About The Jr Patriots Wrestling Club
The Jr. Patriots Wrestling Club (Jr. Pats) is a Non-Profit organization run by volunteers who are passionate about the sport of wrestling, and believe that the sport brings out the best in those who participate in it. Our club acts as a feeder program for all St. Louis area high schools, but mainly designed to supply the Parkway South High School Wrestling Team with experienced wrestlers.
We put the focus on the kids, and the goal is to teach folkstyle wrestling to anyone age 8-15 who wishes to learn, while promoting teamwork, good sportsmanship, work ethic, and team pride.
Practices consist of stretching, strength and conditioning (running, sit-ups, push-ups etc.) learning new wrestling techniques, practicing the techniques, and live wrestling. We may even play a game or two at the end of practice.
The tournaments we enter are usually on the weekend, and are always AAU / USA sanctioned events. We wrestle against other pee-wee and youth wrestling teams in the area, which are similar to ours.
Most of the wrestlers who come through our club start with no prior knowledge about the sport of wrestling, but end up with great wrestling careers. With all of the practice and live wrestling experience under their belt that we offer, they will already have a huge head-start on their competition when they get to the High School level.
Wrestling will give the athlete:
1) greater self confidence
2) greater coordination
3) greater strength and leverage
4) greater balance
5) greater flexibility