wrestling training | beginners | common mistakes

 Here under i want to write about very common mistakes beginners do before a match. Some wrestling tips  try to help prevent you from doing these mistakes yourself.

    First off lets talk about neutral position stances. I always see kids standing to straight up, you need to bend your knees and get low. Or else you leave your legs wide open for an attack. So keep your body and center of gravity low so now you can protect your legs.

     Also have a staggered stance, or one leg in front of the other. Do not keep your feet next to eachother. This is because its easier to make someone loose their balance when their feet are together than if they have a staggered stance. Also when you move about the mat DO NOT EVER cross your feet! You will get taken down.

     Another mistake commonly performed by beginners is they dont keep their heads up. If your head is not looking up straight, then your opponent can put his hand on your head and then he will be able to control where your body moves. Also if your head is being pushed down then you will actually lose alot of your power. I will explain this in the next article in more detail that will talk about beginners and when they try to do a takedown and get stuck. After reading that article you will see how much power you lose when your opponent pushes your head down.

     Now lets talk about tie-ups. When you tie-up with your opponent most wrestlers put their heads together ear-to ear. This is incorrect, the proper way to tie- up if you are going to push your head against your opponents is to have only the tops of your heads touching. During your wrestling season you will probably hear your coaches tell you this as well.

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Stepping foot into a wrestling room or onto a wrestling mat for the very first time can be an intimidating feeling for a youth wrestler.

Just getting started into the sport, youth wrestlers often lack the confidence that is gained through experience both in practice and matches.

Some youth wrestlers are blessed with natural size, speed, quickness and strength that make the sport a natural fit for their skill set.

But what about those youths who weren’t blessed with the size and speed that will give them an inherent advantage when they step onto the mat?

Like most facets of life, when learning the sport of wrestling, start with the basics.

The two most basic offensive moves any youth wrestler should be taught are the single-leg takedown and the double-leg take down.

You have to be comfortable in the basic positions. Rather than learning a lot of different techniques or holds, the most important thing is to be comfortable and to have a good idea of what you’re going to do when you get into the position you’re going to get into in your matches.

For those youth wrestlers who have yet to develop the strength that some of their counterparts may already possess, many champions suggest using motion and quickness to their advantage.

If you’re just getting started, it’s important to learn how to get your feet into better position.  A lot of times guys that are a little stronger are afforded the luxury of being able to control ties and move people into the position they want them to be in. The smaller guy usually has to do that with his feet.

All too often, young athletes – and their parents – expect to see rapid improvement over night. Please bare in mind, that’s not the recipe for long-term success.

Everybody’s looking for that shortcut and for that one thing that’s going to make them good at this point and time, It’s really got to be the basics. Try to stick with doing the few things really well rather than trying to learn everything. I think that will help a lot of kids if they’re starting out in the sport.”

Ali Reza Dabir , the former World and Olympic Champion believes “burn-out effect” that comes with overworking youth athletes. While he says it’s of extreme importance to incorporate goal-setting and activities that make the sport of wrestling fun and enjoyable, he adds it’s never too early to educate youth wrestlers on the importance of eating properly.

“What that allows a kid to do is it allows them to focus more on getting better at the sport,” he says. “It allows them to make sure they get their workouts in the workout room. They don’t have to necessarily reduce a whole lot of calorie intake. Obviously we want them to eat a healthy diet. We always talk about your body being like a race car and you wouldn’t want to put sugar in your race car’s gas tank.”

Freestyle wrestling training | Self healing injuries | How to stay in shape

 Amateur wrestling at the high school and collegiate level in the United States often involves exercise and
thermal dehydration as well as food and fluid restriction to "make weight". Available evidence suggests this is the
opposite of what is optimal for high-intensity exercise performance. A high-intensity taper will substantially
improve performance when conducted after a period of high-volume high intensity training. Additionally,
dehydration of approximately 3-4% of body weight will most definitely impair muscular endurance during highintensity exercise although it likely will not impair maximal
muscular strength or power. Even more gradual weight loss
practices over a few days, which result in a reduction of body
weight by approximately 3.3 to 6% will result in impaired
performance as assessed by wrestling specific tests. It would seem
of paramount importance for wrestlers to maintain a highcarbohydrate diet of approximately 8-10 g carbohydrate/kg body
weight/day to maintain training intensity and optimize
performance during individual matches and tournaments. Thus, the
evidence would suggest that, prior to competition, collegiate
wrestlers should be: 1) tapered, 2) in the euhydrated state, and 3)
have ingested a high carbohydrate diet, rather than undergo rapid
weight loss prior to competition.