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1. Wrestling provides recreation just as any other sport does.
2. It provides the physical exercise that growing boys need.
3. It brings more muscles into action than any other sport. It
is the best sport for all around development that we have.
4. It is one of the few common school sports in which the "little
boy" has a chance. Boys are matched according to weight not
age.
5. Its individual character makes victory or defeat a personal
matter. Yet the team aspect is very real and important in wrestling.
The individual competes for his team, as well as himself. With a
victory or defeat, the wrestler can still help his team win the
meet.
6. Wrestling is a test of strength and endurance; condition and
head-work; it aids in the development of self reliance, perseverance,
and mental alertness.
7. It is one of the safest of sports. In school wrestling every
hold or move which might endanger the life or injure a participant
is absolutely prohibited and penalized.
8. It is the natural thing to do. It is just as natural for boys
to wrestle as it is for fish to swim or birds to fly.
9. It is one of the best conditioners for other sports and is one
of the best sports with which to remove awkwardness and to develop
muscular coordination. It is good for football players. Especially
linemen, in that it helps develop quickness and strength against
an opponent. It helps the track man to keep his muscles trim and
pliable. It develops and strengthen the arm muscles for the boy
who plays baseball.
 10. Wrestling is fascinating because many situations can be planned
for. There is little of "chance" or "luck" or
"accident". Results can be easily measured. It is fascinating
because there is continual movement; there is constant change of
position, and new complications are coming up with every move.
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