FALL SEVEN TIMES. STAND UP EIGHT. Discover the story, the videos, and the lessons behind this LRZ Sports artwork. |
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GETTING BACK UP IS WHAT DEFINES YOU.Wrestling teaches you something about falling. Getting knocked down does not define you. Getting back up does. Watch the free lesson, then share it with a wrestler who needs to hear it. |
PUT SOMETHING ON THE WALL THAT MATTERS.
The lesson doesn't have to end when the video does.
Fall Seven Times. Stand Up Eight. is a daily reminder that resilience is built one decision at a time.
FALL SEVEN TIMES. STAND UP EIGHT.
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A COACH'S TEAM TALK
Getting knocked down isn't what defines you. What you do next does.
Use this message to remind wrestlers that the ability to get back up matters long after their final match.
Coaches, make this message your own.
Listen to it. Learn it. Rehearse it. Then draw upon your own experiences, your coaching philosophy, and the lessons you have learned along the way.
Use your own words. Tell your own stories. Make it personal.
Because the most powerful team talks aren't simply delivered. They're believed.
Play it for your team. Or better yet, stand in front of your wrestlers and deliver the message yourself.
THE WORDS BEHIND THE LESSON.
The complete Coach's Team Talk, free to read, reflect on, and share.
THE COMPLETE COACH'S TEAM TALK
Take a good look at that wrestler.
He's not winning.
He's not standing on top of a podium.
Nobody's raising his hand.
He's on the mat.
And I want you to remember that.
Because everybody loves the picture of the guy with his hand raised.
But this picture?
This is where champions are made.
Every one of you is going to end up down there sometime.
You're going to get taken down.
You're going to lose a match you thought you could win.
You're going to walk off a mat disappointed in yourself.
And someday, long after wrestling is over, life is going to put you down there too.
Maybe harder than wrestling ever did.
When that happens, I want you to remember what we taught you in this room.
You don't have to feel confident.
You don't have to pretend it doesn't hurt.
You don't even have to know how everything is going to turn out.
You just have to get up.
Put your hand on the mat.
Get your knee underneath you.
And start pushing.
Because getting knocked down isn't what defines you.
What you do next does.
And if you get knocked down again?
Get up again.
And again.
And again.
Until getting back up becomes so much a part of who you are that quitting doesn't even occur to you.
That's what I want wrestling to give you.
Not an undefeated season.
Not a wall full of medals.
Something better.
I want you to leave this room knowing that no matter what life puts on top of you...
you know how to get back up.
Fall down seven times.
Stand up eight.
EXPLORE THE WRESTLING COLLECTION.
One lesson can change a wrestler. A room full of reminders can help shape a culture.
Discipline. Courage. Perseverance. Accountability. The lessons we teach in wrestling reach far beyond the mat.
Explore LRZ Wrestling Wall Art created for wrestling rooms, home gyms, bedrooms, and the places where those lessons deserve to be remembered.
A MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER
Wrestling ends. The lessons don't.
Where the lessons began
Where the lessons led
I wrestled my first match more than 60 years ago.
I was fortunate enough to become an Ohio high school state wrestling champion and later an NCAA All-American at Miami University.
I'm proud of those accomplishments. But looking back over my life, I realize that the greatest things wrestling gave me had very little to do with winning matches.
Wrestling taught me how to face life.
It taught me that wanting something and earning something are two very different things.
It taught me that preparation matters. That discipline matters. That when things get difficult, you don't look for an excuse. You look for a way forward.
And perhaps most importantly, it taught me that nobody else can do the work for you.
Over the years, I've built businesses, experienced successes, made mistakes, and faced disappointments. Through it all, the lessons I learned on a wrestling mat have stayed with me.
I believe that's the extraordinary gift wrestling gives young people.
A wrestler may never win a state championship. May never stand on a college podium. May never earn a medal.
But that wrestler can still become a champion in the ways that matter most.
A champion of discipline.
A champion of perseverance.
A champion of character.
Because a champion is more than someone who wins.
That's why I created LRZ Sports and Wrestling Advantage.
I want to help preserve and share the lessons that wrestling teaches, not just for the athletes competing today, but for the people they'll become tomorrow.
I wish I had understood more of those lessons while I was still wrestling.
Like many people, I came to appreciate some of wrestling's greatest lessons years later, often through the trial and error of everyday life.
But what if young wrestlers could recognize those lessons while they were learning them?
What if they understood, right now, that every difficult practice, every disappointment, every demand for greater effort was preparing them for challenges far beyond the wrestling mat?
They wouldn't have to wait years to discover the value of what wrestling had already taught them.
That's one of the reasons I created Wrestling Advantage.
I want to help young wrestlers recognize these lessons while they're still being learned, so they can begin applying them to their lives today—not just remembering them years from now.
And I want to honor the coaches and parents who help make those lessons possible.
If you're a coach, I hope you'll find messages here that help you reach your wrestlers in ways that go beyond teaching a takedown or an escape.
If you're a parent, I hope these lessons remind you that the greatest reward of your child's wrestling experience may have nothing to do with the scoreboard.
And if you're a wrestler, I hope you'll remember something long after your final match:
The matches end. The medals get put away. But the person you became goes with you.
That's the real victory.
And that's what Wrestling Advantage is all about.
Walt Podgurski
Founder, LRZ Sports & Wrestling Advantage
The Spirit of Competition™