Don’t throw away those old wrestling shoes. Every year when wrestling season starts, almost every parent buys their kid a new pair of wrestling shoes. I’ve been thinking about the kids that can’t afford a new pair of wrestling shoes … Continue reading →
I recently bought Defense Soap for my son who wrestles. Him and I have both been using the soap for a couple of weeks. I have heard from a few different parents that defense soap is a natural remedy for … Continue reading →
Have you ever heard the phrase “summer wrestling makes winter champions”? There is a lot of truth to that. Summer wrestling training will improve your folkstyle season. I have seen numerous wrestlers who wrestled in greco and freestyle in the spring and noticed huge improvements when the folk style season started. Let’s explore why spring wrestling better prepares you to be a state champ.
Continue reading →I’m sure everyone has seen a harlem shake video by now. I’m pretty sure I saw at least 500 different harlem shake videos. The harlem shake is a video of various people dancing in a funny way. The videos last … Continue reading →
Two day wrestling tournaments are challenging for a wrestler who is cutting weight. That is because you typically have to weigh in twice. There are good ways and bad ways to keep your weight under control. The goal should be to maintain your weight after your first weigh in, but still give yourself energy to wrestle you best.
Continue reading →Most wrestling parents should not coach their child. It is easy for a parent to go overboard. Parents who coach their child are either too lenient or way too strict with their child I firmly believe that most parents are incapable of being a parent first and a wrestling coach second.
Continue reading →Wrestling needs a makeover! Let’s face it. Wrestling is the greatest sport on the planet, but the average person will not attend a wrestling event. This sport builds so many good characters, such a work ethic, perseverance, integrity, etc… but … Continue reading →
The mental aspect is a big part of wrestling training. Most wrestling matches are won OR lost before the match ever started. Don’t get me wrong… a wrestling match can go either way, but the wrestler who is not afraid and told himself he will win is the one that usually wins the match. Let’s discuss the mental aspect of winning and losing in wrestling.
Continue reading →Wrestling in a novice division will only get your child so far. I think a lot of parents keep their kid in novice wrestling to increase their kid’s trophy count. Are you one of those parents that kept your kid … Continue reading →
Folkstyle wrestling needs add a push out rule. If folkstyle had a pushout rule, I think coaches and wrestlers would change their wrestling training to create more action. This would reduce stalling calls from the neutral position. I believe this rule makes the sport of wrestling more exciting. Let’s discuss advantages of enforcing the push out rule for folkstyle(collegiate) wrestling.
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