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UNITEINDIANA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING COACHING ASSOCIATION

Volume 2, Issue 2

Magazine

an official publication

of the

NoVember /December 2012-2013

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It is hard to believe that we have offi-cially kicked off the 2012-13 season.

This is my 25th year as a head coach, and it seems like the seasons come and go quicker each year. We have already seen great “early season” action in various tournaments around the state. The IHSWCA would like to wish all of the coaches, and their teams, the best of luck throughout this season.

I was saddened to hear of the recent passing of Mr. John Schattner and Mr. John Brown. Both of these gentlemen gave a lot to the wrestling com-munity throughout their lives. Their passing made me pause and reflect on others who impacted many people’s lives in the wrestling commu-nity over the years and are no longer with us. We will keep their families in our thoughts throughout this wrestling season and take the time to reminisce about these individuals and all that they did for the Indiana wrestling commu-nity.

The IHSWCA officers would like to remind you of several important projects that will take place this season. First, we will be hosting our first annual IHSWCA Team State Duals Champi-onships in about a month at Westfield High School. Please be sure to promote this event in your home town if you are so inclined. We hope to fill the bleach-ers at Westfield HS on Dec. 22 for some great dual meet competition. Second, this is an election season. Candidate profiles will be coming out in a couple of months. Be sure to send in your vote.

Our association membership is on the rise. Currently, we are ahead of past year’s totals for this time of the season. Please continue to encourage

high school and middle school coaches in your program and area to join the association. The membership fee is $30, and registration forms and instructions may be found at www.ihswca.com.

This year (2012-13) will be a proposal year for our association. Coaches will be receiving an e-mail and/or a phone call to get their opinion and vote on our propos-al(s). The association is shooting for 100% par-ticipation in our survey efforts by all high school head coaches in Indiana.

Lastly, I would like to welcome JD Minch aboard as the association’s

new Executive Director. Although JD has filled this role unofficially over the years, we have now made him official. Thank you JD for all that you do for our association.

Respectfully Submitted,Trent mccormickIHSWCA President

PRESIDENT’S CORNER IHSWCA OffICERSPresident

Trent McCormick (Yorktown HS)

Vice-PresidentDanny Struck (Jeffersonville HS)

Secretary/TreasurerTyson Skinner (Madison Cons. HS)

Past PresidentCale Hoover (Center Grove HS)

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

CONTACT uS!If you have comments, questions or suggestions,

including, but not limited to, articles and photos, please contact Sam Riesen at [email protected]

or 260-273-0043.

Jay countyBrett Clark (Delta HS)

[email protected]

Perry merridianDanny Williams (Warren Central HS)

[email protected]

rochesterAl Hartman (SB Clay HS) [email protected]

PeruAndy Hobbs (Peru HS) [email protected]

bloomington South Greg Ratliff (Edgewood HS)

[email protected]

richmondMike Day (Centerville HS)

[email protected]

JeffersonvilleZach Harper (Jeffersonville)

[email protected]

North montgomeryTerry O’Neill (Westfield HS)

[email protected]

FW carroll reg. rep.Sam Riesen (Churubusco HS)

[email protected]

Goshen Joel Pippenger (Westview)

[email protected]

crown PointJoe Willmann (Lowell HS)

[email protected]

castleMatt Thompson (Heritage Hills)

[email protected]

mooresvilleSteve Livingston (Cloverdale)

[email protected]

LogansportScott Van Der Aa (Laf. Harrison HS)

[email protected]

Pendleton HeightsJeff Commeville (Lapel HS)

[email protected]

calumetJim Wadkins (Calumet High School)

[email protected]

New season starts with excitement, rememberence

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TEAm STATE INfORmATION AND RANkINGS

Adams Central, Yorktown, Perry Meridian Lead the Way in Classed Wrestling Rankings

The coaches have their say again this week in the second classed power poll of Hoosier high school mat squads, based on school size.

IHSWCA representatives across the state vote in the classed poll, using dual-meet strength as their criteria. The classed poll is sent out in addition to the Top 20 rankings that were released earlier.

The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) runs a one-class state tourney at the end of the season. But the coaches association is sponsoring three-class tournament of its own on Saturday, Dec. 22, at Westfield High School.

Evansville Mater Dei is classed into the large-school category, even though the school has an enrollment of 493, according to the IHSAA.

The 1A, 2A and 3A rankings:

Team State Duals Press ReleaseDefending state champion Perry Meridian headlines a list

of 24 teams selected to participate in the first Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association (IHSWCA) State Duals Invitational.

The three-class tournament is scheduled Saturday, Dec. 22, at Westfield High School, just north of Indianapolis.

The Duals are an attempt to rekindle the excitement of a state championship event, featuring many of the best wrestling teams in Indiana, following the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s decision to end its state team tournament.

Admission will be $10.The IHSAA ended its team state wrestling finals last

February following a 17-year run.In response, the IHSWCA has started a “team state”

tournament of its own, with eight mat squads competing in each of three classes based on school enrollment.

Perry Meridian – the IHSAA’s final dual meet tourney winner – will be part of the field. So are two other teams that reached the Final Four last season, Indianapolis Cathedral and Evansville Mater Dei. Wrestling begins at 10 a.m. The finals should start around 6 p.m.

Losing teams will drop into a consolation bracket and have the opportunity to wrestle for third through eighth place in their respective classes.

Tourney brackets and first-round opponents are tentatively slated to be announced Saturday, Dec. 15.

Participating teams include:

cLaSS aaa (large schools)

Bloomington SouthCenter GroveElkhart MemorialEvansville Mater DeiFranklin CommunityIndianapolis CathedralPennPerry Meridian

cLaSS aa (medium-sized schools)

Culver AcademiesDanvilleEvansville MemorialHeritage HillsJimtownMuncie SouthsideSouthmontYorktown

cLaSS a (small schools)Adams CentralBremenChurubuscoLewis CassMilanPrairie HeightsSouth AdamsSouth Putnam

cLaSS aaa (Large Schools)

1. Perry Meridian2. Evansville Mater Dei3. Indianapolis

Cathedral4. Merrillville5. Crown Point6. Penn7. Bloomington South8. Franklin9. Warren Central10. Hamilton

SoutheasternAlso receiving votes:

Center Grove, Fishers, Lake Central, New Palestine, Portage, Evansville Reitz

cLaSS aa (medium-Size Schools)

1. Yorktown2. Evansville Memorial3. Jimtown4. North Montgomery5. Culver Academies6. Danville7 (tie). Heritage Hills7 (tie). Muncie South

9. Leo10. BellmontAlso receiving votes:

Delphi, Garrett, Griffith, Hamilton Heights, Hanover Central, Indian Creek, Jasper, New Prairie, Peru, Twin Lakes

cLaSS a (Small Schools)

1. Adams Central2. Churubusco3. South Adams4. Lewis Cass5. North Miami6. Bremen7. Milan8. Prairie Heights9. Fremont10. South PutnamAlso receiving votes:

Alexandria, Fountain Central, North Newton, Paoli, Southridge, Union County

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RANkINGS

Overall RankingsPERRY MERIDIAN TOPS FIRST STATE WRESTLING POLL

Two-time defending state champion Perry Meridian is ranked No. 1 in the season’s first high school wrestling rankings.

