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Why I Chose Wrestling, by Kylie Rule

For the past eight years, I have been through an amazing journey with wrestling. It all started when I was in second grade. My little brother, Kade, who was in kindergarten at the time, would go to practice but would not walk out on the mat by himself. However, when he came home from practice, we would go into the basement, where we had a wrestling mat, and he would show me what he had learned that day in practice. We knew he was paying attention, but he was still too shy to walk out on the mat.

This went on for months. Since he had no problem wrestling me at home, Dad asked me if I would like to go to practice with Kade to try to get him on the mat. I told dad that I would be interested in helping him. I went with Dad and Kade to the next practice, and we both walked right out on the mat and began our practice. It took about a month for Kade to be able to be comfortable enough to walk out on the mat by himself. Kade was now wrestling with his new buddies, and Dad said that he didn’t need me anymore in the practice room. I didn’t like what he said because I now knew I liked the sport as well and I wanted to keep going. I was very thankful I was welcomed by the rest of the team, and never had to feel like I didn’t belong because I was a girl.

    While I was wrestling, I was a multi-sport athlete and was always busy, even throughout the summer. Rest of this wrestler’s story at http://www.hmawrestling.com/article/why-i-chose-wrestling-by-kylie-rule/?mc_cid=32ef3da617&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

October 11, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized