Informative Essay About Wrestling

It’s a worldwide event and everyone loves it, do you know what it is? Olympic wrestling is a great thing for this world. Wrestling is the best thing the Olympic has picked up. Three things to know is the origin of wrestling, the science of wrestling, and why wrestling is good for the Olympics. Let’s get started on the news you’ve been waiting for.

The origins of wrestling is where it all starts. Wrestling is one of the oldest forms of combat. Wrestling has always been popular in ancient Greece. Wrestling is as old as 15,000 to 20,000 years in age. The main facts that have been proven are, there are cave drawings in France that have drawings of men wrestling, and the caves are nearly 15,000 years old. Some of the moves sketched in

hieroglyphics are still used today. Wrestling has an important spot in the Olympics and it started in Greece in 708 B.C. A. (n.d.).
On the other side of the origins are the significant dates of wrestling being brought up. In the Middle Ages, wrestling was extremely popular. In 1888 New York City, is host to the first organized wrestling tournament this is where everything starts in the U.S. another U.S. first is in 1904 Saint Louis, MO, is host to the first wrestling competition of our modern Olympic Games, very important step for the Olympics to gain this sport. For 1912 FILA is founded in Antwerp, Belgium also Ames, IA, is host to the first NCAA Wrestling Championships. Back in 1983 USA Wrestling becomes the national governing body of amateur wrestling. Most recently in 2004 the Olympic Games now includes women’s wrestling which is also one of the fastest growing sports of this day and age. Some other facts about the origin would be historic wrestling by country. These countries that made this happen are China, Egypt, Greece, France, Rome, Arabia, Scotland, and Ireland. A. (n.d.).
Once wrestling had begun, people needed to learn the science of wrestling. The first thing to learn is the dermatology or the medicine dealing with the diseases of skins. The three main kinds are fungal, bacterial, and viral. One of the most common fungal infections would have to be ring worm. It starts out as a little ring space and the body and grows rapidly as it is not cured. This disease can be spread by direct contact and by indirect contact. The size can very it can cover your whole body or it can be the size of a dime. Some ways to stop this would be burning it, or freezing it, or putting a spray that stops fungal infection. Another very bad fungal disease would have to be herpes. It is spread very quickly to other people if not treated. Some treatments would be loprox or naftin. Some bacterial would be staph, eczema, and impetigo. To cure these things oral antibiotics are preferred. The biggest viral infection is MRSA it can spread very badly. It harms the skin causing it to split open. One of the worst diseases in impetigo it causes little circles and grows in to bigger rings. When these rings touch you can peel the skin off your body down to the muscles. Silverman, R. (n.d.).
Furthermore following dermatology, you need to know psychology. The mental state of wrestling is very important. Wrestling is a 70% mental game and 30% work ethic. To be a good wrestler, you have to understand how to control your mind from not being tired or letting your opponent get inside your head. Some athletes have been asked what hurt them as they wrestle. They mentioned the fact that their coaches had a poor attitude so they had one also, and they also said poor practice of mental stability. Some brought up that when their coaches give them emotional support that they do better on the mat. Studies have shown that Iowa’s head coach is so successful because he works on psychology. He is very excited and enthusiastic at one point and then he is very upset and very physical at the other. This helps the wrestlers to stay relaxed when he is upset in the corner or if he is happy. He has been one coach who has had many go to try for the Olympics. They go to college boys and come out calm men and are ready for anything. Curby, D. (n.d.).
The third part of the science is nutrition. Nutrition is a key part of wrestling. Hydration is a big part of nutrition. If the wrestler is not fully hydrated then his mind is slow and he could be vomiting. Vomiting is sign of being so dehydrated that you have to go to the doctors and get I-V. Doctors are very strict on being full of water and refreshed. They wrestling programs are starting to make all the participants take a hydration test. The have to test the water levels in your body. If you are to low then they will make you drink water and you will not be able to wrestle until you are back to full health. Another thing they have started to check is your body fat percentage. Back when wrestling first started you could lose as much weight as fast as possible. Now they make you test your fat so you don’t lose too much weight or lose it to fast because they give you a decent plan. The decent plan makes sure you are on weight at that time so you don’t get sick. If you lose too much weight your body will start burning muscles to help it lose the weight needed to be gone. If you are lower than five percent body fat you have to go and eat fattening foods such as and Oreo and milk diet to get your fat percentage back up. The minimal body fat percentage for women is twelve percent. If women are below that mark they cannot wrestle till they are above or till the next year.
