Which class is right for you?
"Beginner" aka "Novice" In this practice, wrestlers will learn the most basic fundamentals of wrestling like how points are scored. Additionally, wrestlers will learn to master basic moves, perform agility and conditioning drills, and play games that encourage competitiveness, as well as learn how to become better students of the sport. Wrestlers will be put into small groups of similar size and approximate age. The “Novice” practice, which is geared for wrestlers from ages 4 through 8, typically reflects a more recreational approach and represents a basic introduction to the sport. Beginner class is year-round. ALTHOUGH WRESTLING HAS SEASONS, WRESTLERS CAN JOIN AT ANYTIME.
"Intermediate" wrestlers are typically younger wrestlers who have one year or two seasons of experience under their belt and have attended some tournaments. Intermediates are less competitive then "open" kids but a still ahead of the beginning wrestler. These kids are starting to transition from novice to open and attend all practices. In this class, we will start to introduce these wrestlers to more advanced techniques.
"Advanced" or "Open" practices are available 4-5 days a week and usually will last for a duration of up to two and a half hours. This session brings more intensity and is geared towards our more advanced and competitive wrestlers. Wrestlers will learn technical holds and strategies, "get in shape", and most importantly learn the values of setting goals and working hard to achieve them.
"Tournaments" Once the wrestling season (folkstyle) begins in earnest, local tournaments will be held every weekend which are hosted by the various clubs in the metro area and throughout the state. Similar to practices, tournaments are divided into skill levels -Open and Novice -and each local tournament awards 1st through 4th place for each respective age division and weight. With few exceptions, entry fees are $20 per wrestler per tournament and $5 admission per adult. The tournament "circuit" features highlighted events such as the "Tulsa Nationals", “United States Junior Open”, "Regionals", and "State" which award 1st through 6th place. Please note each tournament is completely optional but strongly encouraged.
"Intermediate" wrestlers are typically younger wrestlers who have one year or two seasons of experience under their belt and have attended some tournaments. Intermediates are less competitive then "open" kids but a still ahead of the beginning wrestler. These kids are starting to transition from novice to open and attend all practices. In this class, we will start to introduce these wrestlers to more advanced techniques.
"Advanced" or "Open" practices are available 4-5 days a week and usually will last for a duration of up to two and a half hours. This session brings more intensity and is geared towards our more advanced and competitive wrestlers. Wrestlers will learn technical holds and strategies, "get in shape", and most importantly learn the values of setting goals and working hard to achieve them.
"Tournaments" Once the wrestling season (folkstyle) begins in earnest, local tournaments will be held every weekend which are hosted by the various clubs in the metro area and throughout the state. Similar to practices, tournaments are divided into skill levels -Open and Novice -and each local tournament awards 1st through 4th place for each respective age division and weight. With few exceptions, entry fees are $20 per wrestler per tournament and $5 admission per adult. The tournament "circuit" features highlighted events such as the "Tulsa Nationals", “United States Junior Open”, "Regionals", and "State" which award 1st through 6th place. Please note each tournament is completely optional but strongly encouraged.
What equipment you will need
Each wrestler will need wrestling shoes, tee shirt, and shorts for practice.
Team singlets (uniform) are worn during competition.
Team singlets (uniform) are worn during competition.
practice schedule
New wrestlers may join at anytime. One week free trial. Monthly memberships can be prorated.
Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced wrestlers all practice at 5:30. We divide of the athletes into groups of similar age/skill. There are between 3-5 groups depending on attendance and staff.
