Bronxville Modified/JV Wrestling Info & Contact Site

Hiya, Rick Contrata here...

I'm excited and looking forward to coaching the Bronville modified and JV wrestling teams.

When you join Bronville's team, you will achieve two goals... Get Better & Have Fun.

For all the new wrestlers; in case you were wondering what it's like to be a wrestler  ...well, it's fun, exciting, rewarding and pays you back with skills you can use for your entire life. 

These are some of the things you will feel as a wrestler:

.More confident, higher self esteem & secure about yourself.

.Better looking as you build muscle and lose fat.

.More popular, admired, noticed & respected.

.Physically stronger, faster and super fit.

.Included & accepted into a group.

.Mentally quicker

Come closer and I'll let you in on a little secret ...Anyone can wrestle!

You don't have to be strong, fast, tall or even athletic.  Having any one or all of these qualities may help you jump-start into wrestling, but the fact is that because everyone is good at something, every wrestler can become successful at it by adapting a style that best compliments whatever skills they're already good at.

Although wrestling won't make you taller, just by wrestling you will get into tip-top shape while getting stronger and faster with better balance and agility.  Increasing All these physical skills will help you in whatever you do. 

I like to call it an input sport. "You will get out of it whatever you put into it." You in?

Since we'll be getting a late start, our first match will be shortly after the Holiday vacation.

Practice will start at 3:15.  And since I believe that shorter practices with just a bit higher intensity than normal is the best for progressing a wrestler through a full season, our practices will only be 1 1/2 hours long, including warm-up and cool-down.

You'll be in and out like a flash, so you can get back to your schoolwork, family and friends.

I only have three rules for wrestlers who want to be part of Bronxville's group.  We'll call them...

Rick's Rules:

1. Be on Time.

2. Pay attention.

3. Wrestle at 101% of your ability when I tell ya.

Please scroll further down this page where I have consolidated some useful information and resources, some of which you can download and or print out.

Match Results

Anouncements

12/15

From today's practice of the "Low Single" takedown, take a look at this video below to help you visualize the motion.

News & Media

2//8/08

Bronxville Modified Wrestlers Give an Outstanding Showing at the 2009 Hudson Valley Invitational Wrestling Tournament

Bronxville Modified Wrestling team members Pat Bisconti, Declan Borcich and Caelan Corr had an outstanding outing at the Hudson Valley Invitational Wrestling Tournament today, winning six of nine total matches.

Leading the way was Caelan Corr who went undefeated in 3 matches, including 2 pins in his last two matches. Caelen went 3-0 on the day.

Pat Bisconti pinned his first opponent before dropping a tough second round match to Arlington.  Pat rebouded with a tough 5-4 win in his last match, overcoming a 4-0 first period deficit.  Pat went 2-1 on the day.

Declan Borcich lost a close decision in his first match, then came back with an 8-6 win over his Rye opponent in his second match.  Declan went 1-2 on the day.

5 of the 6 Bronxville wins came against large school wrestling programs including Somers, Nyack and Fox Lane.

2/7/08

Bisconti Takes 6th - White Wrestles Tough in 3 Matches at 2009 JV Sectionals

Bronxville Sophomore Kevin Bisconti lost a close first round match, but bounced back with 3 consecutive wins over Section 1 Large School Division 1 opponents.  Kevin almost pulled off  his 4th consecutive win in the the 5th place match, losing on a takedown with 1 second left.  He placed 6th among 27 schools.

Freshman Sawyer White wrestled tough in three matches.  He won his first round match over Port Chester and advanced to the quarterfinals, then lost his next two matches in the last few seconds.  Sawyer came within a few seconds of securing a shot at third place and showed remarkable improvement in his technique over the last month.

Both wrestlers will achieve even higher success in the future.

Wrestling Resources and Information for Wrestlers & Parents

Parents Guide to Youth Wrestling -By Bill Campbell - A pocket guide about youth wrestling for parents new to wrestling.

Strength Training for Kids from the American Academy of Pediatrics - Guidelines & benefits of safe and effective strength training for youths.

Strength Training for Kids - Article that includes a sample strength training progression.

38 Diet and Nutrition Tips for Wrestlers - A look at nutrition using science and common sense.

Wrestling Diet & Nutrition System by Bill Swertfager - Nutrition guidelines and a sample diet for wrestlers.

Signs & Symptoms of Dehydration - Recognize these common signs of dehydration.

More to come...

Rick's Bio:

Lifetime Section 1 Record: 64-14.

Overall Lifetime Record: 103-19.

Won 14 Tournaments.

1977 Section 1 Champion 107 lbs.

1979 Empire State Games silver medalist 105.5 lbs.

Pee Wee wrestling coach 1998 - 2001.

Wrestling clinician.

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