Sports teams are starting to get nutritionist to come in and help with the wrestling team to makes sure that they are not taking in too much or too little calories. The U.S. has brought in over ten nutritionists to help out the whole wrestling team. The coaches and wrestlers say they are a vital part of the team. They help everybody to be on weight and be as healthy as they can be but also not be too light to where their muscles are not able to work because they have lost too much weight. Studies have shown wrestling teams with the nutritionists have been more successful than teams that do not have them. The reasons for teams being unsuccessful that don’t have them is they lose too much weight so their muscles are being burned because they have taken the place of the fat on your body. The Olympics are starting to recommend ever team to get nutritionist so that people can stay healthy and be able to compete.
The final stage is what wrestling means to the world. You may think that being a part of the Olympics is good because you get a good pay. The fact of the matter is that you don’t get paid unless you place in the competition. There has been no payments to anybody unless they are an Olympic medalist. In 2005 the Olympics made 625 million dollars just from wrestling and none of that went to any of the wrestlers. For placing first you get a quarter of a million, for second you get fifteen thousand. The payment to try out for an Olympic team is one hundred thousand. The U.S. gets paid 120 million for being a part of the Olympics. The wrestlers of the team don’t see a dime of it. The U.S. pays for their trip to the Olympics but that’s all they get for money wise from their own team. S. (2012, July 19). There has been plenty of complaints that even making it on the Olympic team they should get paid, but these payments haven’t changed for almost fifteen years. There are a lot of wrestlers that won’t see any money at all. Many of them have said that it is a good experience to have and that they wouldn’t change it for the world.
The other half of how much it makes is how many people this sport brings in. The London Olympics had 23 million viewers just on TV and the next closes was the pentathlon with 12.3 million. Over one hundred eighty countries wrestle and the pentathlon only has fifty-three that are in it. Over all the wrestling brings in almost twice as much as the second competitor. There is no one even close to bringing in fans to watch the sports in the Olympics. Wrestling effects more than over half the countries. The U.S. is not only one major country Russia and china and japan are the big participants in this sport. As the Olympic committee tried to get rid of it of have the world’s population protested to never supporting the Olympics again. Irvin, J. (2013, February 15). There has been very many champions form so many countries. The top ten countries have had over 100 champions alone. The top ten are Iran, Russia, japan Ukraine, South Korea, china, Bulgaria, Armenia, Hungary, and the United States. Iran has had the most gold medal list of all time. Russia comes into a close second but are trying to work their way past Iran.
The final thing wrestling does is it makes boys into men.

Today’s work force is very competitive and there is more wrestlers involved in this work force. The reasons why is because wrestling demands you to control your body with your mind. It also teaches self-control and pride. More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill—none have wrestled without pride.” This quote is from the great man Dan gable. It has been proven that people who have been in sports get a higher level job than those who have not been involved. It has also been proven that wrestlers show higher attributes for the work force than anyone else that has been in the sports involvement. Socrates once said, “I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler. No one can be compared to a wrestler they just stand out to anyone they have that look to them. Wresters will not give up until the job is done or until they are told to quit. Wrestling is thought to demand more individual sacrifice than any other sport out there. Wrestling helps the individual to feel both defeat and success. Wrestlers have been proven to set higher goals in life than those of any others. Dan gable has also said “one you’ve wrestled, everything in life is easy.” Cooper, S. (2012, July

13).
Now you’ve learned why Olympic wrestling is such a great attribute to the world. We’ve talked about the origin of wrestling, the science of wrestling, and what wrestling means to the world. Wrestling means a lot to very many people to the world. What does Olympic wrestling mean to you?