Avoidable problems with youth wrestling I just got home from a pretty major youth tournament in New Jersey. I watched close to 200 matches between some of the best youth wrestlers in the country… Figured I would talk a bit about my personal opinions on youth wrestling, both the positive and the negative. I am ...

Do you want your child to become a champion wrestler? Here are some tips! I recently received this email: — Jason, I am new to the sport of wrestling so I have been looking on the web to try to learn, and in turn, help my son Jayson (8yrs old, first year wrestler) with wrestling. ...

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There is no such thing as knowing too many moves One common trend that you will notice among higher level wrestlers is that they are all very dynamic. They have LOTS and LOTS of moves that work against top level competitors, and they are able to execute these moves from a variety of positions. Anyone ...

Although cognitive function is important, physiological nutrition is more crucial I cannot write about nutrition from the perspective of an educated expert. I cut massive amounts of weight in college in a very unhealthy manner. Hopefully my experience will provide foresight to problems that come with the territory of a sport divided by weight classes. ...

If you want to learn anything fast, it is important to understand how you learn I spend a lot of my studying about how the brain forms memories. I find it incredibly important because memory is a bottleneck to learning. I’ve worked very hard to improve my ability to learn quickly, and as a result ...

Speed, Strength and Technique I cannot write about nutrition from the perspective of an educated expert. I cut massive amounts of weight in college in a very unhealthy manner. Hopefully my experience will provide foresight to problems that come with the territory of a sport divided by weight classes. I am currently learning about nutrition ...

There is a balance between the importance of technique, speed, and strength. All three are important, and any two are useless without the third: If you lack technique, your speed and power will be useless because you will not know how to use them. If you lack speed, your techniques will not work. Techniques do ...