Going to the Mat Page #3

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Ok, Stop Laughing.

Stop--

I--

[Hits Telephone On Desk]

Stop Laughing.

Hello?

How Did I Get

Roped Into This?

Come On, Fly.

It'll Be Good For You.

Wrestling Is

The One Sport

Where The Little Dudes

Are Just As Valuable

As The Big Monsters.

Yeah,

But The Little Dudes

Get Eaten

By The Big Monsters.

Hey, Coach?

Hiya, Jace.

Who's Your Friend?

Vince Shu.

You Can Call Me Fly,

Everyone Does.

Good To Meet You .

Word Is You Guys

Want To Join The Team.

Well, Not Exactly--

Absolutely, Sir.

We Are Very Keen.

Keen, Huh?

Well, Have You

Ever Wrestled?

A Little With My Dad.

Well, Starting From Scratch,

I Mean, It Would Take

An Incredible Amount

Of Hard Work.

Great!

I Love Hard Work.

Fly?

Yeah, What He Said.

Jace, Do You Mind Me Asking

Why You Even Think

You'd Want To Try This?

Just Looking For A Way

To Compete Around Here, Coach.

All Right.

These Are Some Tapes

From Our Matches Last Year.

I Want You Guys

To Watch Them And--

Fly, Why Don't You

Describe The Moves To Jace,

The Major Action,

And You Guys Come Back

And See Me Next Week.

If You're Still Interested,

We'll Work Something Out.

Questions?

Approximately,

What Are The Odds

Of Me Getting Smushed?

[Laughs]

Thanks, Coach.

Fly.

Oh, Funny Guy.

See You Next Week!

I Don't Understand.

Wrestling Just Seems

So Gross, So...

Sweaty.

Mom, Everybody Does

Some Sport Around Here.

Why Fight It?

Since When

Do You Do Things

Just Because

Everybody Else

Is Doing It?

That's Never Been

Who You Are.

It's Like I Told You,

Except For When I'm With Fly,

I'm Either The Blind Guy,

Or I'm Invisible.

Tom, Don't Just

Sit There. Help Me.

I--I Think

He Should Do It.

Haven't We

Always Told Him

He Could Do Whatever

He Puts His Mind To,

Right?

So Why Should

This Wrestling Be

Any Different?

Because It Sounds Dangerous.

Mom, My Whole Life

Is Dangerous.

Just Walking Out

The Front Door

Is Dangerous.

It Doesn't Mean

I Should Sit

In My Room And Hide.

First Off, Promise Me

You Didn't Forge

Your Mom's Signature

On This Waiver.

If It's Signed

Neatly On The Line,

You Can Pretty Much

Guarantee It Wasn't Me.

All Right...143.

That Could Work For Us.

Right Now,

It's Luke Nolan's Spot,

But We've Got Nobody

In Backup.

Mr. Shu...

That Weight Class Is Open.

All Right,

Here's The Deal.

Anybody's Welcome

To Work Out With Us,

But If You Commit,

I Expect You

To Show Up Regularly.

Now, If You Want To Earn

The Right To Compete

In A League Meet,

You Have To Win

Your Weight Class

In A Wrestle-Off

Which I Hold

Every 2 To 3 Weeks.

Any Questions?

Got It.

If You Guys Really Want

To Try This,

Be At The Gym

After School Monday.

We'll See What You Got.

Thanks, Coach.

Yes!

No.

Fly?

No.

Come On, Fly.

[Panting]

[Whistle Blows]

All Right, Everybody To

The South End Of The Mat!

Freshmen,

That's On My Right.

Sorry, Coach.

Yeah, Sorry.

Ok, Shot Drill

On My Whistle.

[Whistle Blows]

[Whistle Blows]

[Whistle Blows]

Luke, 25 Bucks Says

The Gimp And The Wimp

Don't Last 2 Weeks.

Luke:
You're On.

Coach Rice:

Chest Over Knees!

Watch Yourself There, Jace.

Keep Good

Head Position, Fly!

Bottom Man, Sit Out.

Top Man, Chop.

Bottom, Sit.

Top, Chop.

Tuck Your Elbow.

Hip-Heist.

Top Man,

Follow His Hips.

Uhh!

Dude, What Was That?!

Oh, Man. You Ok?

No, You Headbutted Me

In My Nose.

You Probably Broke It.

Coach Rice:

Take It Easy.

Settle Down.

Hey, Good Call, Coach,

Bringin' Some Guy In Here

Who Can't Even See

What He's Doin'.

