Take 20 minutes and be brutally honest with yourself and you will have a good idea the area of your mindset you need to improve on. Take your time and think each question through. Goal Setting Do I…

1) Opponent Stands Up From Bottom. Do: Lift and Return Don’t: Pull them on top of you, Release easily or drop to legs and hold on. The Lift-n-Return is one of the prettiest moves in wrestling. You know you’re watching…

Now that most wrestlers have wrestled a significant number of matches it is time to evaluate your performance. It is critical that wrestlers improve from now until the end of the season and post season and to do…

The postseason tournaments are here and I want to remind everyone to enjoy the experience and make the most of your opportunities. Too often athletes, coaches, and parents get stressed and tense heading into these events because of…

As the postseason begins, it becomes increasingly important that wrestlers improve daily in all areas. Although we have stressed the importance of doing everything right, we can still make improvements. As mentioned at every practice and in past…

Stay Sharp The international styles of freestyle and Greco-Roman are most popular during the spring and summer months. This is because most of their competitions immediately follow folkstyle season. During the spring and summer, some wrestlers still train…

There is no substitute for hard work. No talent, no special move, no natural abilities or athleticism, nothing. Hard work beats talent every time when talent doesn’t work hard, and even sometimes when it does. You may not…

It’s that time of the year. Parents across the country are getting excited for the upcoming wrestling season. After an offseason of camps and clinics, working out, and doing what one needs to do to improve, their child…

Another youth wrestling season is upon us. And some parents, coaches, and wrestlers are preparing to head into a season basing success on wrestling—and winning—as many matches as possible. Others are going to focus on developing skills through…

As the season gets many of our wrestlers will be competing this month and a proper warm-up is critical to a strong performance. The following routine is a guideline and everyone must find what works for them but…