RocketHawk
Well-Known Member
I wrestled and played basketball throught 8th grade and played basketball in high school. The school I attended and a highly competitive team and I went to a lot matches and the state tournament to support my classmates.
Wrestling is a different culture, but if you take the time to understand nuances of wrestling it is a very enjoyable sport to watch. College wrestling is harder to understand because generally both wrestlers are so good that there is less action to follow (to an unexperienced fan) than high school. If you can't watch a good offensive line vs a good defensive line compete against each other, you won't like wrestling. However if you enjoy the one on one battles wrestling is very entertaining.
As I mentioned I had been to Vets many times for state wrestling and the place would be packed with fans, my senior year of high school we made it to state in basketball and in my mind I expected the place to be packed like I saw for state wrestling, could not have been more wrong the place was like a tomb.
I attended state wrestling for the first time since the 1980s and was again impressed with the huge crowds and I believe the finals sold out once again. If you don't get wrestled don't be a basketball *****, take the time to learn about the sport or don't be suprised that people think you are a jerk.
Wrestling is a different culture, but if you take the time to understand nuances of wrestling it is a very enjoyable sport to watch. College wrestling is harder to understand because generally both wrestlers are so good that there is less action to follow (to an unexperienced fan) than high school. If you can't watch a good offensive line vs a good defensive line compete against each other, you won't like wrestling. However if you enjoy the one on one battles wrestling is very entertaining.
As I mentioned I had been to Vets many times for state wrestling and the place would be packed with fans, my senior year of high school we made it to state in basketball and in my mind I expected the place to be packed like I saw for state wrestling, could not have been more wrong the place was like a tomb.
I attended state wrestling for the first time since the 1980s and was again impressed with the huge crowds and I believe the finals sold out once again. If you don't get wrestled don't be a basketball *****, take the time to learn about the sport or don't be suprised that people think you are a jerk.