Bryan Snyder, maintain uncompromising standards, never stop being coachable, and more…

Hi 👋

Welcome to Week #13 of the Wrestling Snacks newsletter.

🎉 Happy 2024! Another year has come and gone, and I'm excited to see what 2024 has in store.

How many of you set New Year's goals or resolutions? Here a few things I’d like to shoot for during the year 2024:

• Read 1 book per month. Total of 12 books by the end of the year.

• Monthly date night with my wife. (I’m slacking here 😔)

• Save a specific amount of money by the end of the year.

• Complete a piece of writing, be it a short story, novel, or essay.

• Reach 25,000 subscribers for Wrestling Snacks 💪

• Run two ultra-marathons.

• Summit a 12,000 peak with my wife.

There are more items on my list, but these are a few I wanted to share. I'd love to hear some of your goals or resolutions for 2024. Feel free to REPLY to this email with those you're willing to share. I'm eager to hear what many of you are aiming for in the coming year.

Let’s GO 💪

News Bites

• 🥊 AJ Ferrari DQ’d after throwing a punch and then had some gestures for the Iowa crowd.

• 🤼‍♀️ Two High School Freshmen win the Women’s Freestyle division at Midlands Championships!

• 🦡 Wisconsin’s Hamiti named OW, Penn earns first Ken Kraft Midlands Championships team title.

• ✔️ Results For The 59th Midlands Wrestling Tournament.

• 🌲 Stanford wins Southern Scuffle.

• ✔️ 2024 Southern Scuffle Wrestling Results.

• 🐇 #13 South Dakota State Upsets #9 Michigan.

• 😮 93 College teams set to compete at NWCA National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

• 🎙️🚑 Mother speaks out on the recent events at the Scuffle that led to a DQ and significant knee injury for her son.

Snacks

This week's snacks come from Bryan Snyder: 4X NCAA All-American, 2X NCAA Runner-Up, and 4X BIG 12 Champion while competing for the University of Nebraska. Currently, he serves as the Associate Head Coach at the University of Nebraska 🌽. It's important to note that Coach Snyder was a personal coach to Jordan Burroughs and James Green. Combined, they have won 1 Olympic Gold Medal, 6 World Championship Gold Medals, 1 World Championship Silver Medal, and 4 World Championship Bronze Medals.

Below are some excerpts from our conversation, along with key takeaways and tips that can be applied to improve yourself as a Coach, Athlete, or wrestling Parent.