With many teams heading to their opening matches this weekend, the Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association (IHSWCA) has tabbed the Falcons as the team to beat when all is said and done next February.

Perry Meridian defeated Crown Point, 43-14, in the final match of the IHSAA’s state dual meet series last Feb. 25.

The IHSAA has since ended its dual meet tournament and will decide this season’s state champ at the individual finals on Feb. 15-16, 2013.

The Falcons are loaded once again, with nine returning starters, six returning state meet qualifiers and five returning state place winners.

Long-time powerhouse Evansville Mater Dei is ranked No. 2 in the first coaches poll. Rounding out the top five are Indianapolis Cathedral, Merrillville and Crown Point.

Rankings are determined by a vote of coaches’ representatives around the state, using individual tournament strength as their guideline.

The Top 20 poll:1. Perry Meridian2. Evansville Mater Dei3. Indianapolis Cathedral4. Merrillville5. Crown Point6 (tie). Franklin6 (tie). Penn8. Bloomington South9. Center Grove10. Yorktown11. Hamilton Southeastern12. Mishawaka13. Warren Central14. New Palestine15. Evansville Reitz16 (tie). Indianapolis Roncalli16 (tie). South Bend Clay18. Elkhart Memorial19. Jimtown20. DanvilleAlso receiving votes: Avon, Bellmont, Jeffersonville, Lake

Central, Leo, Lowell, Muncie South, Portage, WestfieldFor individual state and semi-state rankings as well

as Indiana High School Wrestling Discussion Check out Indianamat.com

Indiana Mat Team Rankings(Overall Dual Strength)First set of regular season rankings

1. Perry Meridian2. Evansville Mater Dei3. Crown Point4. Franklin Community5. Merrillville6. Warren Central 7. Cathedral8. Penn9. Hamilton SE10. Bloomington South11. Mishawaka12. New Palestine13. Portage14. Center Grove15. Yorktown16. Zionsville17. East Noble18. SB Clay19. Jasper20. FW Carroll

These rankings are single-class, dual format.

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COVER STORy

How were you selected to officiate the London Olympics?

It really started back in 2009. I went to the Junior World Championships in Ankara, Turkey. From that Tournament I was evaluated and upgraded to the Olympic category. Once at that cate-gory, I had to attend a variety of events over the next 2 years. Two events I was required to do each year were the Eu-ropean Championships and the World Championships. After the events each year, everyone was evaluated and either kept your category or could be down-garded. I was fortunate to maintain the category each year. The final push started last December at Test Tourna-ment in London and then the European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. After the tournament in Serbia, I was notified that I had been selected, but we still had to attend one of the Athlete Qualification tournaments and the final list would come out in May. I got the official word the first week in May. I feel very fortunate to have been selected.

How long were you in London to

officiate at the Olympics and what were your accommodations like?

I arrived the day of opening cere-monies, with hopes of getting tickets to that. That didn’t happen, but we just started sightseeing. We went in about a 5 days before we were required to be there just to see some of the sights. From previous experiences, once the tournament starts, you don’t get much time to do that. Wrestling started on the 5th of August and I cam home on the 13th.

What was a typical day of officiating

like at the Games? Once wrestling started, I would

usually get up and go for a run in the morning. We would usually leave the hotel around 11:30am and walk to the venue. We had a meeting at 12 and then

wrestling would start at 1pm. Wreslting would usually go from 1pm to 3/4pm and then we may have to work weigh ins in between sessions. Then the finals would start at 6:30 and go to 8:30. That was pretty much the same schedule for all 8 days of competition.

Did you have a “ favorite” match that

you officiated at the games?I am not sure I had a favorite match.

Every match that I worked was enjoy-able. There weren’t many wrestlers in the tournament, so there weren’t that many matches. If I had to pick one, it would have been judging a gold medal match in Greco.

What clothing/gear were you required

to wear and did they provide you with any officiating gear?

They provided our clothing for the tournament. We generally have to wear gray dress pants, light blue button up shirt, yellow tie and navy sport coat. Here, we were fitted for a suit that they provided all the referees for every sport and we wore that to referee in. This in-cluded Khaki pants, white button shirt, navy tie, navy sport coat. Everything

had the Olympic Logo on it.

How many matches did you officiate and in what style(s)?

I am not really sure how many matches I worked based on styles. There weren’t many matches each day because there were only 19 wrestlers in each weight class and there aren’t wrestle-backs. The only way you get back into the tournament is if the wrestler that beat you makes the finals. With only wrestling 2/3 weight classes per day, there weren’t many matches. I averaged 2 matches per days. Some days, I may work one and another day, maybe 3. All the matches were assigned by the President of FILA. We would find out what we were working 1 match before we were up.

Were you able to “see the sites” of

London while you were over there? We were able to see some things the

first 5/6 days of the trip. We went into Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, and rode the London Eye. We walked past a number of other places, but didn’t always go in. We did take a overnight trip to Paris via the train. There we

Once in a lifetime Olympic experience

Zach errett by the London Tower bridge.

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went to the Louvre and saw the Mona Lisa. We also went to the Notre Dame Cathedral, Eiffel Tower, and Napoleon’s Tomb. We definitely took the opportu-nity to see as much as we could. At the end of the event, we did have tickets to Closing Ceremonies. That was an incredible event.

What was the overall experience like

for you? The overall experience was great. I

feel blessed to have had the opportuni-ty to go and work the event. The part that makes it great is the Olympics are such a world wide event and there are people all over the world watching these events. And to see all the fans from all the countries and to see the passion that

they bring was really amazing. London did a fantastic job of hosting the event. From a wrestling stand point, it was great to basically be mat-side for every gold medal match and see the excite-ment that come from winning an Olym-pic Gold Medal. It is a much bigger deal

than the World Championships. How many countries have you offici-

ated in to date? Can you list them for us?I have been to Poland, Venezuela,

Brazil, Canada, Uzbekistan, Germany, Turkey (2), Azerbaijan (2), Great Brit-ain, Serbia, Bulgaria, and France.

