TBWC Update Session 5 Practice 8

It’s been a while since I’ve put out an email of substance so I thought I would reach out with an update.

Today we had an awesome workout. The guys battled hard and worked diligently to grasp the new series of scoring techniques I’ve challenged them with. I’m constantly impressed with the amount of information they are able to retain and put to use. For the remainder of this session, we’ll continue to work on that same series and work to perfect our latest attack on our feet – the “Hi-C.”

As I mentioned today at our practice, due to some personal scheduling conflicts, I will not be at the final two practices of this session. Since we don’t resume with session 6 until January 17th, I’ll no doubt be experiencing some withdrawal. I’ll have to rely on videos to get me through ’til then. In my absence, Coach Marshka, Coach Alex, Coach Bob, Coach Riley and our increasingly technical slew of very helpful dads will hold the final two practices of this session. Please take a moment and thank them for the extra time and effort they put forward to the club. I’ve made every effort to never cancel a practice because parents plan around them and pay good money for them so I want to respect those things and provide a consistency that gives busy parents something they can always rely on. That said, I could not do it without the help of the great group of guys behind me.

Up until now, I’ve relied on word of mouth and flyers to get the word out about the club. In my humble opinion, we’ve been wildly successful and have given the kids of Tallahassee an option they otherwise have not had. I’m very proud of what we’ve accomplished and so honored to be the guy standing in the middle of the room doing my best to inspire kids to love the sport of wrestling in the same way I do.

I have decided to step up the marketing plan for 2016 and begin to increase the distribution of flyers to local schools, place road signs around town, resume informational emails about local activities and activities across the country for our youth to compete. In addition to those things, I’ll be engaging in some cross-promotional efforts with some similar but different athletic groups around town to give the young athletes the opportunity to expand their physical capabilities by participating in some complimentary physical activities.

I get consistent feedback from our gold medal winning jiu jitsu warrior, Cooper Hill and his family, that the combination of wrestling and his original sport of choice (jiu jitsu) have taken him several levels forward in a short period of time in both disciplines! If you are interested in working with the club in that way or you know of a group who may be interested in the same, please reach out to me to discuss.

I want to, again, thank our 2015 sponsors for helping offset some of the costs of our gear packages and help in the purchase of a new mat. As it turns out, our original mat was damaged in transit and the replacement is still in manufacturing. I will send out a picture once we get the full mat in house. You’ll also be able to see it at all Chiles Wrestling home meets.

2016 will also include some group functions for the club. We have some great families and I think it would be a blast to get together and hang out when I’m not barking orders! If you have suggestions or ideas, please reach out.

Though the process took much longer than I anticipated, tomorrow will mark the completion of our first TBWC custom gear order as our battle shorts (mma shorts) will be delivered the me at the office at time time during the day. I finally learned this past week that my vendor had chosen to move to a different manufacturing facility in the middle of our order thus delaying production for a few weeks. We’ve gotten that behind us and have a guarantee that it was a one-time issue and won’t be the case for future orders.

I’m finding our resulting product to be of great quality and even cooler than it looked on my computer. I think the only changes I’ll make going forward is to make the coaches shirts better match the blue in all of the other products. If you have requests or suggestions, please feel free to reach out.

I purchased extra quantity in all items but only have a limited size selection, mostly youth sizes. All extra inventory is for sale at first come, first served and will be available at every practice, or by contacting me direct. You can inquire with Coach Marshka at the next practice if you would like to look through the inventory to see if there is something you like. I have only a couple of singlets left but have some shirts, both kinds of bags and will have a few sets of shorts available. The a la cart pricing list is as follows:

Coach Dale