The Missing Component of Your Wrestling Training Program

Going head-to-head against an opponent on the wrestling mat requires many attributes, including speed, strength, and endurance. All are important, but one attribute stands above the rest and can give one competitor a distinct advantage over…

Jan 2, 2015

4 Ways to Maintain Motivation During Wrestling Practice

Every wrestler has had a practice that makes it hard to love the sport. Between conditioning, drills and live action, wrestling practice can be physically draining. It can also be psychologically demanding, to a point where it’s a challenge to…

Jan 2, 2015

Inside Control

With so much emphasis on takedown strategies in recent decades, escape and reversal skills have been given positions of less significance during practice. This contemporary practice has had its negative effects. To the astute observer of mat…

Jan 2, 2015

Gable: Teaching young kids how to finish is critical

WIN: In wrestling, coaches talk a lot about finishing, whether it’s a takedown or simply the match. Should coaches also talk more about finishing the season?
GABLE: Yes. How is someone able to make the finals and be stronger at certain times?…

Jan 2, 2015

Evaluating Practices

To have a successful program, you must develop practice sessions that benefit each wrestler. You need to match practice strategies with the wrestlers’ ability levels. Here are general questions you want to ask yourself after each practice…

Jan 2, 2015

Wresting Endurance Drills

I think that endurance for wrestling comes primarily from wrestling. An athlete can build up a lot of endurance by hard drilling of wrestling moves and a lot of live wrestling. If a wrestler stays active during most of his daily practices, he will…

Jan 2, 2015