Any other stories/experiences from

the trip that you would like to share with the Indiana wrestling community?

The part that is the most interesting traveling internationally is to see how important wrestling is in these other countries. Some of these countries, this is there national sport and doing well is very important. They have great fans that enjoy great wrestling.

Three coaches travelled to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO from October 18-21, 2012.  Attending the fall clinic at the OTC increased my knowledge of the sport in numerous areas. Our sport is con-tinuously evolving and the technique is becoming more and more challenging to master. At the same time, more styles of wrestling are developing in order to fit the differences in the body shapes and sizes of the wrestlers we coach and coach against every weekend. The most rewarding aspect of the clinic includes the continuous contact with positive and leading coaches from all over the country. The conservations held be-tween sessions, in the cafeteria, and at different social events brought about new strategies to bring home to my high school program and state.  Everyone at the OTC are true students of the sport. 

 This clinic changed my own phi-losophy on a few different wrestling positions and techniques.  Brandon Slay spoke nonstop about head blocking. He credited the recent success in London to developing proper and effective head

uSAW fALL COACHES SummIT

Williams on USAW Fall Coaches Summit

Zach errett and fellow referees.

coaches andrew Nicola and Danny Williams with 2x olympian brad Vering (center) at the olympic Training center.

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The 2012 Fall Coaches Clinic this year proved to be yet another successful learning experience for coaches from all across the nation. I was fortunate to travel with Coach Struck and Kid’s Coach of the Year Danny Williams of Warren Central. The overall experi-ence was one that I will never forget as this was my first time ever being at the Olympic Training Center. We were fortunate to learn from many successful wrestling coaches and wrestlers includ-ing Brandon Slay (Olympic Champion), Brad Vering (NCAA Champion and 2x Olympian), and Gary Mayabb (success-ful high school and world level coach), and Rob Schwartz (Head Olympic Team Strength Coach).

My favorite part of this trip was the time that we were able to spend with Gary Mayabb. Coach Maybabb is the head coach at Staley High School in Missouri. He has coached world level teams. I believe the importance of having him at the clinic was so that the other high school coaches in attendance could relate successful coaching strate-gies to their every day teams. Coaching high school athletes is far different from the caliber of wrestlers that Coach Slay deals with on a daily basis as the resident coach at the OTC. Coach May-babb presented clinic attendees with awesome notes in the classroom and some amazing technique on the mats. As a matter of fact, I implemented some of both with my team the very day that I got back to Tennessee.

Along these lines, Coach Mayabb’s philosophies really struck home for me. Thursday night began with a classroom session is where he presented us with charts and statics and other informa-tion, but one of the points that stuck out the best was his advice on building and maintaining a team. He had six steps to this and they are as follows:

1. Begin with you...”What is your

essence?”2. Identify obstacles and develop the

skills to overcome them3. Relationship building (team, staff,

administration, community, etc.)4. Goal setting and goal getting5. Create and maintain your perfor-

mance team (staff that you confide in)

6. Personal leadership and sharing talents (i.e. giving back)

Gary also discussed why we set goals. What is the purpose of doing so? He brought up some excellent reasons: 1) clarify expectations; 2) performance improves; 3) increase motivation; 4) self-confidence increases; 5) improve attitude; 6) provides direction; 7) im-proves quality of practice.

USA Wrestling does a fantastic job of continuing the education of coaches from all around the country. I believe that USAW provides many opportuni-ties for coaches to gain more hands on experience to further their coaching education. Our sport is ever growing. It is imperative that coaches stay up to date with innovative ideas and practice structures in order to keep today’s kids interested in our sport. Clinics such as these give coaches a chance to come to-gether, collaborate, and help our sport continue to grow. High school partic-ipation numbers are steadily growing every year. It is our job as coaches to stay involved and continue our edu-cation. How can we find that happy medium for our athletes? If practice is too hard then kids tend to quit because they don’t want to put in the work. If practice is too easy then they go out and get embarrassed come match time. This results in quitting too. Retention rates must increase. We have to continue to work together to find ways to keep our athletes interested. How can they have fun doing what they love to do and yet at the same time train like madmen?

Nicola on USAW Fall Coaches Summit

blocking skills. This is something that most programs already do on a regular basis. However, we need to try and use the same verbiage.  Instead of down blocking with our hands and extending our leg back, meet your opponents shot with a level change and your head.  This technique will also increase reshot percentages. 

 I believe every coach in the clinic was blown away by Gary Mayaab’s program presentation. This man utilizes every second spent with his student-athletes. Every coach, parent, and wrestler possesses a clear understanding of the his pro-gram’s goals and philosophies.  He preached that every practice matters and wrestler matters.  He also ex-pressed his personal belief that more coaches need to spend more time on teaching finishes and defense.  From my own stand point and program, I completely agree. 

 Overall, USAW does a great job reaching out to states. They are giving us the resources to become better wrestling states. We (Indiana) need keep striving to evolve into a wrestling powerhouse, regardless of our size. If we want more All-Amer-icans and hope to coach a future Olympian, we must work together. It is imperative to understand what positions and techniques are work-ing on the national and world lev-el. What is our next step as a state?  First, increase USAW membership. Second, we must develop a RTC sys-tem which operates collaboratively amongst each site. 

– Danny Williams

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As the IHSWCA VP and your ISWA State Coach it is a goal of mine to share as much “education” as possible. 

So here is the Purdue handout and the Manchester handout from the IHSWCA clinic, as well as some of my notes from a re-cent trip to the Olympic Training Center Clinic, and to the KWCA– I DID NOT EDIT my notes as they were written just as I sat and typed, you’re my friends, and I want to share with the wrestling community……but I wanted to share them with you anyway.

Freestyle and Greco wrestling have helped shape my wrestling career. It was a chance for me to get away from folkstyle wrestling. I didn’t want to get burnt out. The Olympic styles allow more throws and often times some fast action scores. A few reasons that I find the Olympic styles to be extremely im-portant include: mat time is mat time, hand fighting and patience are learned, understanding body positioning, feel-ing comfortable tying up and invading your opponents space, feeling comfort-

able not hesitating to score some quick points, and lastly because this is the style that the world wrestles and this is where Olympic Gold Medals are won.

