Being Scared of Being Slammed
By: Corey Smith
My Story
When I first started wrestling in the 7th grade I was scared as I don’t know what. I was scared
that I was going to get slammed on my head. When I got on the mat for the first time my
stomach dropped. I wrestled weight class 160. My first match was against the dude from concord
middle school I got pinned in the first 8 seconds of the first period. I tried to put up a fight but I
guess I was just too weak to get him off of me. Then after the match coach said good job Corey I
said thank you coach. After that the real matches started and they had to flip a coin who ever
won the toss up chose odd or even we always chose odd. Coach said that we are going to win
this match I was like yea we are but at the end of the day we lost. We went on to have a great
season I didn’t win any matches that year. I overcame my fear of being slammed by going to
practice every day and practicing with tank also known as mark bostic he was a good person to
go to for help and things and if it wasn’t for him being so tough on me I don’t think I would have
made it the rest of the season.