29 Mar 2024

Category: Jason’s Blog

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Some random thoughts

Thursday April 26th 2018  Usually when I write my blog, I have clear objective in mind.  I want to talk about the state of wrestling in Quebec and maybe the country, the things that I’ve noticed throughout my many years in the sport or to talk...
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Life after wrestling

Monday April 2nd 2018 Legendary American wrestler and coach Dan Gable once said that “Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy”.  While that statement may seem pretty presumptious, anyone who’s wrestled will attest to the fact that wrestling gives you supreme amount of self-belief...
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The Junior-Senior Nationals makes its return to Quebec

Monday March 26th 2018 The Junior-Senior Nationals made its return to Quebec for the first time in over twenty years with CLIC taking on the task of hosting Canada’s premiere wrestling event at the Centre Claude Robillard.  The hosting of a tournament requires a lot of preparation...
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My experience at the U-Sports Wrestling Nationals

Tuesday February 27th 2018 The U-Sports Wrestling Nationals took place this past weekend and for the first time in my career, I got to experience it as a coach.  Throughout my wrestling career I competed at five U-Sports National (Formerly known as the CIS) championships, the...
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The intangibles to being a wrestler

Sunday February 11th 2018 The question that I get asked a lot is what makes a wrestler?  For that matter, what makes any athlete the way they are?  Athletes are a funny bunch as they are collectively obsessed with competition and self-improvement.  The best athletes...
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Cross-training for wrestling

Wednesday January 31st 2018 Wrestling as we all know is one of the most physically demanding sports out there.  It requires the strength of a weightlifter, the agility and finesse of a soccer player, the endurance of a marathon runner and the flexibility of a gymnast....
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Starting the new year on the right foot

Wednesday January 10th 2018 Now that schools have started up their practices while some club teams were training over the Christmas Break, it’s time to get the seasons started for the high schools, universities and club teams.  The eventual lethargy and weight accumulated throughout the break is always...
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A Year in Review for 2017

Saturday December 30th 2017 What a year!  2017 was a memorable one for wrestling in the province of Quebec.  So many results from so many tournaments, athletes qualifying for major tournaments and a historical finish at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg. The month of...