This is such a great sport and I am so thankful to be a part of Indiana wrestling and USAW. Opportunities such as these are invaluable because of the information learned and the connections made. I believe that it was important for me to attend this event because it was without a doubt an awe-some opportunity for me to get the best

instruction from the best coaches that the entire United States has to offer. It is my hope that USA Wrestling continues this clinic for a small group of coaches each year to help aid in their profes-sional development. I am thankful to Coach Danny Struck and the ISWA as well as Coach Cody Bickley and USA Wrestling.

andrew P. Nicola Cumberland University

Assistant Wrestling Coach

NEWS AND NOTES

Notes from clinics around the country

Notes and handouts included at the end of this document• KWCA – Clinic Notes – Jeff Jordan and Franky James• OTC Notes from Fall clinic – Brandon Slay, Cody Bick-

ley, Gary Mayabb• Purdue Clinic notes from IHSWCA Clinic• Manchester College notes from IHSWCA Clinic• TRANSFER OF ATHLETIC TRAINING from OTC

Clinic – Rob Schwartz Strength and Conditioning coach

WHY IS THe oTc “UP” aT coLoraDo SPrINGS: my Trip up the Incline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx3aDyYlY0Q&fea-ture=plcp

USaW Tackling the Incline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyAPWwDqTZs

mULTI-SPorT aTHLeTeS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OHbeE96R8Y&fea-ture=plcp

GameS aPProacH To WreSTLING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtS6mkqwB6c

oTHer VIDeoS From THe oTc THIS PaST WeeKeND: brandon Slay – Selling the olympic Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJD2a2Ekq5I&fea-ture=plcp

brandon Slay – Stance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeZ_9gLiodc

brandon Slay – Short offense http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH589j9xzy8

Terry Steiner – Down block with Pressure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzDb99yefjI

Terry Steiner – Head block and Turn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOeK-1R_bz8

Terry Steiner – Taking a reshot on the legs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ4ZAKWFgKs

Terry Steiner – Keeping your lead leg forward http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5FZnCfNDf8

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It is my goal as VP and State Coach to keep sharing that knowledge.  Send me anything you got!

Some of the highlights were:• Olympian Trevel Dlagnev’s technique and story – a kid

that never wrestled varsity time until he was a senior, was academically ineligible part time of HS, got cut from the basketball team and because his COACHES never game up on him he went on to win a few NCAA titles and the OLYMPIC TEAM.  Here is a clip of him doing a magic trick for us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU87bFN-3FpA&feature=plcp

• All 7 Indiana colleges participated in this clinic!!• Nick Simmons (4x NCAA AA), Joe Lablanc (4x NCAA AA)

both now of IU did technique• Danny Irwin of Wabash talked about promoting your

program through SOCIAL MEDIA – his presentation is attached

• Mike Ester of Indiana Tech did technique• Dan Callahan of Trine showed a power point on GETTING

YOUR KIDS INTO COLLEGE TO WRESTLE – attached• Matt Burlingame of Manchester did technique• Scott Hinkel, Dan Bedoy, Chris Fleeger, Pete Rogers, and

Camden Eppert of Purdue did technique and many things• Calumet’s Coach Rivera game some great big guy technique

• The IHSAA did their rules interpretation meeting• Pro Power sponsored a social at Damon’s• We had 12 sponsors giving door prizes• The ISWA came to each part of the clinic and presented ev-

ery college with $1000 per program from the ISWA/USAW to help promote college wrestling – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn-y9uVQ9Ls&feature=plcp

I also had a chanced to go to the Kentucky Wrestling Coaches Association state clinic – thought I would share with you some of that clinic where I have Campbellsville coach Franky James, and then Lindsey Wilson college doing some drills/games/technique:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trZAH6z-Icw&feature=plcp

Hopefully you picked up some good things this past weekend, or if you weren’t there, maybe you are able to grab something off of this e-mail.  It is our goal in the coaches association to keep providing quality resources for you and your athletes.  With two weekends left, I still have two more coaches clinics to attend.  The USAW Fall clinic at the OTC, and the Ohio State Wrestling Coaches clinic … then it’s go time in practice.

Spring clinic is TENTATIVELY scheduled for April 19th.  But we got some new things in store there, so keep your eyes open!

NEWS AND NOTES

WRESTLING STyLE

2012 fall Clinic a success

madison unveils new singlets Two new singlets Madison

will be wearing this year.•Greysingletisareplica

of a late 80’s early 90’s singlet Madison wore when former Cub wrestler and asst Coach Nick Shadday was on team. Nick passed away from cancer. I had replica singlets made with his name in place of Madison and we will wear at our annual Nick Shadday Memorial Tourney in Jan. The yellow ribbon rep-resents the sarcom cancer that Nick passed away from.

•CamosingletisforourfirsteverMilitaryappreciation night that will be against New Wash-ington High School. The National Guardsponsored the singlets and we will also have honorary capts for both teams that are veterans or current military members.

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ATHLETE INTERVIEW

Tyler is a wrestler and football player at Jeffersonville High School. Tyler holds 12 school records at JHS for the football team that he set all in one year as start-ing quarterback! He attributes much of that success in his primary sport to the things his secondary gave him. Tyler is a 2x WHAS player of the week, an All-Area News and Tribune player and a first team Hoosier Hills All-Conference football player. Tyler will be starting for the Red Devil wrestler at 152/160 this season. Lets see what he is up too …

What sports do you play?Football and Wrestling

How has wrestling helped you out during football?

Wrestling has helped me out with football a lot, it has helped me become faster, stronger, and more explosive.

How long have you wrestled and played football?

I have wrestled and played football both since elementary school.

How did your football season go this year?

This year our team made it to the sectional championship game and lost to the number three team in the state: we finished the season with a 9-3 record. I passed for 3000 yards and 40 TDs which led the state of Indiana.

What advantages can you gain from playing two sports in high school?

Playing two sports in high school keeps me competitive all year around, your fall sport season is going to end if you win the championship or lose in the first round. You have all off-season to wait until you can get out there and play again. When you play another sport it keeps you motivated and pushes you to work hard everyday, for both your wres-tling team and fall sport team.

We know tackling is relevant in both football and wrestling, how does wres-tling help you for a quarterback?

Footwork has to be the main benefit, as a quarterback you have to make sure your feet are fast and wrestling helps that. We do all different kinds of foot-work drills. Another thing that helps me with football has to be my stance, in wrestling you always have to be in a stance ready to attack, if you are not you will be taken down. Same thing in football, I never know when I’m going

to need to throw the ball or take off and run. If I’m not in a explosive stance the whole time I won’t be ready to make a play when I’m needed to.

How does the conditioning between football and wrestling differ?