Preseason 2024-2025
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Beginners Classes
- less than 2 years of experience - ages 4-12 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
5:30-6:30 |
Advanced/Intermediate(open)
September 2 -October 31 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Technique, 5:30-6:45 pm - Drilling and live 6:45-8:00 pm Wednesday - Drilling and live 6:00-8:00 Sunday - Open Mat 2:00-3:30 |
Folkstyle season 24-25
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Beginners
November 6 -Jan 25 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday -5:30-6:30 pm - Coaching at Local tournaments The goal of all beginning wrestlers is to progress into the Advanced class and become a "competitive" wrestler. |
Advanced (open)
November 6 - March 28 Monday through Thursday - Technique, 5:30-6:30 pm - Drilling and live 6:30-8:00 pm Wednesday - Drilling and live 6:00-8:00 Sunday - Open Mat 2:00-3:30 pm Coaching at local and national tournaments |
olympic season 2025
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Beginners
March 31 - June 26 Monday,Tuesday, Thursday - 5:30-6:30 pm - less than 2 years of experience - ages 4-10 |
Advanced (open)
April 2 thru July 12 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Technique, 5:30-6:30 pm - Drilling and live 6:30-8:00 pm Wednesday - Drilling and live 6:00-8:00 Sunday - Drilling and live 2:00-4:00 pm - USA Wrestling membership required |
Practices will be held in the Bishop Kelley High School wrestling room located, 3905 S Hudson Ave, Tulsa, OK 74135. Enter the parking lot from Lakewood Ave on the South side of the Campus. If you need further directions, please feel free to email me for additional information.
Phone: 918-857-7371
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 918-857-7371
Email: [email protected]
Why Wrestle?
Wrestling doesn’t discriminate. No matter your body type, height or weight there is a place for you in wrestling. In some sports, only certain body types are able to succeed. In wrestling, as long as you are tough and have the desire to win, nothing else matters. Weight classes ensure fairness amongst the competitors, so you’re never too small or too big to participate.
Most wrestling teams don’t even cut their athletes from participating for lack of skill or talent. Rather, it’s more common for a wrestler to get cut from a team for not meeting academic, citizenship, or other (nonphysical) requirements. As long as you have the desire to be a member of the team, that’s where you belong.
Opponents are always required to shake hands before and after each match. Nevertheless, it’s not uncommon to see foes turn into friends after the final whistle blows. Matches often end with embraces, and sometimes the loser will even raise the winner’s hand!
Competitiveness
Every sport teaches its athletes to be competitive. However, wrestling is different because your team essentially becomes your opponent. In order to stay on the team, you must survive the practices. In order to compete for the team, you’ll need to beat everyone on your team who is in your weight class. To win in competition, you need to train harder than your opponent. You need to want it more. No matter how you look at it, the odds are going to be stacked against you. Relax! You’ll soon thrive on good competition.
Physical Fitness
The degree of athleticism it takes to succeed in wrestling is second to none. Although many wrestlers don’t start out as “natural athletes,” wrestling improves balance, reflexes, strength, endurance, and agility. Wrestlers are often very lean and strong for their body weight. A wrestler’s physique is further reinforced by the body fat and hydration tests that are enforced at the scholastic and collegiate level.
The knowledge they’ll gain about proper dieting and weight maintenance will benefit wrestlers long after their competitive careers are over. Wrestling will undoubtedly improve an athlete’s capabilities in other sports as well.
Self-Defense
Wrestling teaches the basic skills about how to protect yourself on the event of a physical altercation:
• Body positioning
• How to control an opponent
• How to defend against different types of attacks
• Toughness
If anything, basic wrestling skills will help you better understand how to keep yourself safe in some of the most undesirable situations.
Personal Growth & Development
Sports are a great way to establish and reinforce positive personality traits and characteristics. Wrestling, in particular, embraces and teaches an array of life lessons that may not be as strongly promoted in other sports:
Self-confidence
When you wrestle, you can’t rely on anyone but yourself. You have to be accountable for your own successes and failures. For this reason, wrestlers must be confident. Without a positive attitude, there will be no success. From the onset, wrestlers learn to count on themselves, gaining confidence on and off the wrestling mats.
Discipline
Waking up before the sun rises for early morning runs, fasting to meet a desired weight, sacrificing a social life in order to train and compete —these are only a few of a wrestler’s duties. One of the most beneficial lessons a wrestler will learn is that this sport requires an insane work ethic. Sometimes, you have to do things that aren’t that “fun” to reach your goals.
Mental Toughness
Wrestlers learn to be both physically and mentally tough. It takes a tremendous amount of toughness to pick yourself up off of the mat when you’re losing, and it takes incredible will power to lose that last pound before a weigh-in. You’ll never be able to name a successful wrestler with a weak mind because, well, there isn’t one.
