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GoTo Moves, Drilling
Good Defense, & Chain Wrestling

Practice Makes Perfect !!!   But, first you have to decide what to practice ...

Go-To Moves & Drill Urgency

Wrestling Mindset writes that great wrestlers believe that they "Do something better than anyone they will wrestle.”
(http://www.wrestlingmindset.com/blog/10-ways-to-build-confidence-on-the-mat)
  • "Ben Askren did a study of NCAA champs.
  • One thing they all had in common is that they each believed they possessed some skill better than anyone they wrestled.
  • It may or may not have been true but each believed it."

How do you develop that belief?

Write down your best 3-5 Go-To Moves in each position, for example:  
  • From bottom: Sit-out to hip heist. Stand-up to hand fighting on the hips. Hip smash, to wrist control, to Pederson
  • From top: Leg-ride to power-half, to Turk, Claw Ride, to Wrist Control, to arm-bar tilt. 
  • From neutral: underhook, to inside trip, to half-nelson. Elbow-pass, to high-crotch, to double leg. Sprawl to cement mixer

Drill, Drill, Drill

If coach gives you 5 minutes to work on a move
  --- sense the urgency

Make sure that you and your partner hit that move at least 10 times each in those 5 minutes. Hit the moves properly and with precision. This builds muscle memory for you and your partner.
  • Learn the moves
  • Drill the moves
  • Perfect the moves

Defense, & Chain Wrestling

But, perfecting your Go-To Moves isn't enough!  Why is that? 
  --- Your opponent will try and counter any move you hit
  --- Wrestling never stops


So, you also need to focus on doing two additional things:

Good defense for each position --- what to do if moves doesn’t work?
  • Hard Sprawling in neutral 
  • Circling out of a bad shot in neutral
  • Hip control and hard riding on top (watch college wrestling for this. They ride hard, because they get a "riding time point") 
  • Building a base & Hip movement on bottom
  • Bridging and punching through if you get put on your back

Since wrestling never stops:
  • Chain Wrestle
    • Learn how to perform multiple moves with no break in between
    • Learn to maintain or gain control as you flow between each of the moves (not getting rolled through)


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