Her place on the mat.
Her next chapter.

Dead Shot Wrestling Club trains girls Monday through Thursday at 1719 N Mayberry Rd in Alton, TX. Families drive in from Mission, McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr and Palmview, and Alton sits close enough to the expressway that most of those trips run 10 to 25 minutes.

We are a USAW-registered club (#2300159602) and train year-round rather than in a single school season.

Girls can start as early as kindergarten. Our elementary group covers grades K–5 and the junior high and high school group covers grades 6–12, so there is a place to start at nearly any age.

Starting young helps, but it is not required. We regularly take on freshmen and sophomores who have never wrestled and bring them along to their first competition when they and the coaches agree she is ready.

No. We have girls training in both practice blocks, and girls wrestle girls in competition at every level from youth through high school.

Walking into a wrestling room alone is the worry parents raise first. Come to a practice and look at the room before you decide anything.

In competition, girls wrestle girls. Texas runs separate girls divisions from youth through high school, including the UIL girls state series and the TX-USAW Girls Division.

In practice, partners are matched by size and experience, which sometimes means drilling with a boy of similar weight. That is normal in every wrestling club and it happens under coach supervision.

No. Most of the girls on our championship board started with none. Beginners learn positions before they wrestle live, get partnered carefully, and progress at their own pace.

There is no separate beginner-only night. She trains in the room with everyone else and the coaching meets her where she is.

Athletic clothes she can move in, a water bottle, and hair tied back. No singlet, no wrestling shoes and no headgear are needed for a first practice.

Earrings and other jewelry come off before she steps on the mat. If she keeps training, wrestling shoes are the first real purchase — the coaches will tell you when the rest is worth buying.

Wrestling is a contact sport and injuries happen, the same as in any sport. What reduces risk is coaching: proper technique taught before live wrestling, controlled situations, and partners matched by size and experience.

That is a coaching standard, not a rule we bend when the room gets busy. Mats are cleaned between sessions, and any wrestler with an open cut or skin condition sits out until it is covered or cleared.

No. We do not put youth or developing wrestlers on weight-cutting plans. Girls compete in the class they naturally walk around in.

For older, highly competitive wrestlers, weight management becomes part of the conversation — handled with parents involved, with normal eating and hydration, and never as a shortcut before a tournament.

Practices run Monday through Thursday at our Alton gym. Elementary (grades K–5) trains 5:30–6:30 PM and junior high and high school (grades 6–12) trains 7:00–8:45 PM.

Girls train in the same blocks as the rest of the club. Tournament and travel dates are posted separately on the schedule.

Membership is $100 a month for one wrestler, $150 for two, $200 for three and $250 for four. There is no separate rate for girls.

Tournament entry fees, USAW membership and gear are separate from monthly dues. Ask the staff what a full competition season typically runs before you commit to one.

Yes. Every new wrestler gets one free trial practice. Request a date and staff will confirm the session and tell you which practice block she belongs in.

Bring water and athletic clothes. Parents are welcome to stay and watch the whole practice.

No. Club training is independent of school wrestling. Some of our girls wrestle for their school in season and train here year-round; others train only with the club.

If her school has a girls program, the two fit together. Club training through the offseason is usually what separates wrestlers by the time the school season starts.

It can help, and the number of colleges offering women's wrestling has grown quickly in recent years. What we can do is develop her, get her competing where results are recorded, and help her build the record and video a college coach will ask to see.

Roster spots, admission and scholarships are never guaranteed. Talk with the coaches early about a realistic plan for her grade and level.