Angry Fish Wrestling Club

Same practice schedule for this week, but we’re going to be at NA Senior High. Hopefully this will be the last site change.

This week, practice will be at North Allegheny Intermediate School from 6:15-8:15 pm, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. By the end of the week, we should be able to solidify a schedule for the two remaining weeks before national team training camp. There are significant constraints on the availability of the room, so we’re going to have to see what works best for everyone. We will go over the possibilities tomorrow, and, if all works out, make a decision on Thursday.

A map showing the location of NAI can be found here.

No practice this week! Next week’s practice schedule will be posted soon.

Until further notice, practices will be held at North Allegheny Intermediate School. A map to the facility may be found here. Practice is in the “small gym”, on the end of the building closest to the football field.

Practices on Tuesday and Thursday will be at the normal times: 6:15 to 8:15 pm. A practice schedule for the extended season, after the state championships, will be posted soon.

Sorry for any confusion, of late. Hopefully things will go smoothly from here.

There is an excellent passage in a recent essay by Paul Graham, a well-known computer programmer. The essay has nothing to do with sports, but the points made are very much in keeping with our philosophy. If you want to win, consider this: by these criteria, our best athletes are all adults.

There’s a reason we have a distinct word “adult” for people over a certain age. There is a threshold you cross. It’s conventionally fixed at 21, but different people cross it at greatly varying ages. You’re old enough to start a startup if you’ve crossed this threshold, whatever your age.

How do you tell? There are a couple tests adults use. I realized these tests existed after meeting Sam Altman, actually. I noticed that I felt like I was talking to someone much older. Afterward I wondered, what am I even measuring? What made him seem older?

One test adults use is whether you still have the kid flake reflex. When you’re a little kid and you’re asked to do something hard, you can cry and say “I can’t do it” and the adults will probably let you off. As a kid there’s a magic button you can press by saying “I’m just a kid” that will get you out of most difficult situations. Whereas adults, by definition, are not allowed to flake. They still do, of course, but when they do they’re ruthlessly pruned.

The other way to tell an adult is by how they react to a challenge. Someone who’s not yet an adult will tend to respond to a challenge from an adult in a way that acknowledges their dominance. If an adult says “that’s a stupid idea,” a kid will either crawl away with his tail between his legs, or rebel. But rebelling presumes inferiority as much as submission. The adult response to “that’s a stupid idea,” is simply to look the other person in the eye and say “Really? Why do you think so?”

There are a lot of adults who still react childishly to challenges, of course. What you don’t often find are kids who react to challenges like adults. When you do, you’ve found an adult, whatever their age.

PAWF State Championships

Blue Mountain H.S. – 1076 W. Market Street Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972

The Angry Fish Wrestling Club will be taking a trip to the PAWF State Championships. You are welcome to travel with the club, or meet the club at Blue Mountain H.S. The Trip Schedule is as follows.

Friday, June 15
- 11:00am – Leave Quaker Steak & Lube in Cranberry Twp.
- 4:00pm – Freestyle Weight-In: Cadet/Junior/Open Divisions
- 6:00pm – Freestyle Wrestling Begins: Cadet/Junior/Open Divisions

Saturday, June 16
- 8:00am – Freestyle Weight-In: Kids Divisions
- 10:00am – Freestyle Wrestling Continues: All Divisions

Sunday, June 17
- 8:00am – Greco-Roman Weight-In: All Divisions
- 10:00am – Greco-Roman Wrestling: All Divisions
- Depart For home after wrestling is completed

If you are traveling with the club notify Coach Brinzer or Coach Scarborough ASAP. The cost of the trip will be determined by the number of athletes traveling as a group.