Is it too late to start wrestling? Alright, the age old question that everyone asks me every day. But first, if you guys like my videos and you like all my other content, hit the like button, hit the subscribe button because it helps me out a ton. And basically what's happening is a lot of people like my content and I'm growing, but I'm growing very, very slowly. And it's because the more likes and subscriptions you get, the more you to promote your content. But like, I don't have a lot right now and like, I don't really ask for any in any of my other videos. But look, so what's happening is in the places I get promoted, I get watch time. Time like in California or like Texas or Florida or Illinois. But like, there's these states and countries where I don't get any watch time because my videos don't come up in the suggested because I'm too small of a YouTuber. So the more likes and subscriptions I get, the better a chance I'll get to be able to do is full time and actually get paid to do this because right now I'm doing it completely for free. I just pour all this information out to you guys in hopes that like you guys use it and do the best you can with it. But if I could not work doing this, like that would be prime. I would start like my own wrestling gym. I'd court it every day. I'd start fighting in MMA and I'd be doing that. Like I feel like there's a huge path for me to go down, but it's taking too long. So smash the like button, smash the subscribe button. But getting right into it, is it too late to start wrestling? Okay, if you're still in school, you shouldn't even be asking me this. The best time to start learning is when you're in high school, middle school, elementary school, kindergarten, it doesn't matter. You can start wrestling as young as you want and from the age of two. Okay, the only thing that changes is the availability of wrestling. The younger you are, the easier it is to get into wrestling. Being a senior is no excuse to not join the wrestling team. And what happens is all throughout school, there will be beginners at every single stage. And from first grade to fifth grade, there will be people brand new to wrestling. All right, from sixth grade to eighth grade, there will be people brand new to wrestling when you join. All right, they might be a month older, two months better than you, but like the best time to start is right now. In high school, from freshman year to your senior year, there will be people there who are new to wrestling. And when you're in school, it's the best time to learn because your coaches will be going over the very basic, fundamental, and like your coaches already know the best way to train you. They already know these ways that are proven to be effective to make you good at the sport. And the sooner you start, the earlier you start, the less you have to work. Like each time you go in order to reach the highest level when you're in high school. You know what I mean? So like if you start wrestling when you're in second grade, all the way up until high school, you don't have to put the same amount of effort to reach the same level. Like you can put in half-ass effort every like five times a week, every single day. And when you're in high school, you will be amazing at wrestling. Now the later you start, the harder you have to work to reach that upper echelon. It's not saying that if you started early, you can be lazy and have poor wrestling. It's just the amount you need to improve every single day. Increases every day you don't wrestle. Okay, because like the people in your competition are getting better and you're just staying stagnant. All right, now this doesn't mean that you can't work to the top. Okay, I started wrestling when I was a freshman in high school and I won tournaments. All right, it's very possible, very, very possible. It just determines on how hard you work, how hard you plan on working towards perfecting your ability to do this sport. And that means wrestling in the off season, wrestling in multiple tournaments in the off season, every single weekend as much as you can, wrestling off as much as you can, doing like doing all the things you need to do. I make videos on how to become a better wrestler, but the more time, the quicker you start, the better you have the chance of being. Now, the problem is once you get out of high school, those beginner classes, the practices that teach you the fundamentals, single like double leg high crotch, level chain snap, setup, uh, top position, bottom position. And like basic escapes, things very, very, very heavily. Okay, like there's college wrestling and like wrestling in club for college. If you belong to a school that has a wrestling team and you join that wrestling team brand new, you were going to be eaten up and chewed up and you were going to be chewed up and spit out every single day you show up for a long time. You might not get a takedown until your junior year, right? You might not get a takedown on someone in your practice until your junior year or your senior year. You might never get a takedown on anyone because the level of competition, the level of competition you have with your training partner increases significantly once you get into college. So if you can, don't wait. Don't wait and join right now. But if you have already waited, if you aren't affiliated with a school that has a wrestling team and you aren't and you're already at a high school, what's left for you is joining an MMA gym and starting wrestling there. All right, this is the weakest form of wrestling training there is only because it's not dedicated to wrestling. You don't have the same competition. There aren't competitions for you to go to like every time you go and compete, you get so much better. You get so, so much better. And there just, there isn't that right now for people like that have already gone out of high school. And this sucks because wrestling is one of the most there's a clear reason why wrestlers go into MMA gyms and just eat everyone up and like spit them out. There's a reason why wrestling is so effective against jujitsu because it accomplishes something that MMA gyms federal accomplish because they make you pay for a membership. Right, it's your choice to be there on in a high school wrestling team or in a school wrestling team, you will get kicked out if you if you don't show up to practice. Right, there is legit competition. There are people trying to take your spot and this cannot be replicated anywhere else. So point of this video is it's never too late to start. The best time to start is right now and sooner you start, the younger you are when you start, the better position you're put in to reach the top level of wrestling. All right, this will help you in every aspect of your life. If you're on the verge, if you're questioning whether or not you should wrestle, just try it because wrestling is something that helps you in every aspect of your life. It helps you in other sports. It helps you in your work ethic. It helps you in your confidence. It helps you in your ability to make decisions. It helps you in your ability to make sure it happens to see the actual cause and effect of what you do and your actions. And this is something that you can't get outside. You can't get the same training when you're in school, when you're in high school and middle school and elementary school. Then you can when after that stage because if you try to join college wrestling, you're going to be put with people of a much higher caliber than anyone would have been your high school team. You know what I mean? So the learning curve is going to be a lot steeper and it's going to be a lot harder for you to pick up like, right? Because you're going to be wrestling with people who are super competitive, not trying to teach you. They're trying to improve themselves. It's just going to be a lot more difficult. So do it while you're younger if you can. So point of this video is it's never too late to start. The best time to start is right now and the sooner you start, the younger you are when you start, the better position you're put in to reach the top level of wrestling. All right. And remember, this will help you in every aspect of your life. If you're on the verge, if you're questioning whether or not you should wrestle, just try it because unlike any other sport, it gives you, I don't even know how to explain it. It's just super addicting and if you guys like that video, hit the like button, hit the subscribe button. I try to post new content every day at eight. But until next time, I'll see you guys. Peace.