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Originally Posted by Jeam
So basically my questions are:
-How should I prepare?
-Should I gain/lose weight prior to going there?
-How long will it take me to get into competitions...?
-How big will the difference in levels be (between me & them)?
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- You should prepare by upping your cardio. Don't work on wrestling technique other than what you already know from BJJ, that's what practices and coaches are for. Mix long runs of at least 10k, interval training and sprints, etc.
- You shouldn't start cutting weight until you know what weight class you're going to wrestle at. Notice I said cutting weight and not losing weight. You can start losing weight now but making healthy choices in your diet. Complex carbs, lean proteins, and healthy fats. Eat 5 small meals daily.
- You'll get into competitions with the team. I'm not familiar with your European boarding school program but don't worry about it, the coaches will have you competing along with everyone else. You want to compete in every match possible, that's how you get better.
- Differences should be fairly minor. Again, I don't know how it is in Europe but in the US, there are very big differences in skill level. Most of the time however, you'll be wrestling someone your skill level. In the US, there's JV and Varsity in high school. JVs are usually at the same skill level although there might be one or two JVs who are state qualifiers mainly due to their school having such stacked weight classes but those are rare. Varsity wrestlers typically range from mediocre to good. Very few varsity wrestlers are All-State or national/international level wrestlers.
You'll do fine. Don't worry about things, just take things in stride. The coaches will tell you what to do.
