My perspective as a wrestling mom.

It was a late Wednesday night, when I felt like I should have been home watching my four children instead of standing in the University of Iowa wrestling room. Let me tell you, even though it’s not officially wrestling season, the room still smells and feels like they wrestle everyday. Just walking in the room there is this rush of excitement. Everyone will tell you that I am an Iowa State fan, but something about the atmosphere in the wrestling room gets your blood boiling, and I am just a wrestling mom…..can you imagine what it feels like for actual wrestlers or wrestling dads?
I guess you could say I left that night with a sense of love for everything I do. Tom Brands is the most down to earth, motivational person I have met. Everything he is passionate about, he does it with extreme excitement. I smiled the entire time, laughed a little and enjoyed the whole hour with him. My one question for Tom would have been, how early is too early with youth? I know what you thinking…oh come on, they are just fine wrestling when they are excited about it. Tom told us he didn’t start until he was 12. That would be next year for my oldest son but for some reason, I was at peace with what he said. I know that youth wrestling is more intense these days than it was when Tom was doing it. There are wrestling tournaments every weekend these days. Back, even when my brother wrestled you really had to find a tournament to attend.
I really hoped everyone enjoyed the live event. We will have it on our website for members to watch and I hope you walk away from your computer…ready to conquer anything life throws at you. Tom Brands, to me, is the Yoda of Wrestling.