In football most of the condition-ing is running, but in wrestling just running isn’t enough. Conditioning in wrestling consist of running, picking people up, getting taken down and see how fast you can get up, changing directions and seeing how explosive you can be.

How do the workouts in wrestling help you out with football?

Everything we do in wrestling is explosive, seeing how fast you can get the weight up and down, how many reps can you get and still be explosive. Wrestling also gets you more flexible, the more flexible you are the less chance you have on getting injured.

Coach Struck’s comments on Tyler:“Tyler is our current poster boy for

the multi-sport athlete. Tyler actually

Tyler fridley, multi-Sport Athlete

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COACHING PHILOSOPHy

Have you ever struggled conveying to parents what you believe, and what you want your kids to believe. Have you ever wondered why your staff and you might be on a different page? Maybe it is time to put your beliefs down on paper! Having a coaching philosophy is something that once conveyed to your parents, athletes and staff – it makes it much easier for everyone to move in the right direction. You can have philosophies on many things, the weight room, your offense, your favorite riding series, weight cutting, etc.. But, truly, it all starts with your base philosophy on what you want your program to be. Just like you try to instill character in your kids. It is the character of your program. I encourage you to write you own coaching philos-ophy to share with the program this year. It can evolve as you go. Here is my coaching philosophy whether it be on the football field, weight room or wrestling mat.

After 14 years of coaching, I have found that the harder I work to do what is right for kids, the better the kids perform. The more I worry about winning, performance is of-ten diminished. I go into every season and ev-ery sport with the goal of winning state, national and international titles. But with the PURPOSE of making kids be the best version of themselves they can be. I believe that kids do not get a full education unless they have both the academic and the athletic educations. Through athletics we learn many things about ourselves that we do not learn in the classroom. To teach them these things I tell my coaching staff’s that their job is focus the most on the

worst kid on the team, making the bottom level higher will raise the top end. But most importantly, that if we

do not take the time to show kids the right way, some-

one with more time will show them the wrong way.

We out-work peo-ple in all aspects of

what we do. To become state,

and national champions we must do

more than average. Doing

more than average will only put us in the top tier,

but we want to be outliers. We must do more than the

best are doing. Talent alone won’t put us at the top, as hard work will beat talent when talent fails to work. My coaching staff and my athletes know that to be the best at sports,

and life, we must do more than our opponents. We will work harder than our opponents at

school, at wrestling, and at life so that we end up ahead of them, where we want to be, not where life just set us

down. By doing more than others we will seem obsessed, but we say “ob-sessed is what the lazy call the dedi-cated.” By being obsessed and single minded in our goals, we understand to do this all aspects of our life must be moving in the right direction.

We pay attention to the WIN, or “what’s important now.” To be an outlier at sports we must have our school work, so we give 100% attention to our schoolwork. To be an outlier at sports we must have the support of our family, so we give 100% to them when with them. To be an outlier at our sport we give 100% to our sport in the time we have given each day to that sport. We work harder than others to grow our hearts, athletes have the biggest hearts (physically and mental-ly). So athletes on our team will have a bigger hear than their opponents. Lastly, we concentrate on our partner. The most important guy in the room is your training partner. You give him 100% focus to make him better, and in turn you will end up on top, and with someone that cares about you cheering you on.

Hope it helps, read it, then try yours. I would love to share them in future UNITE magazines!

Coaching with a purpose

took a year off of wrestling his soph-omore year to concentrate on football and came back at the end of that year and said ‘Coach, can I come back, I need wrestling to make me a better football player.’ He became the guy that told his

lineman to wrestle, that told the defense to wrestle. He became the guy that talked to our MS football players about wrestling early and what it did for him when he wrestled, and what he needed to get back to when he didn’t wrestle.

Furthermore Tyler is just a fantastic kid, motivator and role model for others. It is going to be fun to point at tyler in a college football game and be able to tell potential wrestlers “did you see Tyler on TV? He wrestled!.”

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HALL Of fAmE

Hall of fame looking for contact informationThe Indiana Wrestling Hall of Fame is in search of contact information for some of the Hall of Fame Memebers. If you have

an address, telephone number, or email address for any of the following individuals please pass on the information to Scott Schwarz at [email protected] or 812-290-9736. Thank you very much for you help!!!

WreSTLerSBill Andrews Indianapolis ManualSanford Austin WabashDenby Bayer Munice CentralConward Bivens AndersonLeonard Bromagen RushvilleHarold Bruchman Hammond TechWalter Butterfield BedfordMyron Chaffee ElkhartPaul Conley BedfordHoward Fisher South Bend CentralRobert Frisbee East Chicago RooseveltJon Galloway South Bend Warren Gamble Gary MannRon Gaskins Center GroveKurt Geib CarmelJohn Ginther DeltaJason Greer PrincetonJohn Hall MishawakaJeff Harp Evansville ReitzRobert Helms SouthportDon Herschell Decatur CentralDavid Jeter Indianapolis ShortridgeBob Johnson SouthportThomas McCarthy East Chicago RooseveltDaniel Mudd Hammond HighJoe Nemeth South Bend CentralFrank Opp Indianapolis WashingtonMike Osman ElwoodClinton Osthimer WabashJames Paratore East Chicago RooseveltMickey Parmalee Gary WirtDrayton Praed Indianapolis ShortridgePaul Rainbolt BedfordRaymond Reason Munice CentralMaurice Rodgers East Chicago WashingtonRichie Rodgers East Chicago WashingtonRobert Schular WabashMark Stewart KokomoRobert Stoops WabashRalph Weaver Terre Haute WileyJay Wiley BloomingtonBill Willetts Indianapolis Arlington

coacHeSGeorge Smith Hammond GavitNick Kovach Richmond coNTrIbUTorSJohn Bandy Warren CentralBob Gardner NFHSGeorge Kenniley IndianapolisGreg Moe Garrett

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IHSWCA Monthly Meeting

Lawrence North High School (3:00pm)

November 11, 2012

agenda

A. Fall Clinic Minutes

B. Financial Report

C. Old Business

- Updated by-laws

- Updated Board of Directors

D. Team State Duals

- Seeding Committee report

- Tournament Director report

- Awards

- Promotions update

E. Executive Director position

- Recommendation for position

F. IHSAA Proposal – Wrestle backs

G. Coaches’ Milestones/Records

- Where are these records stored?

- Improve on process?

