New Wrestlers Guide

Wrestling will change you. Not in a vague, motivational way. In a specific, measurable, undeniable way. The wrestler who finishes their first season is a different person than the one who started it.

This guide was written to walk new wrestlers through everything the sport is going to ask of them before it asks. The mental framework that keeps you competing when everything gets hard. The Philosophy of 7, a proven system built specifically for new wrestlers that ensures you always know what to do on the mat. The technique, the conditioning, the match strategy, and the honest truth about what a first season actually looks like.

Coach Joe Marzo brings 22 years of experience in this sport to every page of this book, as a competitor, an assistant coach, and a head coach of both boys and girls programs in Tarpon Springs, Florida. He wrote this guide while battling leukemia, determined to make sure that what he learned across a career in wrestling would reach the athletes and families who need it.

Whether you are a brand new wrestler trying to understand the sport you just signed up for, or a parent trying to support your child through one of the hardest and most rewarding things they will ever do, this book was written for you.

The mat is waiting. Let's get to work.