COLORADO COACH- FALL 2017 FROM THE SPORT PRESIDENTS teammates, thanking each other for a nice pass or congratulating someone for a nice play. There is genuine happiness for your teammates’ success, which in turn is directly related to the team’s success. On a great team you can see the chemistry of the players on the court- their innate ability to work together to execute a play. Finally, a great team will have great leadership with players who are willing to take charge on and off the court. WRESTLING President Erik Goodling Hi Coaches, I hope everyone had a terrific summer and you're all ready for the upcoming season. Wrestling season is right around the corner, and we've got some exciting things in store! I'd like to start off by thanking all of you coaches for what you do. As a coach we are continuously working at making our athletes better, not only in performance, but also in life. We are to conduct ourselves with dignity and always be respectful to fellow coaches and athletes. We are here to impact the lives of many in a BIG way! Coaches Clinic We have an outstanding lineup of speakers for the upcoming Fall Wrestling Coaches Clinic! We will be kicking off the clinic with a technique session lead by former Olympic Head Coach Jim Humphrey. Jim will be teaching world class technique on the mat, that you won't want to miss. Followed by Jim we will be having Coach Eddie Soto from Pueblo County and a few of his wrestlers demonstrating technique. Coach Soto has won the 4A team State title, and has earned the Wrestling Coach of the Year award, the past two years in a row. We will also have the pleasure of hearing from Lifetime Coach Cal Cherrington who coached for over 3 decades! Coach Cherrington has shown great dedication and perseverance, and it is an honor to have him speak at this year's annual coaches clinic. Following Cherrington will be one of FCA's coaches John Adam, presenting on behalf of 3Dimensional Coaching. 3Dimensional coaching will help you as a coach to make discoveries that will help you effectively increase your capacity to coach an athlete in this new age. Please check out more on 3Dimensional coaching at https://3dinstitute.com/. All-State Games This year's All-State Games was a great success! I would like to thank the coaches for nominating their athletes. We had a large number of athlete nominees this year to choose from and were able to see some outstanding wrestling take place. We also got to witness some of Colorado's top coaches in action. We had the honor of working with Coach Kyle Newsome of Limon High School, Ryan Schumann of Pueblo West, Laurence Gurule of Grand Junction Central, and Eddie Soto of Pueblo County. Thanks Coaches! Former Olympic Head Coach Jim Humphrey Brings His School to Colorado Jim’s extensive competitor background includes a Big Ten and a University National championship; he competed on 4 US World teams (Silver Medalist in 1977), as well as winning 5 national freestyle championships. On the international level, Jim has served as head coach of the 1984 Canadian Olympic Team, the 1986 & 1987 U.S. World Teams, and the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team. The U.S. won 20 World Medals in those 3 years, including 5 Gold Medalists! According to Coach Jim Humphrey, success comes down to mastering the fundamentals through drilling, hard work, and remaining focused. Humphrey’s main philosophy is to have each individual “master a couple of techniques and situations that you can perform on anybody. Good tactics include knowing how to build upon and maintain a lead. I treat each wrestler as an individual; I let them know that I care about them as a person. My success as a coach comes from their success as an individual. If you know how to overcome adversity, how to come from behind to win, then you maintain faith in your best effort.” Since his first trip to the Olympic Training Center as a competitor in the 1970’s, Jim Humphrey has returned to Colorado many times, knowing that some of the best wrestling in the country resides here. Jim notes that four members of the World Champion 2017 U.S. Junior Team are Colorado wrestlers: Malik Heinselman 50kg and Ryan Deakin 66 kg in Freestyle as well as G’Angelo Hancock 96kg and Cohlton Schultz