Sportsmanship
People who have never wrestled have a hard time understanding how mentally and physically taxing it is on competitors. Because of this, wrestlers develop more than just a sense of respect for each other — they develop an admiration. They know how difficult it is to win.
Most wrestling teams don’t even cut their athletes from participating for lack of skill or talent. Rather, it’s more common for a wrestler to get cut from a team for not meeting academic, citizenship, or other (nonphysical) requirements. As long as you have the desire to be a member of the team, that’s where you belong.
Opponents are always required to shake hands before and after each match. Nevertheless, it’s not uncommon to see foes turn into friends after the final whistle blows. Matches often end with embraces, and sometimes the loser will even raise the winner’s hand!
Competitiveness
Every sport teaches its athletes to be competitive. However, wrestling is different because your team essentially becomes your opponent. In order to stay on the team, you must survive the practices. In order to compete for the team, you’ll need to beat everyone on your team who is in your weight class. To win in competition, you need to train harder than your opponent. You need to want it more. No matter how you look at it, the odds are going to be stacked against you. Relax! You’ll soon thrive on good competition.
Physical Fitness
The degree of athleticism it takes to succeed in wrestling is second to none. Although many wrestlers don’t start out as “natural athletes,” wrestling improves balance, reflexes, strength, endurance, and agility. Wrestlers are often very lean and strong for their body weight. A wrestler’s physique is further reinforced by the body fat and hydration tests that are enforced at the scholastic and collegiate level.
The knowledge they’ll gain about proper dieting and weight maintenance will benefit wrestlers long after their competitive careers are over. Wrestling will undoubtedly improve an athlete’s capabilities in other sports as well.
Self-Defense
Wrestling teaches the basic skills about how to protect yourself on the event of a physical altercation:
• Body positioning
• How to control an opponent
• How to defend against different types of attacks
• Toughness
If anything, basic wrestling skills will help you better understand how to keep yourself safe in some of the most undesirable situations.
Personal Growth & Development
Sports are a great way to establish and reinforce positive personality traits and characteristics. Wrestling, in particular, embraces and teaches an array of life lessons that may not be as strongly promoted in other sports:
Self-confidence
When you wrestle, you can’t rely on anyone but yourself. You have to be accountable for your own successes and failures. For this reason, wrestlers must be confident. Without a positive attitude, there will be no success. From the onset, wrestlers learn to count on themselves, gaining confidence on and off the wrestling mats.
Discipline
Waking up before the sun rises for early morning runs, fasting to meet a desired weight, sacrificing a social life in order to train and compete —these are only a few of a wrestler’s duties. One of the most beneficial lessons a wrestler will learn is that this sport requires an insane work ethic. Sometimes, you have to do things that aren’t that “fun” to reach your goals.
Mental Toughness
Wrestlers learn to be both physically and mentally tough. It takes a tremendous amount of toughness to pick yourself up off of the mat when you’re losing, and it takes incredible will power to lose that last pound before a weigh-in. You’ll never be able to name a successful wrestler with a weak mind because, well, there isn’t one.
Sportsmanship
People who have never wrestled have a hard time understanding how mentally and physically taxing it is on competitors. Because of this, wrestlers develop more than just a sense of respect for each other — they develop an admiration. They know how difficult it is to win.
Girls Wrestling
Woman's wrestling is the fastest growing sport in America. Watching it develop in our state has been truly amazing. There are over 40 girls' college wrestling programs with additional colleges coming online each year. The growth of the sport is pushing top men's programs like Iowa to add a Women's program. Many division 1 colleges are sponsoring female athletes at their respective Olympic (regional) Training Centers.
Oklahoma's state athletic association has sanctioned Girls Wrestling since 2019. Several high schools across the state have women only wrestling teams.
Coach Kyle has helped pioneer girls wrestling since 2012 by starting the first girls wrestling program in Oklahoma.
At Team Tulsa, girls can practice along side and with the boys but neither gender is forced to wrestle the other .
