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🏆🎈LET THEM WRESTLE🎈🥇
Slowly coming off a HUGE high of
👊🔥👏NYSPHSAA Girls Invitational👏👊🔥 where over 200 of the very best girls in NYS were able to showcase their skills💪 its time to showcase something else that's just as important.
✨️What discrimination of girls wrestling looks like✨️
✨️What retaliation of coaches against a female wrestler may look like✨️
✨️What exclusion may look like for girl wrestlers in mixed competition✨️
✨️What exclusion from a district or club may look like✨️
It's way more common than you think and presents sometimes in surprising ways. Where most of these amazing athletes have full celebration from their school districts, full support from amazing and valuable coaches, complete support from their teammates, be them boys in mixed competition or girls, not all girls that wrestle have support. Many face adversity just to step on the mat.There are many laws and rules in place to protect, but where there's a will there's a way and slowing success of a strong young woman is just what these predators want to do. Getting started in identifying discrimination, with some private stories without naming names, districts or clubs and moving through to some steps to inform and combat this maze of negativity and find support within your coach, team, district or wrestling community. Please share these posts as they're developed to reach our girls far and wide and comment responsibly with a focus to identify first and foremost.
💪💕LET THEM WRESTLE💪💕