Wrestling Mindset21 Nov 2025

Controlling Your Controllables with Mike Monaco

Gene Zannetti talks with Woodbridge High School Head Coach Mike Monaco about kids wrestling to avoid disappointing parents instead of for themselves, how social media creates unrealistic expectations at young ages, and why there's no better feeling than being the underdog who lets it fly.

Timestamps:

2:03 - Parental pressure and wrestling for yourself

5:44 - Professional-level coaching from a young age

7:27 - Learning from losses even when you do everything right

10:19 - Weight management and discipline

13:25 - Wrestling community brings different people together

19:06 - The sport is growing

21:14 - Being the 10 seed with nothing to lose

25:00 - Loading up districts and wrestling the best

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