CODE OF CONDUCT AND TEAM RULES/EXPECTATIONS FOR WRESTLING
The Timberwolves Code
1. The team comes first!!! No wrestler is greater than the team.
2. We will not make excusess!!!
3. We will not blame others!!!
4. We will never quit!!!
5. We will lift each other up, not tear each other down!!!
6. We will display proper sportmanship at all times!!!
7. We will give 100 percent effort at every practice, every dual meet, and every tournament!!!
DESIRED OUTCOMES
1. En joy the sport
2. Develop a sense of responsibility, commitment, and teamwork within the team. The Wrestling Team belong to all of us. We all own it. It's an extension of our family. With ownership comes the responsibility for its success. The staff will stress that no individual is more important than team. Everyone is equal and must do their individual jobsto make the team successful. With team success, individual success follows. When once succeeds, we all succeed. Each wrestler is responsible for him or herself as well as his or her teammattes.
3. Develop solid wrestling skills.
4. Mentally and physically prepare for the rigors of wrestling. Wrestliing is a combat sport played within the confines of specific rules. The quicker each wrestler understands this and develops this mindset, the better off he or she will be. This is a hard sport that requires hard work. Hard-nosed wrestling with intensity is expected. We will encourage all wrestlers to wrestle hard and tough, but within the confines of the rules. No one ever feels 100 percent during the wrestling season. Soreness is common and should be expected. The quicker everyone understands this, the better.
5. Compete at an elite level through hard work, discipline, and an unbending will to be the best.
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE WRESTLERS
Participation in high school wrestling is a privilege. Accompanying that privilege is the responsibility of each wrestler to conform to the standards, establish by CIF, The Vista Unified School District, and Mission Vista High School. With this in mind, we expect the wrestlers to:
1. Have fun
2. Have a positive attitude
3. Represent the team adn the school in a positive manner. Do not do anything that would embarrass the school, the program, or each other.
4. Be on time for all practices, dual meets, and tournaments. Wrestlers are expected to be fully dressed, on the mat and prepared to practice at teh designated time.
5. Academics are Important! You are students first! You are expected to maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average. Take your schoolwork with you to dual meets and tournaments.
6. Wrestlers are expected to manage their time wisely. Missing practice due to schoolwork means you did not manage your time
wisely. This will be considered an unexcused absence.
7. Work hard adn give 100 percent at all times. This is the buildingblock for success. If you don't work hard you will not succeed as an
individual. Lack of success as individuals means a lack of success as a team.
8. Support your teammates. Some kids are more skilled and developed than others. Stronger and olders wrestlers should encourage
the younger wrestlers adn help them improve.
9. Respect your coaches. Inappropriated comments will not be tolerated. Know the boundaries between athlete and coach.
10. Put the team ahead of yourself.
11. Communicate directly with the coaches. This will help establish a positive line of communication between coach and wrestler.
12. There is a zero tolerance policy toward hazing. Any wrestler caught hazing will removed from the team.
EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENTS
1. Have fun
2. Help your wrestler understand the team comes before the individual.
3. Have realistic expectations of your child.
4. Stress punctuality to your wrestler.
5. Schedule appointments and vacations so they do not conflict with practices or games.
6. Support your wrestler. If possible, be at the meets and tournaments for them. Cheer them on and have a good time.
7. Let teh coach's coach. The wrestling staff will coach your son or daughter. This is your time to sit back in the stands and just be a
cheerleader for the team and your wrestler.
8. Support the staff. We are all in this together adn are working for the same goal.
9. Act like and adult. Do not argue or make negative comments to other parents, coaches, or officials. Especially in front of the
wrestlers. It undermines the team, it's embarrassing to the wrestlers, and it only makes the wrestler hate the sport.
10. If you have an issue that you would like to discuss with a coach, please do it before or after practice in a private setting. Taking up
an issue with a coach before or after a meet or tournament is never appropiate. The coach's will be busy and emotions often run
high during this time and it is my experience that nothing productive comes from it.
