Most wrestling rooms are set up to test toughness. But girls don’t need to be tested. They need to be developed. When a room rewards “who can survive the hardest practice,” the athletes with less athletic foundation get injured, burn out or disappear… and we call it “not committed.” A better question: Did we train their nervous system and body for the chaos we’re demanding? Because athleticism isn’t personality, it’s training the body to move and handle load. Here’s what’s missing that coaches a