Watch as Coach Mike Poeta explains and demonstrates hand fighting drills they use to warmup. The Passing Elbows Drill involves the opponent having a collar tie and switching from side to side. Coach explains how […]
Reading Your Opponent’s “Tells” From the Top Position with Chris Pendleton – Oregon State Univ.
Watch as Coach Chris Pendleton explains and demonstrates reading your opponent’s “tells” from the top position. When the opponent is in the referee’s position you can read the tell on what the opponent is going […]
Tips and Guidelines for Communication and Teaching Methodology to Protect Mental Health
At all times we must remember the influence we have on the players we coach. If the way we act toward them and the way we communicate with them are done properly, the effect will […]
Building Core Values with Stephen Mackey – 2Words Character Development
Stephen Mackey is a keynote speaker, Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author, and character leadership & culture development coach. Better known as Coach Mackey, he has spent the last 20 years helping athletes and coaches connect […]
Building Trust Quickly with Learning Styles
By: Julie Hatfield-Still Provided By: Beyond The Game Alliance As a high school or elite-level coach, your ability to understand how athletes learn best is critical to unlocking their potential and building rapport quickly. Athletes […]
Great Teams Don’t Happen by Accident with Robert Grasso – La Jolla Country Day School (CA)
Watch as Robert Grasso discusses La Jolla Country Day’s leadership programs for athletics and how developing a culture is the key for a successful team. He explains great teams don’t happen by accident and although […]
Tips for Helping Your Athletes Unwind Using Their Comfort Zone (Phones) with Kim Karr – Digital4Good
Watch as Kim Karr discusses tips that administrators and coaches can use to help athletes unwind using their comfort zone (phones). Communication and conversations about an athlete’s phone can impact their mood and stress level. […]
Coaching Yourself: Controlling Your Anger
By: Rainer Martens and Robin S. Vealey Originally Published in: Successful Coaching Provided by: Human Kinetics The very nature of sport—the potential for injustice and for physical and mental injury—increases the likelihood of coaches experiencing […]
What Are Your Athletes’ Biggest Influences? with Chet Scott – Built to Lead
Watch as Chet Scott explains the ‘leadership is influence’ concept, and that you know you are a leader if you have followers. If you are going to lead and influence your players, it would be […]
Three Impactful Ways to Help Athletes Build Mental Strength Right Now
By: Julie Hatfield-Still Athletics are about more than just winning games or improving physical skills, it’s also a critical time for building the mental strength athletes need to succeed in sports and life. As a […]
Ankle Picks & Options with Dalton Jensen – Univ. of Nebraska at Kearney
Watch as Coach Dalton Jensen explains and demonstrates ankle picks and different options based on the opponent’s response. He starts off in a collar tie and focuses on controlling the far side wrist. During the […]
Quad Pod Cradle Defense with Austin DeVoe – Colorado School of Mines
Watch as Coach Austin DeVoe explains and demonstrates a quad pod cradle defense. From a quad pod position, the inside knee will go down between the legs while the inside foot does not move. Move […]
Scoring From Ties with Bryan Snyder – Univ. of Nebraska
Watch as Coach Bryan Snyder explains that after you are comfortable clearing ties, the focus should be on scoring from those ties. He demonstrates three attacks from the collar tie: the hard snap, eastern shrug, […]
Fundamentals Create the Highlights with Brian Smith – Univ. of Missouri
Watch as Coach Brian Smith explains the importance of stressing fundamentals to your wrestlers. They must understand that fundamentals are the basis of successful wrestlers at any level. The fundamentals of stance, level change, penetration […]
Drag Set-Up Drill with Mark Branch – Univ. of Wyoming
Watch as Coach Mark Branch explains, and wrestlers demonstrate the Drag Set-Up Drill. This is a great drill to help players get focused and ready for practice after they have completed warmups. One wrestler will […]
Best Versus Worst Performances
By: Dr. Colleen M. Hacker Originally Published in: Achieving Excellence Provided by: Human Kinetics By examining your best performances and comparing and contrasting them with your worst performances, you can identify the key elements of […]
Hip Heist Drill with Jeremy Spates – Southern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville
Watch as Coach Jeremy Spates explains and demonstrates the Hip Heist Drill. The wrestler will pop up, start to circle left, then hip heist the bottom leg and come under. He recommends not bringing the […]
Run the Stance Motion Drill at the End of Practice with Keith Gavin – Univ. of Pittsburgh
Watch as Coach Keith Gavin explains why he likes to run the Stance Motion Drill at the end of practice, especially during the season. After practice the wrestlers are tired, and it is important for […]
Holistic Coaching for the Benefit of All Players
Originally published in an Adam Sarancik Book “Never confuse winning with succeeding. A successful league and team is one that inspires its players to want to come back again tomorrow.” Too often, leagues and teams […]
Spiral Ride Defense with Dakota Bauer – Colorado School of Mines
Watch as Coach Dakota Bauer explains and demonstrates three ways of defending the spiral ride. #1 is Changeover: when you feel pressure, take the inside hand and clear it over and go to the far […]
Accept It or Correct It with Alan Stein, Jr.
Alan Stein, Jr. explains that every single behavior that goes on in your program, on or off the field, is either something you accept or correct. He also explains how eliminating some behaviors, such as […]
Escaping After Standing Up with Dave Crowell – Nazareth Area High School (PA)
Watch as Coach David Crowell explains the perfect position for escaping after standing up. The opponent will have one arm on the belly and the other needs to be on the arm held tight against […]
Full-Feature! Go-To Drills with Matt Storniolo – Northwestern Univ.
7 DAYS ONLY! Access to this 28-minute session from a Denver Wrestling Coaches Clinic that is available in our Wrestling Coaches Insider +Plus video library will expire on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 – Enjoy! Watch […]
Defending an Outside Shot with Sammy Sasso – Ohio State Univ.
Watch as Sammy Sasso explains and demonstrate defending against an outside shot. When the opponent’s head is to the outside and his shoulder is tight to the abdomen you must set the corner. Slide and […]
Single Leg and High Crotch Positional Warmup Drills with Jake Arnone – Colorado School of Mines
Watch as Coach Jake Arnone explains and demonstrates these positional warmup drills. The first drill, the Single Leg, starts with an emphasis on position, knee behind knee and shoulder over the thigh, and head on […]
Hazing/Bullying in Athletics
By: David T. Morris Originally Published in: Student-Athletes: Control Your Own Destiny Definition of Bullying: As defined by the organization, stopbullying.gov, “bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real […]
Sweep Single with Ryan Deakin
Watch as Coach Ryan Deakin explains and demonstrates this sweep single and finish. His first moves are a backhand punch then the right hand, circle, make the opponent take a step, sweep the leg and […]
Empowering Coaches: Strategies for Supporting Youth from Struggling Homes in Athletics
By: Scott Garvis, CMAA Provided By: NHSACA As a coach, it’s essential to support students who come from struggling homes. These kids may face various challenges, and coaches can play a vital role in providing […]
Front Headlock: How to Bring Them to the Mat with Mitch Minotti – Colorado School of Mines
Watch as Coach Mitch Minotti demonstrates how to bring the opponent to the mat while in a front headlock. He shows that while you have the opponent in a front headlock, you maintain full control […]
Parents and Guardians
By: Rainer Martens & Robin S. Vealey Originally Published in: Successful Coaching Many coaches find that the most challenging relationship to manage is their relationship with their athletes’ parents. This includes guardians, but we will […]