Start a Program

How To Begin Organizing a Beat the Streets Wrestling Program in Your City

1. Develop a Vision for Wrestling that will become the Mission Statement
2. Recruit people who share the vision and want to help
3. Organize the group…arrange for a meeting by inviting anyone to attend
4. Begin “painting a picture” with broad strokes of what it will look like in a few years.
5. Begin the process of developing a Board of Directors and the process of becoming a 501C3 Not for Profit organization
6. Join as a Member of USA Wrestling to provide the Medical and Liability Insurance for all people involved in the initiative.
7. Contact the Beat the Streets USA Wrestling for help in the organization, program, equipment and fund-raising.
8. Make contact with the Department of Education in your city regarding the program your organization would like to lead in their middle schools.
9. Launch a MODEL Program in one MS and invest most of your assets into making the program successful
10. Borrow or rent a used wrestling mat, secure a coach/teacher and begin doing great things for kids.