not cutting weight and losing muscle.

I do both, and I dont have too many problems. At least you are in tip top shape.

AKBaseball13,

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I do both, and I dont have too many problems. At least you are in tip top shape.

You are in great shape for sure.

Son wrestled his sophmore year, did great. was in great shape for baseball.
But took all season to get the weight back on.
He looked to skinny in his baseball pant's.

My son asked the other day whether the wrestling coach would let him work out with the wrestling team for the five weeks between football ending and baseball beginning.

I think it is a wonderful idea - no issues of making weight, just work out like the crazy men wrestlers are.

I ran the idea by one of his baseball coaches, who said: "yeah, but the coach won't let him go!" Just what we need - a third sport!

RK

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I ran the idea by one of his baseball coaches, who said: "yeah, but the coach won't let him go!" Just what we need - a third sport!

What do you mean the coach won't let him go?

I don't think wrestler's have to try to lose weight it just happen's with all the hard work they put in.
Tell your son to eat, eat, eat.

Had a great player back in '89 and '90. He was a terrific high school wrestler. Took him a full month of the baseball season to recover from wrestling until he got to a point where he was playing up to his ability. Don't like to say don't do it, but want you to have all the facts.

I had a son who was a state qualifier as a wrestler. He was also a good baseball player.

Gave up baseball for wrestling one year and I hated it because the coach always wanted him to "cut" weight. I wouldn't let him do it because the coach couldn't show me any scientific studies that showed it was beneficial for a kid to cut weight. Usually 6-10 pounds from time-to-time during the season.

Two incompatible sports, in my opinion.

Wrestling early in Junior High, freshman Maybe Sophmore.
But no later than that if you want to be a Baseball Player.
You have to look good as well as play good to get noticed.

And if your tall and skinny it's hard to get noticed.

First off, I love wrestling. I did both in HS, way back.

In our area, the seasons overlap. We had 2 wrestlers on varsity baseball that got almost zero playing time. I think the biggest factor was that they came out very late to baseball and were banged up when they got there.

Wrestling can be a brutal sport and lot's of injuries occur, some detrimental to a baseball career.

My best friend in high school was a wrestler, and he would have to lose 16-18 pounds every year. He was basically living on gum for 2-3 days at a time. My advice would be to spend your off season getting bigger and stronger, not starving yourself.

Thank you all for your responses. If making weight was'nt an issue would you still advise against it? Any positive points? I thought it would make him stronger and in good shape.

the chamel clutch is bad for your swing

I know of 4-5 boys who have suffered broken forearms in wrestling matches. Since wrestling season runs right up to baseball season, if those boys had been baseball players, they'd've been out for the season.

If wrestling is your first love, go for it. But if baseball is it for you, the injury factor would give me second thoughts.

There are injury possibilites doing anything. The only issue I'd have with wrestling is if the coach is fanatical about making you cut weight. Some are, my son's never was. My son wrestles and plays baseball and never had any trouble. This winter through Jan and Feb he worked out twice a week (Thurs night and Sun morning) catching pitchers and in batting cages. Actually him and two others played football, wrestled and baseball this year and the teams won district titles in all 3.

Having wrestled competively from age 8 thru college, I really don't think the injuries are any worse in wrestling than any other sport. Does it help you prepare for baseball better than some other sports? Maybe not, but playing other sports isn't better than strictly training for baseball in the offseason either, and both are better than sitting in front of the TV playing video games. Bottom line is you play a sport because you WANT to play it...not to prepare for another. Wrestling will not hinder your baseball playing as long as you are not hurting yourself doing it. Cutting extreme weight will do just that and it is a huge black eye for the sport...but I'll save that rant for anothe forum :^)

I wrestled this year. Everything ended in February, so it didn't conflict with baseball (altough baseball started very very late- 1st year program- I started it) and the whoile thing with losing weight, I never really dealt with. I refused to miss a meal. I weigh about 175, and I ad to go down to 171. So, I would eat dinner early, later on, go running in snow hat sweatpants, long sleeve t shirt, and sweat like crazy, and not drink for the night. Early in the morning I'd make weight, and then I can eat and gain up to 3 pounds during the day. (If you make wieght in the morning, you have a 3 pound allowance.) But I was throwing a ball all winter. I was never hurt, thank God.