H. Spring Clinic Update

I. Committee Reports

Next meeting – Dec. 2 at 3:00pm

IHSWCA Monthly Meeting

Lawrence North High School (3:00pm)

December 2, 2012

agenda

A. November Minutes

B. Financial Report

C. Old Business

- IHSAA proposal update

D. New Business

- Committee Reports/Updates

· Committee chairmen should be ready to speak in their area

- Team State Duals Planning

· Trackwrestling progress

· Seeding Committee report

· Event vendor report

· Webcast partnership/ Darrell Yaw ??

· Tournament Director report

· Awards

· Promotions update

E. Coaches’ Milestones/Records

- Where are these records stored?

- Improve on process?

F. Preparation for election

- Candidates

- Voting

Next meeting – Jan. 6 at 3:00pm

mEETING AGENDAS

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IHSWCA OffERINGS & fORmS

Milestones in CoachingBelow is a list of Coaches whom we have information on, and the level they have attained in terms of Dual Meet Victories.

We know that there are many names that should be on this list that are not here. That is meant as a slight to no one. It is just that we only had information for about the last 5-6 years to go on in building this list. We would like to add to this list and make it as accurate as possible. If you are a retired Coach and your name is not here please contact one of the Officer so they can put your name on this page. If you are a current or former coach please contact Tyson Skinner at [email protected].

100 + DUaL VIcTorIeS JOHN BENNETT FW DWENGERBOB BRENNAN ZIONSVILLEROBERT FREIJE MACONAQUAHJIM MAGLIS PRINCETONDUSTY MARCHAND BOONVILLEMURRAY MILLER S.B. WASHINGTONTERRY O’NEILL WESTFIELDBRIAN SELTZER ELKHART MEMORIALDUSTIN WILKE BOONVILLEBOB WILLHITE LEBANONROB WILLMAN FLOYD CENTRAL 150 + DUaL VIcTorIeS DR. JOHN BARNETT GIBSON SOUTHERNSCOTT FERGUSON EVANSVILLE REITZLOUIS KUZDAS LAPORTEDAVE MAYSE EVANSVILLE HARRISONERIC MYERS SOUTH ADAMSPAUL NICODEMUS PLAINFIELDRON STATELER SOUTH VERMILLION 200 + DUaL VIcTorIeS STEVE BALASH HOBARTDAVE CAPLE FLOYD CENTRALTOM COOK SEEGERRUSS HESLER GREENCASTLEJ.D. MINCH NORTH MONTGOMERYJIM PICKARD GOSHENSCOTT ROUCH LEWIS CASSRUSS SCHENK CULVERCRAIG STANDISH EASTERNTRAVIS WALLS GRIFFITHTYSON SKINNER MADISON

250 + DUaL VIcTorIeS ANDY HOBBS PERURICK ROOT UNION CITYDANNY STRUCK JEFFERSONVILLE 300 + DUaL VIcTorIeS TONY BOLEY WARSAWBILL CAMPBELL NORTHFIELDBOB HARMON CASTLEKEN HOUSTO TWIN LAKESTOM KNOTTS TIPTONLARRY MATTINGLY EVANSVILLE MEM.WALT PROCHNO KANKAKEE VALLEYSCOTT SCHWARZ EAST CENTRALRICK STENFTENAGEL JASPERSCOTT VLINK CROWN POINT 350 + DUaL VIcTorIeS AL HARTMAN SB CLAYTRENT MCCORMICK YORKTOWNANDY SIMON CARMEL JIM TONTE PERRY MERIDIAN 400 + DUaL VIcTorIeS STEVE VANDERAA WINAMACHENRY WILK PENN 450 + DUaL VIcTorIeS TOM MILLER LAFAYETTE JEFF 500 + DUaL VIcTorIeS MIKE GOEBEL EVANSVILLE MATER DEIBOB HASSEMAN FRANKLIN COMMUNITYBARRY HUMBLE NEW HAVENPHIL THRASHER NEW ALBANY

800 + DUaL VIcTorIeS REX PECKINPAUGH NEW CASTLE

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I.H.S.W.C.A. JOIN NOW!MEMBERSHIP (ONLY) FORM YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SEND THIS FORM WITH CLINIC

REGISTRATION

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Make all checks payable to I.H.S.W.C.A. Contact J.D. Minch at [email protected].

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IHSWCA STANDING COMMITTEES AND CHAIRMEN

membership committeeChairman - Tyson Skinner (Madison Cons.)Committee rep #1 - IHSWCA Executive Director (proposed)Committee rep #2 - Mike Day (Centerville)Committee rep #3 - Nick Strub (East Central)

IHSWca Hall of Fame banquet committeeChairman - Scott SchwarzCommittee rep #1 - Ed Fox

Fall and Spring clinic Planning committeeChairman -Danny Struck (Jeffersonville)Committee rep #1 - Danny Williams (Warren Central – host school)Committee rep #2 - OpenCommittee rep #3 - Tyson Skinner (IHSWCA Secretary)

Scholastic Duals Planning committeeChairman - Tom Miller (Lafayette Jeff)Committee rep #1 - Aaron Moss (Ben Davis)Committee rep #2 - Maurice Swain (North Montgomery)Contact - Jeff Schaefer (Castle Regional)Contact - John Cook (NWCA)

marketing and Promotions committee (includes Newsletter)Chairman - Tyson Skinner (Madison Cons.)Committee rep #1 (UNITE) - Sam Riesen (Churubusco)Committee rep #2 - Executive Director (proposed)Committee rep #3 (website) - Rex Peckinpaugh (New Castle)

academic all-State Planning committeeChairman - Joe Willmann (Lowell)Committee rep #1 - Nate Andrews (Western)

regional “coaches of the Year” Planning committeeChairman - Trent McCormick (Yorktown)Committee rep #1 - Joel Pippenger (Westview)

IHSWca middle School State Planning committeeChairman - Rex Peckinpaugh (New Castle)Committee rep #1 - Nick Hull

IN/IL all-Star Duals Planning committeeChairman - Trent McCormick (Yorktown)Committee rep #1 - Al Hartman (SB Clay)

Junior academic all-State Planning committeeChairman: Joe Willmann (Lowell)Committee rep #1: Al Hartman (SB Clay)

coaches mentoring committee Chairman - Steve Livingston (Cloverdale)Committee rep #1 - Danny Struck (Jeffersonville)Committee rep #2 - Tyson Skinner (Madison)

IHSWca classed Team State Duals event Planning committeeChairman - Trent McCormick (Yorktown)Committee rep #1 - JD Minch (tournament director)Committee rep #2 - Terry O’Neill (host site coach)Committee rep #3 -Committee rep #4 -

IHSWca classed Team State Duals Selection committeeChairman - Tyson Skinner (Madison HS) Committee rep - Sam Riesen (Churubusco HS) Committee rep - Zach Harper (Jeffersonville HS) Committee rep - Mike Day (Centerville HS) Committee rep - Jim Tonte (Perry Meridian HS) Committee consultant - Nick Strub (East Central HS) Committee consultant - Adrian Troyer

Open committee positions are available for any IHSWCA member. Contact information is on page 2.

