never wrestled before

Question
I'm going to high school next year and I really want to be on the wrestling team but I've never wrestled before. I took martial arts for 3 and a half years will that help and what should I do?

Answer
Martial arts would probably help in a way that you are accustomed to learning techniques in martial arts and it will transfer to your learning process in folkstyle wrestling. Wrestling is a condition-intense sport and having perfect technique doesn't necessary define a better wrestler. You will learn that wrestling requires hard work and the talented people are not accustomed to doing this. Many times talented people lost matches not because of their technique, but because of their physical endurance.

Since you haven't wrestled before, you should check out videos on Youtube of: John Smith, Scott Winston and Coleman Scott.