ajmcstyles Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I was discussing with a few mates from training, this subject came up with the UK Vs The States. Â Should Freestyle Wrestling be taught in schools like they are in the US? Â It would give students a chance to learn something different instead of say football for students to do. Unfortunately football was the only thing that took part at my primary and secondary school and I can;t stand it. Â Its a grey area, its not really acceptable over here like it is in the states. Â Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 No abuse please, it's a civil question. Â I'd say no. It's not part of our culture at all. It's not something we particularly need either. i can't see any benefit that we wouldn't get from the sports we already teach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 You won't get abuse from me for that, but you will for calling it Soccer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmcstyles Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Ill call it football for the purposes of this debate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I don't think it should be "taught" like a lesson, but my old school did Judo, Karate, Gymnastics, etc outside of school hours. I think Amateur Wrestling could fit into that sort of criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSeaTiger Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I would have loved it to have been taught when I was at school, and I'm sure my kids would enjoy it as they are big wwe fans. But as previously said its not as big in Britain as in the States. The problem would also be finding qualified teachers, though I'm sure the BWC would help out! If cricket can be deemed worthy of a spot on the national curriculum Then I don't see why freestyle couldn't be considered, if the funding and experience were in place. Â But when u look at the funding and effort put into the training of footie in this country, I can't imagine wrestling getting a fair shake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I don't think it should be "taught" like a lesson, but my old school did Judo, Karate, Gymnastics, etc outside of school hours. I think Amateur Wrestling could fit into that sort of criteria. Â My thoughts exactly. Â For some reason though, I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 ajmcstyles: Are you serious that football is/was the only sport you ever did at school? Admittedly I went to school in the 90s, but in secondary school we did football, rugby and athletics regularly, hockey fairly regularly, and I can remember doing basketball, cricket, lacrosse, rounders and handball at least once in games class, and I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting. Then in year 11 we were allowed to do off-site games including snooker, weightlifting or squash. Â Â No wrestling as such, though for rugby warm up once we did what was basically a no-striking battle royale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmcstyles Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 I don't think it should be "taught" like a lesson, but my old school did Judo, Karate, Gymnastics, etc outside of school hours. I think Amateur Wrestling could fit into that sort of criteria. Â My thoughts exactly. Â For some reason though, I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 ajmcstyles: Are you serious that football is/was the only sport you ever did at school? Admittedly I went to school in the 90s, but in secondary school we did football, rugby and athletics regularly, hockey fairly regularly, and I can remember doing basketball, cricket, lacrosse, rounders and handball at least once in games class, and I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting. Â We did pretty much all of these as well, with some volleyball, tennis and badminton, too. I've never heard of any school that only does football right the year round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Snooker? Fucking hell, that would have been awesome. That's what we used to bunk off to do anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted June 12, 2012 Moderators Share Posted June 12, 2012 Our school didn't eve have football as one of it's 'proper' sports, which I thought was fucking ridiculous given what a huge sport it is in this country. We had Rugby, Hockey and Cricket as our 'proper' sports. Â Not that it mattered to me anyway.. I bunked off PE or got put in the slackers group that faffed about in the gym and got to do fun things instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 We had Football and Rugby as our main two, but we did Badminton, Cricket, Rounders/Baseball, 5-a-side, athletics, and a few other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyswynne Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I must admit for school I did the following:-  - Basketball, Cross Country & Rugby in the winter - Athletics, Tennis & Cricket in the summer  When we reached year 9, we did get some more varied sports, including football. I preferred playing basketball so stuck to that, but did have judo & fencing.  Judo was EASILY the most fun, even if some times I got legitimately battered.  Freestyle wrestling? Probably not. Some form of martial art? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Our school didn't eve have football as one of it's 'proper' sports, which I thought was fucking ridiculous given what a huge sport it is in this country. We had Rugby, Hockey and Cricket as our 'proper' sports. Â It's not too bad in North Wales as we did more than our fair share of Football, Cricket etc. But in South Wales i've heard plenty of instances where Rugby is pretty much the entire sporting curriculum. God, I hate that shower of shite sport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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