ACkNOWLEDGEmENTS

EDITORSSam Riesen, Trent McCormick,

Danny Struck

DESIGNLindsey Riesen

CONTRIbuTORSSam Riesen, Trent McCormick, Danny

Struck, Lawrence, Darrick Snyder, Aarron Moss, Brett Clark, Clint

Gard, Tyson Skinner, Jim Tonte, Rex Peckinpaugh, Mike Day, Tom Miller,

Zack Harper, Stephanie Warren, Joe Willmann, Al Hartman, Nate

Andrews, Cale Hoover, Tom Erikson, and JD Minch... Sorry to anyone we

forgot.

ON THE COVERZach Errett officiates at 2012 London Olympics.

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TRANSFER  OF  ATHLETIC  TRAINING  –  ROB  SCHWARTZ  –  Combat  Conditioning  Coach  for  the  OTC    Great  athletes  sometimes  don’t  have  their  general  athleticism  matching  their  sport.    The  broader  the  athleticism  base  the  higher  their  sport  specific  can  go.      “I  am  trying  to  make  them  more  athletic”  –  the  more  athletic  they  are  on  the  mat  they  better  they  will  be  on  the  mat.    We  do  specific  sports  WAY  TO  EARLY  in  America  and  never  make  them  athletic.        6  weeks  out  from  a  meet  we  are  still  hitting  heavy  weight  ,  3  weeks  out  we  still  are  too  –but  making  it  more  match  specific    2  weeks  out  they  start  doing  BAND  CIRCUITS  –  still  heavy  –  6  moves  –  2  minute  round  –  30  second  break  –  do  that  3x…..they  only  do  that  2  weeks  out  cause  6  weeks  out  they  are  still  trying  to  get  stronger.    Every  AMERICAN  that  took  at  medal  at  the  Olympics  had  less  than  a  5  pound  weight  cut  –  EVERY  ONE.        On  your  power  clean  –  the  2nd  pull  is  where  the  power  and  speed  is  really  being  produced    3  ways  to  get  stronger  –  1)  technique    2)  move  the  weight  faster(Power  –  moving  something  at  a  greater  weight)    3)  then  move  weight    To  fix  a  sticking  point  in  a  lift  –  do  isometrics  within  that  sticking  point  –  BUT  they  don’t  do  it  because  they  don’t  care  about  it  with  the  combat  athletes  –  they  want  it  to  transfer  to  the  mat.    10%  of  the  time  is  based  on  isometric  –  90%  of  the  time  they  are  on  eccentric  and  concentric.    Olympic  lifts  are  concentric.    But  on  power  lifting  they  will  power  it  out  (concentric)  and  then  lower  it  slow  (eccentric)    The  only  thing  they  do  isometric  on  is  a  row  or  a  pull  up  so  they  get  used  to  squeezing  in  a  gut  etc…    If  you  are  adding  weight  to  someone  for  a  sprint  or  shots  or  etc….  you  only  want  to  add  10%  over  their  weight  otherwise  you  are  actually  teaching  them  to  run  slower!    We  do  heavy  deadlift  to  learn  to  lift  a  kid  from  the  ground  –  we  do  hang  cleans  and  power  cleans  from  a  box  always.      A  day  after  workout  (day  after  competition)is  a  workout  to  MAKE  THEM  FEEL  BETTER!  Not  to  beat  them  up.      

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Crossfit  training  is  metabolic  training  –  if  they  can’t  speak  to  periodization  then  don’t  go  with  that  guy  –  the  crossfit  workout  is  based  on  the  masses.    There  are  good  doctors  and  bad  doctors,  good  crossfit  and  bad  cross  sfit  coaches.    If  they  can’t  per  iodize  then  don’t  do  it!    Most  recent  research  says  that  starting  weightlifting  young  actually  increases  bone  density  and  promotes  growth  –  it’s  just  that  heavy  lifting.      

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Purdue Wrestling

http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-­‐wrestl/pur-­‐m-­‐wrestl-­‐body.html  

IHSWCA  Coaches  Clinic  

October  11,  2012  3-­‐4  pm                                                                Staff  

Name                                                                    Home  state                                      College                                                                              Contact  Info                                                  

Scott  Hinkel                                            Ohio                                                              Purdue   (765)  494-­‐3219  [email protected]  

Pete  Rogers        Wisconsin                                          Ohio  State   (765)  494-­‐9137  [email protected]  

Chris  Fleeger                                          Pennsylvania                                Purdue     (765)  494-­‐3203  [email protected]  

Dan  Bedoy                                                  Indiana                                                    Purdue                                                              (765)  494-­‐0529  [email protected]  

   

 

                                                             Agenda    

3-­‐3:15                  Hinkel  –  Season  Outlook/  Roster  Highlights  

3:15-­‐3:30        Bedoy  –  RTC  at  Purdue  

 3:30-­‐3:45      Fleeger  –  Season  Layout/  Drilling  Philosophy  

 3:45-­‐4                  Rogers-­‐  Purdue  Camps  2013/  Technique                                

   

 

 

 

 

Purdue  Wrestling          @PurdueWrestling      

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Cody Bickley – Coaches Education Director USAW

Technique analysis Be a legitimate threat right off the whistle Do not bounce off the whistle! Relax and crowd! Every 6-8 seconds or every restart Head blocking is essential technique Brandon slay- FREESTYLE GOLD MEDALIST Drill- touch the ground touch heads before every single time I restart As Americans we have become overly obsessed with offense and it has cost us If u had the lead or tied and there is fifteen seconds down go completely defense Russians like to "spar" or play wrestle - I have never seen a Russian coach show techniques - practices and weeks at a time with sparring Have fun at all ages with sparring- let them figure out their own situations! Let little kids learn to "fail forward" let them loose to win 12 days of Christmas workout!