11. The team's success is determined by the involvement of everyone to make our kids experience a postitive one. If asked to help
during a meet or tournament, please do.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM THE COACHING STAFF
1. We will have fun.
2. We will stress "The Team" concept above all else.
3. We will treat wrestlers with fairness, firmness, and respect.
4. We will be at tournaments and practices on time and be prepared to coach.
5. We will not degrade a wrestler.
6. We will constructively correct behavior that we feel is inappropriated.
7. We will teach safe adn effective wrestling techniques
8. We will praise good, hard-nosed wrestling.
9. We ill not allow wrestlers to haze other wrestlers.
10. We will be professional at all times.
11. We will keep you informed about all issues as soon as we are given the information.
12. If the staff has issues with a wrestler, we will take it up with the wrestler adn we will try to solve the issue internally.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Be very selective and use common sense when posting on social media. Never post negative comments about our program or another wrestling program. Stay positive at all times, and NEVER post anything that could prove embarrassing to the program, our school or our community.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN COACHES, WRESTLERS AND PARENTS
Electronic communication between coaches and wrestlersmhoudl alway be of a professional nature. Contact through SOCIAL MEDIA between Coaches and Student Athletes is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. most communication should be done through the teams' email at mvtwrestling@gmail.com. Texting or phone calls between a Coach and a Student/Athlete is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. The only exception is when at an athletic event and a GROUP TEXT is generated between coaches adn athletes notifying mat assignments. Individual text between a single coach and a single athlete is NEVE acceptable and is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Personal phone calls between and Athlete and Coach is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Electronic communication should be conducted during regular business hours. Parents should refrain from texting coaches unless there is an emergency. Parents should communicate through the team's email or in person during regular business hours.
TIME COMMITMENT/CONFLICTS/VACATIONS
Wrestling demands a great deal of time and effort. The season runs from mid November through the first week in March. This includes the winter break period. It is critical to the success of the team and the individual that every wrestler is present during the whole season. A lengthy vacation in the middle of the season hurts the team as well as the individual. If you plan on taking a two- or three-week vacation during the middle of the season, we recommend you not wrestle. The coaching staff has made this commitment. All we ask is that we get the same commitment in return.
PRACTICE POLICY
1. Practice is Mandatory for all wrestlers. Only the Head Coach has the authority to excuse a wrestler from practice (see
mvtwrestling.com for complete wrestling schedule.)
2. Missing two practices for any reason during the week will result in the wrestler having to sit out the next competitive event. A
wrestler needs to prepare to compete. Missing two days of practice prior to the event makes for a lack of preparation. If a wrestler is
to ill to practice then he is to ill to compete.
3. Missing practice due to schoolwork shows a lack of proper time management on the wrestler's part. Missing practice because ou
have not managed your time is an unexcused absence.
4. An unexcused absence during the week wil result in the wrestler having to sit out the next competitive event. However, the wrestler
will be required attend the event with the team.
5. More than three unexcused absences can result in expulsion from the team.
6. Being late to practice is unacceptable. Wrestlers are expected to be fully dressed, on the mat and prepared to begin practice at teh
designated time.
7. A lack of effort or constant horsepaly in practice will result in the wrestler being told to leave the practice room.
8. Multiple violations of the practice policy will result in expulsion from the team.
TOURNAMENT AND DUAL MEET POLICY
All wrestlers are required to attend all competitive events whether they are competing or not. All wrestlers are expected to arrive on time. All wrestlers will travel to and from the event with the team. No wrestler will be allowed to leave early from a dual meet or tournament.
PROPER WRESTLING CLOTHING
All wrestlers are required to practice and attend events in approved Mission Vista Wrestling Gear. This includes the following:
1. Mission Vista shorts, shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, Mission Vista approved PE uniforms.
2. No other gear should be worn from other schools or other colors
3. No clothing should be worn expressing social views or anything considered offensive.
HYGIENE
1. Infections are an issue in all sports. Because of the close contact while wrestling, proper hygiene is critical. All wrestlers will
immediately shower after practice. Skin checks are required every day before practice. Any suspicious skin problem should
immediately be reported to the coaching staff to avoid passing skin infections from one teammate to another.
2. Wrestlers are expected to wear clean workout gear to every practice. They are expected to take used wrestling workout gear home
after every practice. No food, sweat pants, sweatshirts, or other dirty gear will be left over nigh in the wrestling room. If it is it will be
thrown away.
3. Use antibacterial soap every day. Use a clean towel every day. Use deodorant.
WRESTLE OFFS
All wrestlers who regularly attend practice will be allowed to wrestle off for their respective weight classes.
Wrestle offs will be conducted three times during the year. A wrestler has to establish himself as the dominant wrestler in the weight class by winning 2 out of 3 matches.
CONFLICTS WITH OTHE SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
An individual who attempts to participate in to many extra-curricular activities will, undoubtedly, be in a position of conflict of obligations. It is each wrestler's responsibility to ensure these conflicts do not arise and affect the team in negative manner. Practice, dual meets, and tournaments are mandatory for all wrestlers. It is the team policy that the wrestling team takes priority over any other extracurricular activitiy during the competitive wrestling season (November 9 - March 1). There are no exceptions! If you cannot commit to this police then do not wrestle.
Ignacio Ramirezlazos - Head Coach/Director of Wrestling Operations
MVT Wrestling
