sammy

hey, i was just thinking back to my freshmen year. i was just wondering what you guys knew about wrestling coming into high school. i know wasn't all that good.

goferphan

my freshman year I didn't know as much as I needed to know but I had already come up one year early as an 8th grader to start sparring with some of the more experienced wrestlers. i basically got my tail kicked in but i got into a routine, stepped up my cardio and saw how the other wrestlers got ready for matches...i kept wrestling for the middle school as at our school if you didn't crack varsity as an 8th grader than junior varsity was also not an option...i happen to agree with this methodology.

i knew a good series of single and double leg takedowns, some upper body throws, a standard fireman's carry, anklepicks, ducks, front heads (cement mixer), snap downs etc.

my real weakness was that most of my coaches growing up didn't teach anything about working the edges of the mats, strategies when choosing top or bottom and did very little scouting. much of that has changed and i learned much more about this when i moved from st. louis to apple valley my sophomore year.

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WhippetGrappler

8th grade was my first year in wrestling. Basketball reject. I went to camp @ Baldwin Wallace (Milkovich). I learned some nice single leg techs which was my forte'(sp) throughout high school. My freshman year, I got my tail kicked. I faced 10 - 12 wrestlers that ended the season with a 20+ win season. The coaches did not teach us any techniques on wrestling the edge of the mat. They didn't even know what scouting was!

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