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Gary Mayabb – STALEY HIGH SCHOOL – Missouri – PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Triangle - pick 3 things to focus on and make the kids say it! Circle away from under hooks Step backward- circle forward Shuffle touch your heel drill All our drills have a way in and a way out- give kids choices- their choices go away if they are in on it wrong- like life We do stance motion between every drill Energy management- how much is that takedown worth if your dead- release some moves! I teach what will get to the 80%; 10% I will never get - they are individual work- 10% are exceptional- u have to do one on ones with them too Don't reach with the hungry hand- feed the hungry hand! I look for three cheapest takedowns in wrestling 1) circle on the edge to a snap down and double on the edge 2) kill box down lift up the other leg- let go 3) arm drag and catch them to all Fournier

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We have 3 moves- singl/double/front headlock To power side I do a single and a backside double and a fhl on the other side a dbl- all three of those drills take us back to eachother Gary Mayabb – Staley High school - TECHNIQUE Triangle - pick 3 things to focus on and make the kids say it! Circle away from under hooks Step backward- circle forward Shuffle touch your heel drill All our drills have a way in and a way out- give kids choices- their choices go away if they are in on it wrong- like life We do stance motion between every drill Energy management- how much is that takedown worth if your dead- release some moves! Franky james- CAMPBELLSVILE COLLEGE "if your gonna work with young people you gotta have passion and energy or if your old passion and wisdom, but you gotta have passion and something to work with youn people." Change tie drill- pass the elbow off the head. Get out of undertook. Get out of 2 on 1. Or "beat the underhook then 2 on 1 repeat.

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Defensive drill matches Live: defensive scoring matches Crackdown defense Finishing a single when it's up Bump and scrape

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Better  on  Bottom  

• Heard  it  all  before…starts  with  Attitude…believe  that  you  can  get  out...No  Doubt!  • POSITION  –  never  sacrifice  position…especially  on  feet  &  on  bottom  

 • We  (bottom)  need  to  find  ways  to  keep  our  hips/center  of  gravity  underneath  us  –  keep  

our  power  under  us.      • Top  guy  wants…  

o Get  our  weight  forward,  hands  heavy,  head  down.      o How  do  we  change  that  pressure?    Change  position…Improve  position  

§ Get  out  from  underneath  that  pressure  • TW  Change  over,  Spiral  Change  over,  Spiral  Knee  slide,  etc  • Post  &  Scoot  –  get  beat,  change  pressure….then  don’t  bend  at  

waist  • When  we  do  these  things,  pressure  changes  from  high  to  low  &  

then  his  continued  pressure  is  a  benefit  to  the  bottom  man  

Inside  Leg  Stand-­‐up:  1. Starting  Position  

a. Laces  down  b. Head  up  c. Hands  light  

2. Basic  Inside  Leg  a. Explode  up,  ¼  Turn,  clear  inside  arm  (back  slap),  knee  follows  elbow  

i. Clearing  arm  &  ¼  turn  helps  avoid  some  top  pressure  b. “Pinch  &  Feed”  w/  outside  arm  

i. Pinky  finger  on  leg,  thumb  on  elbow  ii. “Hungry  Hand”  …venus  flytrap  iii. Allows  me  to  control  BOTH  opponent’s  hands  with  one  of  mine  

c. Position!  i. Head’s  up,  deflected  pressure,  HIPS  UNDER,  hand  control  ii. Bend  at  knees,  NOT  at  waist  

1. Bend  at  waist  =  break  position,  I’m  goin’  down!  

Matt  Burlingame  Head  Wrestling  Coach    604  E.  College  Ave.  T:  260.982.5227  C:  260-­‐402-­‐4666  [email protected]  

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2. Bend  at  knees  =  allow  pressure  to  push  you  up  d. Finish  –  Your  choice  

i. Switch  Hand  control,  back  pocket,  slice  out  ii. Swenson  @  Augsburg  –  back  pocket,  hip-­‐heist  sprawl  

1. NO  chance  of  opponent  getting  back  on  leg  iii. Turn  to  back  pocket    

 Belly  Slap  Stand-­‐up:  

1. Top  guy’s  been  beating  you  with  chop  breakdown  2. Position  3. Go  w/  the  flow!  

a. Similar  to  Post  &  Scoot,  relieve  the  pressure  before  it  effects  you  b. Slap  his  belly…Limp  arm…Big  Hairy  Spider  c. ….then  it’s  all  the  same  

4. Finish    O’Day  Stand-­‐up:  Sean  O’Day  NCAA  National  Champ/3x  AA  (Edinboro)  

1. Top  guy’s  picking  far  ankle  2. Position  

a. Outside  toe  straight  b. A  little  cheat-­‐  a  little  rock  to  the  inside  when  top  man  gets  on  

i. Takes  weight  off  outside  foot  3. Outside  hand  strikes  back  at  ankle,  Outside  foot  steps  up  &  out  

a. Won’t  be  full  blown  outside  leg  stand-­‐up  b. Typically  end  w/  his  finger  on  your  ankle,  your  hand  on  his  fingers  (take  all  4)  c. Rotate  outside  knee  to  outside,  Lock  out  arm  (don’t  bring  it  to  your  waist!)  

4. Finish  a. Pressure  back,  bend  at  knees,  not  waist,  &  up  b. Back  pocket  &  hip-­‐heist  

 

   

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Jeff Jordan – St. Paris Graham (FROM KY STATE CLINIC) What do u train for? 3 things Lifting wins championships During wrestling season we wrestle, after season we train technique 2 a days- everyday of season 21 guys on team Always workout in Sunday. Always. Everyday in the room u gotta mention every kids name in the room everyday 3x. Everyday 3x positive. Keep everyone zoned in on the #1 goal even if u have to punish them. Out goal as coaches is for kids to reach their potential. 4 things to win: 1) go to move 2)a defensive go to 3) be able to ride 4) be able to get away 4 strongest positions in wrestling Strongest stance 2nd base 3rd belly/elbowS - 2nd weakest 4th back - fist weakest "u start beating the head, then u kill the head, when u kill the head the body dies" Always 2 a days in season "ice practices" after practice

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"I love that my guys are meat heads" If u have a cancer on the team get rid of them. Third strike your out "when I go to the horse race I go with the thoroughbreds- the other kids gotta decide to be thoroughbreds" Change things up every year to make things fun but more intense 8-6-4-2 lbs rule U win 3 wrestle off’s in a row- no more wrestle offs How do u get a kid mentally tough? Train hard and lots of pats on the back after

Franky james- CAMPBELLSVILE COLLEGE "if your gonna work with young people you gotta have passion and energy or if your old passion and wisdom, but you gotta have passion and something to work with youn people." Change tie drill- pass the elbow off the head. Get out of undertook. Get out of 2 on 1. Or "beat the underhook then 2 on 1 repeat. Defensive drill matches Live: defensive scoring matches Crackdown defense Finishing a single when it's up

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