thanks. that's also something I neet to work on. I think it's the lateral drop. but I get smashed every time. I end up being tossed :) Thanks, Tyler Littlefield. Vertigo head coder "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features." msn: compgeek134@xxxxxxxxxxx email: compgeek13@xxxxxxxxx aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:45 AM Subject: Re: news paper: Good going! You are already hooked up with USABA, and that will open several doors for you. Mark Lucas and I go back about 14 years or so, back when he used to get on the mat with us. I competed in wrestling for many years and was a high school coach in South Carolina as well. 20 of my wrestlers went to the state finals in 4 years of coaching. Let me suggest a close sport that USABA also includes. Judo is a very close sport with a few exceptions. I tell people it's like wrestling with all the illegal things included such as grabbing clothes and choking... Seriously it will give you a tremendous advantage in wrestling if you also workout in Judo. Your skills in the area of take downs will improve so much that people won't want to mess with you. A couple quick tips about balance that may help. Your hips are the center of gravity. This is how you correct your balance. More important, your head is the director of gravity. Where your head goes your body will follow. Very simply, if you lean forward a great degree, your hips won't be able to correct for the loss of balance. During take downs, you always want your hips lower than the other guy. That will also help you to keep your head more upright. Best of luck and remember the season never ends. Go after the weights even harder during spring and summer! I have a shirt that says "You can't coach heart and you can't coach desire. It comes from within." ----- Original Message ----- From: Littlefield, Tyler To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:16 AM Subject: news paper: Hello, I think the reporter scrued a bit up, I was misquoted; I sound like some kid in the very beginning, but thought some of you might be at least half way interested in this. :d http://www.cortezjournal.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=sports&article_path=/sports/07/sports070102_2.htm sorry jim, it's off-topic. :) Thanks, Tyler Littlefield. Vertigo head coder "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features." msn: compgeek134@xxxxxxxxxxx email: compgeek13@xxxxxxxxx aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127