Make It Happen Wrestling Book
Make It Happen Wrestling Book
MAKE IT HAPPEN: A story of an NCAA Wrestling Champion....a book by Mitch Clark and Scott Conroe Summary of "Make it Happen", by author Scott Conroe: When Ohio State Wrestler Mitch Clark won the national collegiate championships at 177 pounds in 1998, he reached a life's dream after years of overcoming obstacles that were personal, athletic, geographical, and acts of fate. The Canton, New York, native had suffered his share of setbacks, such as crushing defeats in his quest to be a high school champion, losing his spot in the Buckeyes' lineup due to poor grades as a freshman, and injuring his knee before his final season, when he was the favorite to win it all. And he savored triumphs, such as coming from nowhere to be a high school national champion, and now this, a technical fall over his opponent in the first period of his final and biggest college bout. Mitch Clark knows what every high school and college athlete endures in pursuing goals, balancing sports with everything else, feeling pressures, and finding what makes one strong - and capitalizing on it. He tells his story, and offers his thoughts on being an athlete, in his new book, Make It Happen: The Inspiring Story of an NCAA Wrestling Champion(White Pillars Press, 130p). The book was written by Scott Conroe, a longtime sports writer. This soft-cover book, fully illustrated with color and black-and-white potographs, is filled with advice not just for wrestlers but for all athletes. Clark, now an assistant coach for the Ohio State wrestling team, explores the challenge of being an athlete on top of everything else in his life; the pressures of being ranked, undefeated, or just plain well-known; the deep level of focus called "in The Zone;" the training techniques that made him a champion; the inner work of learning your limitations and building on your strengths; and the idea of doing what you must to be the best you can be. It's the story of a father and son, mother and son, of a family and a sport, and of a young man whose spirit was tested again and again before he reached his goal.
I hope you enjoy our book.
Scott Conroe
