<p>Okay, its my senior year the wrestling season has just started. My body is really sore from last week of practice and that was suppose to be "easy". Next week wrestling practice gets harder and although ive done it the past 3 years im just tired of doing it. The kid in my weight class went to states as a freshman- and i just know (gut feeling) that im gonna get pinned in wrestle offs. The problem is my coach gave me a varsity letter last year even though i didn't make varsity b/c i filled in for 5 matches. I suck at it, and i just stayed on the team because of my brother. He wanted me to do it-but im confused. My corseload is hard with AP classes and several leadership positions I don't know what to say or do.</p>
<p>Suck it up. I'm not trying to be a dick, just being blunt. </p>
<p>Or quit, I am sure some other kid that really wants it will be happy to take your spot. Better yet, go ahead and quit.</p>
<p>lol it is tough isnt it</p>
<p>well I'm just a manager but I've kinda grown up around wrestling and my uncles the coach...so my perspective is wrestling is a very mental sport. now yes having a kid who went to state as a fresh in your weight class is not exactly promising...but saying you suck and have no chance isn't exactly the best attitude to have (no matter how realistic it may or may not be) So I say stick with it...give yourself more credit (you do have 3 years of experience which is a plus) and is there any way you could move up or down into a less competitive weight class? if thats possible..it would probably be worth considering</p>
<p>then again you could just disregard all of that because I am a wrestling fanatic and slightly biased</p>
<p>I was in a similar position. Sophomore year i joined hardly any clubs because my wrestling coach flipped out when i was late to practice. I went up to many weight classes, i had to many other things to do, so i am running track this year. It's still time consuming, but it keeps me in shape, the schedule is more flexible, and it isnt nearly as difficult or nerve wracking</p>
<p>Now i am just trying to avoid the wrestling coach for fear that he rips me in half</p>
<p>Maybe, manager, or assist the coach, do practices, but see if you can't cut down the commitment. It is a shame to give it up senior year. I put the pressure on my son senior year when he wanted to take a hiatus from his sport because he had recruited athlete status from it. Had that not been the case, I would not have been so insistent, except let him know that he should replace the activity with another one. That may be something for you to consider. I would give back the letter to the coach if you decide to bail. Would make a great essay--the dilemma, the guilt, the decision, but you better have a good replacement for the activity to make it work.</p>
<p>geez people. i recommend doing what your gut tells you. i had the same issue with volleyball. i thought they would be left with a defensive specialist when i left (before the season began), but then the girl quit too. at least in wrestling, you wouldn't screw over the entire team by quitting (i hope).</p>
<p>Do you have to cut weight to make the weight class? If you do, that might be a reason why you are getting sick of it. Do what you feel most comfortable with. If your heart not in it than wrestling for a whole year will be very tough. Just my two cents.</p>
<p>In high school I was a three season varsity athlete, and my only free season ever was spring of my senior year when I quit one of my sports.</p>
<p>It was amazing. I could not believe how much time freed up to enjoy the last bit of high school.</p>
<p>And all of my wrestler friends hate that sport. Definitely quit. My roommate at college is a wrestler, and I'm pretty sure that sport breeds depression.</p>
<p>You're definitely right about wrestling breeding depression, but i would feel so ashamed to quit.</p>
<p>I don't think you should feel ashamed at all. I think you should do what you think is best for you.</p>
<p>Hi. I don't think you should feel ashamed if you don't want to do something. Why waste so much of your time doing something you don't want to?
However, I see the reason coming from your worries about making it to varsity. In this case, try lowering/increasing weight class.</p>
<p>If your heart's not in it any more, I'd recommend quitting.</p>
<p>I used to swim 3+ hours a day (6 on saturdays) all week, 48 weeks a year. I did it for 8 years and earlier this year (I'm a senior) I quit. I don't regret it at allll.
But I also have other things that added to the stress of that (I run XC, swim for my HS, and play softball) so I wasn't getting home till 9:45pm every night... and I go to a ridiculous private school so the work is bad too.</p>
<p>So yeah- I wasnt getting enough sleep or eating enough so I was getting sick & anemic, passing out while sitting in class, etc. I, of course, ignored all of that. Then I shattered my fingertip playing softball and my swim coach just confirmed my beliefs that he was a complete idiot and didnt care about my well-being by telling me that I should be practicing about 2 weeks after this happened (I was still taking vicodin, completely out of it, and my dr said under no circumstances should I put my finger in a pool since there was a huge chance of it getting infected)</p>
<p>Anywayy.. if you have other activities I'd definitely quit if you really don't like it anymore and don't think you'll regret it.</p>
<p>okay, sounds like a plan. But what do i do with the varsity letter that I got by default. He gave it to me cuz he said i filled in 5 matches, but i only filled in 4. Should I give it back to him? I havent applied to college yet...will be in a week. Will the letter help or should or just give it back? Not sure. How should i end it?</p>
<p>keep it.</p>
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<p>A letter is awarded for what you have aleady done - not what you may do in the future. You earned it - no reason to return it.</p>
<p>only possibly reason would be if OP was expecting a letter of rec or something but that doesnt seem likely.</p>
<p>you will regret it just stick it out, wrestling the the toughest HS sport both mentally and physically and you will make you feel so much better and will make the rest of your senior year that much better and just think how you would feel if the guy ahead of you gets hurt and you quit then you will have let the rest of your teammates down after three years of hard work and commitment, but i guess if you cant suck it up and handle varsity level competition and what not its not for everyone, you could always move up or down a weight.</p>
<p>i'm sort of going through the same dilemma with softball. so i understand.</p>
<p>basically what it comes down to is- do you enjoy it? if so, stay out. if not, quit.
my high school has the 5th best wrestling team in the nation, its a HUGE deal here...</p>
<p>jg6273 what high school do you go to? Wrestling was also incredible at my high school, well actually the entire area that I lived in.</p>