Mike Reuter:1Having a Goal Means a Lot
By RAY MAST
Emerald Sports Writer
If you’ve been to a wrestling
match at Oregon in the last four
years, you've probably noticed a
short, balding man scribbling fur
iously on a piece of paper and in
tently watching each match.
This is Alike Reuter, wrestling
coach.
REUTER HAS been at this
business of coaching for 17 years
and is now in his fifth sea
son at Oregon.
The following is an informal
discussion between this reporter
and Reuter while Reuter was
awaiting wrestling practice one
day this week:
Mast—When you’re trying to
get a boy to come to Oregon, do
you try to sell the University or
the wrestling program?
Reuter—Both, but personally I
feel that the University is the
more important.
The first thing I ask a boy is
‘What are you interested in tak
ing up?' If he's not sure, then I'm
not sure of him. Having a goal
means a lot.
I may be defeating my purpose,
but 1 never tell anyone that Ore
gon has a better wrestling pro
1 gram than OSU. They work really
1 hard on their program. I feel
that we give our fellows more
study time.
Mast—The natural question to
; ask. then, is “Do you stress ath
letics before scholarship?”
Reuter—They go hand in hand.
I don’t encourage poor students
to come to Oregon. Performance
in the classroom somehow re
flects performance in athletics.
It’s odd, but our team has a
higher GPA during winter term
when we’re competing.
We have some state champions
on campus that won't come out
for wrestling because of their
studies.
Mast—All coaches have theories
on wrestling. What are yours?
i Reuter—Conditioning and en
durance. The boys know they
need it. Each boy works out for
a nine minute period, with a fresh
l opponent every three minutes.
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After the Cal match I took the
boys out for a two mile run.
Right now I've cut down the work
I outs on the mats and encouraged
more running. We’ve had a long
season and there may be a ten
dency for the hoys to get stale.
Mast—What do you look for in
a boy when you try to find a
wrestler for your team?
Reuter—Aggressive state cham
pions Explosiveness pays off. A
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boy can become a high school
champion by stalling around and
out smarting his opoonents.
Mast—Do you stress condition
ing or work on holds during your
workouts?
Reuter—Both At this point it’s
difficult to develop new holds.
We try to develop the boys’ con
| fidence in their holds. They all
have more confidence when they
try new holds from underneath.
1 If they’re on the bottom to be
1 gin with, it's not going to hurt
them to try a new- hold—they
have nothing to lose A standing
! hold takes a little more time to
| develop confidence.
Mast—I’ve noticed that you
write notes during the matches.
Are these sugegstions for the cur
rent match, or for the wrestling
to work on the following week"
Reuter—Mostly for our next
| week's practices. But, coaching
from the sidelines is alright in
wrestling.
I’ve asked individuals if they
want suggestions during the
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matches, and many say they do.
I know that I've helped some
boys win matches by simply indi
cating what hold 1 want them to
try next. But, some don’t take
my suggestions because they can
feel that it won’t work This is
line, because sometimes they can
see things that I can’t.
Mast—What’s the worst prob
lem for the wrestlers.
Reuter—Weight cutting is the
worst problem. It’s tough to go
hungry. The boys have a lot of
desire. I’ve asked some boys to
come out for wrestling and they’ve
told me they won't if they have
to cut weight.
Mast—What about the Cali
fornia road trip?
Reuter—We simply out-condi
tioned every team we met. I
hated to run up the score against
Cal, but you can't tell a boy to
take it easy. I’m pulling for ev
ery one of my wrestlers to win.
After Terry 0 Sullivan lost his
first two matches of the trip, I
couldn’t very well tell him to take
it easy against Cal’s man that
outweighed him by 50 pounds,
simply because we were ahead,
j 25-0. '
Mast—How do the Pacific
Coast Championships stack up?
Reuter OSU has won the lust
i four years 1’ortland State loot's
tough this year. We’re having
trouble keeping the California
schools in the conference Last
year they had only one champion.
Two years ago the California
schools had only one of 20 final*
| ists.
We had some last minute in
juries last year that hurt us bad
ly. The hoys really want to win
| the coast this year
W’ith this. Reuter went otT with
a handful! of notes to drill his
charges on a few things he had
noted on the past road trip
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