Almost every wrestler you will ever face, makes this very common mistake. In this short 2 minute and 16 second video, you can learn to exploit this mistake to enhance your wrestling immediately.
This is just one of many skills taught in my Mat Camps.
About 50% of takedown opportunities come off of short offense…countering your opponent’s shot.
Unfortunately, a large majority of wrestlers make crucial mistakes that keep them from scoring.
These are easily correctable mistakes if you know the finer details
Just a few small points that make a big difference, the difference between securing the takedown and losing the points.
This is one of the many situations I’ll be covering in my upcoming Fall Takedown Monster Camp, as well as my Fall Youth Camp, which is modeled after the monster camp.
Watch this short video to see how you can increase the odds of scoring off your opponents shots.
This one is specifically geared toward current, active wrestlers but if you’re a coach or parent, you can show this to your athlete as well.
Do yourself a favor and do a mini-evaluation today. Here’s how it works:
Write down the 3 biggest technical areas of concern you currently face (please don’t say, “Takedowns”, “Top”, “Down” either!)
Be as specific as possible (example: “I have trouble when people grab my head”, or “I can’t counter legs when someone gets them in.”)
Next, outline your plan for improving in these top three areas – whether through your school coach, an upcoming camp or clinic, or training session with a professional coach.
Feel free to comment right here on this blog, or email me if you prefer, to share your results.
Here’s how the game goes: one person lies on his back, while someone else starts tapping his forehead and tells him to name all the cereals he can in a certain amount of time.
What usually happens is, this person has trouble naming hardly any cereals. Same person who could probably rattle off a dozen of them with no problem, all of a sudden is stuck.
Why?
Because, quite, simply, things are different when there is pressure and resistance. Or someone tapping on your head.
Sound like anyone you know?
How does one fix that?
Well, there's one key thing you can do that will go a long way toward alleviating this problem…
Have your system down.
If you learn a system, and train hard to internalize that system so it is second nature, then you will hit it when it counts, under the lights and under pressure.
I have a lot more to say about the mental side of wrestling. I'll post something soon, either here on the blog or to my email list.
Have you ever wished you could put the opponent on defense as soon as the whistle blows? Get him to worry about your attacks instead of the other way around?
I teach every Attack System Wrestler this very skill, so that we can dominate matches.
Exactly 2 minutes and 22 seconds after clicking on the video below, you will get to see how we accomplish this key skill.
Check out my new technique video that will show you how to beat one of the most common attacks in wrestling. Its also a technique we worked on in ACE recently. Check out this video here.
A Powerful and Explosive System
Our power sit series is unique to our Attack System program for several reasons.
First, the series is really very easy to learn because we build off fundamental principles and continue to expand on it.
Because of this, athletes learn to utilize parts of it very quickly. I’ve had athletes score with it within days of learning the first steps.
Next, it follows a fundamental principle of our overall Attack System which is: it puts your opponent on the defense right away.
Finally, we score multiple ways with this series, which adds to its power.
Some fundamentals we stress with this series:
1. When we go to a sit-out, its not truly a sit-out. We only hit one hip and we don’t stay there for longer than a split second. Any longer than that allows the opponent to attack you from a vulnerable position.
2. We always teach athletes to Move the hand first – that way, you beat the chop, and keep the opponent from tying up that arm.
This is accentuated throughout our system by use of our terrific Hips Series.
The power sit series is quick and explosive, and gives you many scoring options. Athletes in my system who use it, score the following ways: Sit/Turn in, Sit/Switch, Sit/Granby, Sit/Peterson, Sit/Standup. It is an excellent series to get you moving, and create openings.
Now, for some strategy on using our Power Sit series.
If you have trouble standing up, or moving from down position, this is a good series for you. If you are strong, athletic, with great hips – you should use a stand up most of the time.
The Power Sit is also a good strategy against a cradle rider. Good sit-outs can wreak havoc on a cradle wrestler’s game plan. I’ve had some of the best cradle riders in the state tell me that first-hand.
Just make sure you follow the fundamentals listed above – don’t stay in the sit long, or you will put that cradle rider back in his game. Another important point regarding cradle riders: Make sure you don’t Step with your outside leg – just rotate the knee, keeping the ankle where it is.
This is one of the series I teach in many of my training opportunities.
