Strider Wrestling Blog

A big part of wrestling is learning to hold your position. It is important to learn single leg takedowns and double leg takedowns, but having a good stance, understanding leverage, and holding your ground is important as well. Thankfully, there is a fun way to begin to learn this. At least, the wrestlers really enjoy it. Two wrestlers face each other inside the small circle. When the coach blows the whistle, each wrestlers tries to push his opponent outside the circle. For now, the wrestlers aren't quite sure how to accomplish this, but as they learn more about the sport, they will learn how to both hold a position and drive an opponent off of his position.

Of course, we didn't leave technique completely by the wayside. A large part of the practice at College Church last night focused on stance, motion, attack step, power triangle, and double leg takedowns. Review is important no matter what you're trying to learn, but it seems to be even more important when you're trying to develop the muscle memory required to perform wrestling techniques.