Thanks A Lot.

That's Enough, Mike.

Just Get Some Ice.

Don't Worry

About It, Jace.

Accidents Happen.

Especially When

You Hire The Handicapped.

Let's Get Back

To The Drill.

Concentrate

On Your Technique.

Referee's Position,

Jace.

When You Sit Out,

Don't Extend

Your Head Back.

It Throws Your

Balance Off, Ok?

Ok.

Ready? Go!

Good.

Perfect.

Let's Do It Again.

Pressure First, Fly,

Pressure First.

Watch Your

Hip Angle, Tim.

What's Your Favorite

Nursery Rhyme--

"3 Blind Mice"?

Just Do This.

Big Third Eye Blind Fan,

Are You?

Or Is It Blind Melon?

Uhh!

Quit It, Freak!

Get Off Of Me!

[Struggling]

Hey!

That's Enough!

Luke, Knock It Off!

If You Got

Aggression To Work Out,

Get A Punching Bag.

This Is Wrestling,

Not Street Brawling.

And Whether You Were

Provoked Or Not,

I'm Not Gonna Have

One Of My Guys Get Hurt

Just Because You Can't

Control Your Temper.

The Guy

Was Tryin' To--

What?

He Was What?

Luke...

[Laughs]

Look, Wrestling

Is Not Just About

Brute Strength.

It's About

Intelligence, Jace.

Now, You've Got

A Good Brain,

So Why Don't You

Start Using It?

Ok?

Are We Done?

So, How Is

Wrestling Going?

It's Not Like I'm In

Any Danger To Making It

Into An Actual Meet.

I'm Basically There

To Be Luke Nolan's

Tackling Dummy.

Step.

Thank You.

Our First Scrimmage

Is On Monday.

The Wasatch Cowboys.

I Know.

The Wasatch What's-Its?

Cowboys.

Ha. Cowboys.

How Perfect Is That?

Does Their Gym

Have A Hitching Post

Out Front?

What, Do Their Uniforms

Come With Ten-Gallon Hats?

Hey, Careful. That Is

Sounding An Awful Lot

Like The Sarcastic Jace

That You Promised

To Stifle.

Sorry. I Just Don't Know

Why Everyone's Acting

Like It's Such A Big Deal.

Ancient Rivalry.

Plus, Their Star

T-Rex Turner

Has Been

Lambrix's Archenemy

Since Forever.

I Mean,

He Is The Defending

State Champ,

The Only One

That John Has

Never Beaten.

Wow. My Palms

Are Sweaty Already.

[Laughs]

Girl:
Come On, Boomer!

[People Cheering]

Yes! Yes! Yes!

[No Audio]

You're Going Down,

My Man.

Yeah, All Over You

For The Pin.

[Whistle Blows]

[Whistle Blows]

Come On, Boomer!

Whoo!

Come On,

Come On, Come On!

Hey.

What Was That About?

Nothin'.

Nothin'? Hmm.

I Changed My Mind.

You're Gonna Sit

This One Out Today.

What? Why?

Because I'm Not Having

You Dive Into Some

Personal Grudge Match

And Maybe Get Hurt

Before The Season

Even Starts.

I'm Not Gonna Get Hurt.

I'm Gonna Kick His Butt.

John, Listen To Me.

You're A Senior.

This Is Your Last Chance

At A State Title.

Now, You're On The Bench.

I'm Putting Luke In Your Spot,

And That's The End Of It.

Now, Go Sit Down

And Set An Example

For The Younger Guys.

Coach Benched Me.

What?

[Whistle Blows]

[Both Grunting]

Come On, Luke!

Get Him! Come On!

Takedown, Red.

Neutral, Green.

Aah! Aah!

[Whistle Blows]

Luke, Echoing:

Aah! My Shoulder!

Better Grab

Dr. Norman.

Deep Breath, Luke.

Deep Breath.

[Luke Straining]

Try To Lay Still.

Try To Lay Still.

They Took The Dude Away

In An Ambulance, Jace.

An Ambulance!

Oh, Come On.

That Kind Of Stuff

Happens In Every Sport.

Which Is

An Excellent Reason

To Avoid Athletics...

Altogether.

My Dad Says It's

A Broken Collarbone.

Luke's

Gonna Be Out For

At Least 2 Months.

You Know What

This Means, Jace.

He's Giving

The 145 Slot To You.

Why Would He Do That?

Because He Says

You've Worked Harder

Than Anybody.

You've Earned It.

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