Warrior Wrestling
Frequently asked questions
Lebanon Mat Club Membership
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Q. How much does it cost to join the Lebanon Mat Club and when is payment due?
A. The annual membership cost is $100.00, as well as purchasing your USA wrestling card. Both of these must be had and paid in full before you arrive to your first practice.
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Q. What does an annual membership include?
A. An annual membership includes admittance into team practices, a team shirt and shorts, and paid entry to a couple local tournaments each year. Membership also includes practices for freestyle and greco season practice, at the conclusion of the folkstyle season.
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Q. Why do I need a USA Wrestling card?
A. Not only is a current USA Wrestling card required for entry into tournaments, each wrestler is required, by our national governing body (USA Wrestling), to have a card in order to keep our Club in good standing. It also serves as a secondary insurance for its cardholders.
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Practices
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Q. What should my wrestler wear to practice?
A. Practice attire should include a CLEAN athletic shirt and shorts. Please do not wear denim or clothing with buttons, zippers, clasps, any other attachments that could harm another wrestler or the wrestling mats. CLEAN socks and wrestling shoes are also required. Your wrestler should wear their street shoes from the parking lot to the Mat Room, then take their street shoes off and change into their wrestling shoes once they get to the Mat Room. No one, including parents/guardians, are allowed to wear street shoes in the Mat Room. Please do NOT allow your wrestler to wear previously worn or dirty shirts, shorts, or socks into the Mat Room; this can easily spread infections, despite thorough daily cleaning of the mats.​
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Q. Can my wrestler bring food and drinks with them to practice?
A. Wrestlers may bring water, in a sealed container (nothing with straws or an open lid) with them. No other drinks are allowed in the Mat Room, either by wrestlers or parents/guardians. Food is not allowed in the Mat Room by anyone.​
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Q. Can I drop my wrestler off for practice?
A. If your wrestler is in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade, then yes, you may drop them off and they can go to practice unattended by a parent/guardian. If your wrestler is 5 years old-2nd grade, then no, a parent/guardian needs to attend practice with them.
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General
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Q. My child is in ___ grade, is it too late to start wrestling?
A. No, it is never too late to start! The Lebanon Mat Club has carefully created a structure of practices designed to support beginner to advanced wrestlers. Many times, wrestlers who are older acquire skills and knowledge more quickly, which allows them to move from beginner practices to advanced practices, as needed.
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Q. What equipment do I need to buy?
A. Wrestlers will need to wear clean shirts, athletic shorts, and socks; most of which wrestlers already own. Wrestling shoes will need to be purchased or acquired. Headgear is an optional purchase that is left to the decision of parents/guardians and their wrestler(s). If your wrestler is planning to attend tournaments, they will be issued a Lebanon Mat Club team singlet in exchange for a $100 deposit. We strongly encourage our wrestlers to wear team singlets to support each other as team and represent our Club at tournaments.
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Q. How do I care for a singlet that has been issued to my wrestler?
A. Wash the singlet after every tournament. DO NOT put the singlet into the dryer; hang it or lay it out to dry. Failure to do so could cause the singlet to warp, shrink, and/or fade. If the singlet is returned in poor condition at the end of the season and needs to be replaced, the singlet deposit will not be returned.​
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