Athletic Teams and Information

• Athletes must provide their own wrestling shoes (preferably school colors).
• Athletes must provide their own workout clothing (athletic shorts and shirts, running shoes).
• Competition gear will be provided by the coaching staff (headgear, warmups, singlet).
• If your athlete has braces, they MUST have a mouth guard that covers both top and bottom teeth for practice and competition.
• All athletes are expected to wear clean clothing to practice.
• Athletes are expected to shower immediately following practice.
• It is recommended that the athletes have a bottle of Lysol Spray for their lockers, shoes, and head gear.
• Athletes are to report any suspected infections at all times to a coach/trainer.
• If an athlete has any type of infection they must be cleared by a doctor using the appropriate skin lesion form.
• If an athlete has an inhaler they are required to have it at all times and notify the coach about it.
• If an athlete has a condition, such as diabetes they are required to notify a coach and have the necessary kit, or food ready in case of an emergency.
• All athletes must be passing all classes to compete.
• The school check grade eligibility is every other week.
• The coaching staff will check grades the week the school does not check.
• Athletes are required to communicate IN PERSON with their coach if they are to miss a practice or be late.
• If an athlete misses a practice without communicating, they could be held out of competition that week.
• Athletes/Parents are asked not to text or call coaches directly, please use ParentVUE. Varsity athletes may use the "Varsity Chat"
• Athletes must communicate all injuries to the coaches and training staff BEFORE visiting their general family physician.
• Athletes are prohibited from using plastic sweat suits, diuretics, and laxatives or other unhealthy practices to lose weight.
• Non-varsity athletes are NOT expected to cut weight. They may wrestler their natural weight.
• Varsity wrestlers will follow the prescribe weight class of the coaching staff and recommended weight loss of the OPI Weight Management System.
• All athletes are expected to stay fully hydrated at all times.

 
What is Shark Bait?

Shark Bait is the name of a controlled training exercise that we use in wrestling to help our athletes learn the importance of proper behavior while a representing member of the Combs Wrestling Program. If an athlete is swept late to class, placed in ISS or OCS, or has a behavioral issue during class or even outside of school at home, they will participate in Shark Bait. The team will be notified that an inappropriate behavior has taken place and we will be participating in Shark Bait. The offending athlete will watch as his teammates participate in a grueling leg workout. At the conclusion of the leg workout, the offending athlete will go to the center mat, and wrestle to a takedown the lightest wrestler on the team. Once a takedown happens the next lightest wrestle will come forward and wrestle the offending athlete to a takedown. This pattern will continue as the offending wrestler will wrestle to a takedown each member of the team as they go up in weight class, or until 6 minutes (the equivalent of a regular wrestling match) has been reached which ever comes first. That concludes the training exercise.
 
What is "Throwdown Thursday" or "Get Tough Friday"?

These events are tough, grueling, team bonding activities that are meant to teach teamwork in the face of adversity. We will play a series of wrestling-style games, that test both the toughness as an athlete in a physically tough sport like wrestling as well as their readiness to support their teammates in a moments notice. We play several intense competitions such as "Queen Bee", "Wrestle Ball", and "Piranhas". All activities are like any sport where injury could occur, but all activities have strict rules and guidelines for athlete safety and are strictly supervised by the coaches. 
 
What is Pima?

Pima is the name of one of the local neighborhood roads that we send our athletes down for cardio condition at the beginning of practices. The route is the same route used by Combs Cross Country team for competitions. There are no sidewalks on this route so we are careful to instruct our boys to be alert and aware of traffic. Coaches will always accompany the wrestlers on this run in some manner to help with the supervision of the athletes.