The GREATEST Wrestling experience of my life...I coached a school, all black kids, some kids who'd wrestled a couple years in HS, one who started before, but we spent 90 pct of our practices on hand fighting, shot fakes and then wrestling on the bottom. Didn't ride much because the kids were pretty raw. But I took over from a guy who was an awesome Wrestling booster and the coach but really didn't know Wrestling, so he had them enthusiastic and had them wrestle some off-season tournaments. Practice was basically; Warm up 5 Mins 5 Mins shadow Wrestling 10 Minutes drilling shots Then the next ~80 minutes was some variation of live Wrestling. We had some situational. Some live hand fighting (which is really just Greco, but with shot fakes), grind 25-minute matches, Man in the Middle (1 guy in the middle 6-minute, new guy every 30 seconds and then rotate). (Then we'd do some springs, monkey rolls, whatever for conditioning). I ain't Gable and I didn't revolutionize Wrestling...obviously. But from that group, we had 7 kids go to State, 5 place winners, 2 champs and a 3rd place finisher. The point is, after kids have that base. They know the basics; you need to just DRIVE that into their head. Thet match is won by positioning, angles, attacking and conditioning. The one thing I REALLY wish I'd done was brought a TV and just showed guys like McClravy or Brands Wrestling (and then I could have said the latter were absolute dicks, but great Wrestlers). Wrestling at it's essence is SOOOO much simpler than people make it. And obviously riding at the College Level is so much more important...but when you've got good Wrestlers who haven't wrestled much, they only absolutely NEED to be able to do 2 things. 1-Get out on bottom 2-Win on your feet Good video though. Not sure why I went on this little ramble...it just made me think of my first years out of College, done Wrestling, not planning on Coaching...and those 2 years kinda re-sparked my love for the sport as I didn't quite go out the way I wanted. I'd have spent the next 10 years there if they didn't shut the school down.
when you say get out on bottom what do you mean? how would you train that? aggressive sitouts? sorry if i sound like a rookie Im a young mma fighter just looking to train myself to become better
The GREATEST Wrestling experience of my life...I coached a school, all black kids, some kids who'd wrestled a couple years in HS, one who started before, but we spent 90 pct of our practices on hand fighting, shot fakes and then wrestling on the bottom. Didn't ride much because the kids were pretty raw.
But I took over from a guy who was an awesome Wrestling booster and the coach but really didn't know Wrestling, so he had them enthusiastic and had them wrestle some off-season tournaments.
Practice was basically;
Warm up 5 Mins
5 Mins shadow Wrestling
10 Minutes drilling shots
Then the next ~80 minutes was some variation of live Wrestling. We had some situational. Some live hand fighting (which is really just Greco, but with shot fakes), grind 25-minute matches, Man in the Middle (1 guy in the middle 6-minute, new guy every 30 seconds and then rotate).
(Then we'd do some springs, monkey rolls, whatever for conditioning).
I ain't Gable and I didn't revolutionize Wrestling...obviously. But from that group, we had 7 kids go to State, 5 place winners, 2 champs and a 3rd place finisher.
The point is, after kids have that base. They know the basics; you need to just DRIVE that into their head. Thet match is won by positioning, angles, attacking and conditioning.
The one thing I REALLY wish I'd done was brought a TV and just showed guys like McClravy or Brands Wrestling (and then I could have said the latter were absolute dicks, but great Wrestlers).
Wrestling at it's essence is SOOOO much simpler than people make it. And obviously riding at the College Level is so much more important...but when you've got good Wrestlers who haven't wrestled much, they only absolutely NEED to be able to do 2 things.
1-Get out on bottom
2-Win on your feet
Good video though. Not sure why I went on this little ramble...it just made me think of my first years out of College, done Wrestling, not planning on Coaching...and those 2 years kinda re-sparked my love for the sport as I didn't quite go out the way I wanted.
I'd have spent the next 10 years there if they didn't shut the school down.
when you say get out on bottom what do you mean? how would you train that? aggressive sitouts? sorry if i sound like a rookie Im a young mma fighter just looking to train myself to become better
Oh shuddup
@@holdencawffle626 LOL...sure. You're the guy who spent the time to read this and whine about it.
2:56 i love off the whistle shots when the match slows down.
your voice is so calming
Why didn't he cradle him up? Right hand was on the mat
David Taylor no fleeing the mat call
Ok state got hosed with the stalemate lol
What did your kid need you for?