This was posted at the Wrestling Talk forum, apparently originally posted by King Cole himself at The Guillotine website…

The text of this message has been posted in the FILES section of NCAA Heavyweight Champs 2

Well i said i would hop on here and give an update as to how the weekend went, so im staying true to my word.

As im sure many of you noticed, i was upfront with the Jets on the importance of my wrestling and one way or the other both Tommy and I weren’t planning on staying past monday night. It was three days to showcase our skills… (i would say natural skills but i dont believe in ‘natural skills’) So mainly what they were looking for was our foot speed, and most importantly balance. Everyday we went from 6 am until 10pm learning everything you could imagine in the football world; plays, strategies, calls with different formations from the defense, and actually a lot about the press and displaying a positive image… which is quite tricky actually, you would be surprised how the press phrases questions to get arrogant sounding responses even when its not intended that way (i saw how that happened to a guy and will likely never believe an arrogant quote i see again, you only here a response… not the question). Then twice a day we took to the field working plays, foot drills, bag drills, conditioning, even once a guy who trains pro boxers came in and we did a boxing workout which was a lot of fun. All in all it was a great experience and i would do it again in a heartbeat.

I’ve recently came across a great site for High School wrestling fans. It’s called Takkle.com and it’s a free social sports networking site.

Now I’ve checked out a lot of these types of sites in the past, but Takkle seems to stand above the rest. It’s not some cheap knockoff, it’s a very well put together site and it’s worth a check out.

Not only can you share pictures and videos, network and trash talk, but you can also be seen by collages. It’s never been easier to show your talent.

If you join, look WrestlingPod up.

I’ve recently updated the platform at the Wrestling News is run on.  We are now running Wordpress 2.1.  If you come across any issues, please comment below or head over to our contact form and let me know.

Thanks!

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) now has a site to network and find other fans, fighters and just hang out: MyMMASpace.com.

You can check out WrestlingPod’s basic profile if you want and feel free to connect with me. They also have a cool MyMMASpace.com Link Directory & Exchange area.

I haven’t used the service for much yet, however it looks, feels and acts like MySpace without all the un-interesting people.

Today we are updating our wrestling news feed to be hosted with Feedburner. There should be nothing that you have to do, but be aware that if any issues do come up, update your feed URL or let us know.

New feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Amateur-Wrestling-News

The feed also now shows photos that I’ve recently uploaded to the WrestlingPod Flickr account. Thought a few images might spice it up a little.

The new wrestling news theme is now live and kickin! It’s now easier on the eyes and hopefully easier to use over all. Please let me know if you find any issues and what you think about the new design. I hope to get the entire site converted over eventually, however I’m not sure when that’ll happen just yet.

You’ll also notice the new store is linked to too. It’s got about everything Amazon does as we run our store though them to bring our users a wide variety of items. And not just wrestling gear. You can get a Wii or Sony Playstation 3 & iPod accessories, clothes, food, electronics, almost anything!

Enjoy and let me know what you think!

I’m creating an amateur wrestling search engine and I need sites to add. They could be your site, your schools or your one favorite sites. Topics include amateur wrestling, martial arts, boxing and related topics.

Post your favorite site’s below or you can contribute here (Google Account Required)

Here at WrestlingPod, we don’t like to annoy the visitor or deal with anything that might cause your computer harm. We know it’s safe, but now McAfee SiteAdvisor has check out WrestlingPod.com and found no issues.

McAfee SiteAdvisor checks for adware, spyware, viruses, browser exploits, excessive pop-ups, phishing and other scams and found nothing.

I work hard to make sure that the users experience is a good one and it’s nice to see other services are noticing.

If you have anything you’d like to see updated/improved/added on WrestlingPod.com, just let me know.

Thanks
Thomas

Any users that want to post their own news now can. I didn’t realize that new user’s couldn’t before. Oops.

If you have registered for an account in the past, or if you do in the future, you now can login and write a story and save it. Then, when it’s ready to be published, let me know and I’ll make it live.

You can post on anything related to amateur wrestling, martial arts or boxing. Thoughts, views, opinions, product reviews, poems whatever you want. I’m pretty open.

Check out the newest offerings from Adidas and Asics.  The new wrestling shoes come in a variety of colors from green to red, orange, white, black, gray and more.  Take control on the wrestling mat improve your performance with a new pair of shoes.

New this season include the Dan Gable Ultimate, adiStrike, A’ttaak II, Tyrint III, Split Second VI, Response and Rulon wrestling shoes.

Check out our Amazon mini store for the new looks!
http://astore.amazon.com/wrestlingpod-20