Click the image above to visit the site I was always taught to be tough and stingy from the top position. I know that I won matches from the top position even when I didn’t turn my opponents. I had competitors comment on the mental toll it took on them by being relentless from the top position.
“these athletes are also vulnerable to a lesser athlete that is tough in all positions.”
I quickly learned that when coaching youth and high school wrestlers the top position can be a great neutralizer. Many of my wrestlers have been in tough matches and when they get in the top position they blow the match wide open and even pin tough opponents. If you have been coaching for any time I am sure you have seen the kid that can’t take anyone down, doesn’t look like much but will destroy your wrestler from the top position. I am not saying you should only focus on the top position, but if you combine solid top skills with in-your-face neutral and solid bottom wrestling you will have a tough wrestler.
Wrestlers that learn, master and become relentless with, at least, 1-2 top series will experience much more success than those that don’t
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