Wednesday, July 29, 2009
World's Strongest Bruin Contest
The World's Strongest Bruin Contest is being held at the highschool football field on Saturday, August 8th, at 7:00 p.m. We will be holding this event as a fundraiser to support the Cedaredge wrestling program. There will be a $5 entry per contestant, and we will have concessions available. The events will be Hay Bale Toss, Hay Bale Turn, Tire Flip, Tire Hop, The Wheel Barrow, The 2-liter 200, Med Ball field goals, Five gallon run-switch-run, and The Rope Drag. A couple wrestlers practiced some of the events this past Saturday and it was a huge success. We are hoping to draw a lot of people and have a really fun summer night dragging, carrying, and throwing stuff around before school starts.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Wear your headgear!
As we get more and more into handfighting, it is more and more important to wear your headgear. Red Alert!
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Day 2 Mesa State Camp
Today went great! Because we only brought 3 wrestlers, they got split up into different teams. Marty is on a team with Falcon, 3 Olathe wrestlers, and a kid who's going to be a freshman that lives really close to Kansas. This situation has been really good, I've gotten to know some new coaches and some parents. I really think we will get some Olathe guys to come up to some club practices. Marty's team won the takedown tournament; they are super impressive. So this freshman from way out by Kansas has no one in his hometown that wrestles or is willing to in the summer. Two highschools are combined to make up 10 guys on his team. So, every weekend, this kid drives 3 hours each way to Pueblo to wrestle. Talk about dedication, and he is a horse. He and Martin had two awesome matches. I really like the Olathe kids. They joke around but are classy guys and wrestle super tough. Anyways, Marty is wrestling very well. He continues to gain confidence on his feet. He hasn't had too many challenging matches, but he's working tough. Today was great in that I got to see our guys actually wrestle on the mat. On the mat is definitely where Marty excells and with his wrestling on his feet coming together, he is going to put together a lot of dangerous weapons.
Martin and Cole are on a team together with Horizon and a few other lone stragglers. One of the stragglers we've adopted and I've coached a bit is from Florida. I told him that he can move to Cedaredge. He is a super good kid that wrestlers really tough. I think Cole gets better every match. He is really concentrating on the fundamentals of good position and it has allowed him to win some matches and keep a lot of matches much closer. He is handfighting really well, and has greatly improved defending with his head, and wrestling with short arms. We are definitely climbing the ladder. Martin is just hammering. His nerves are going away, which was the major goal for me for camp. We are concentrating on the fact that he approaches all matches the same way. Focus on staying in good position and dominating those positions whether the guy is shaped like a pear and has his lip pierced or whether he's got fancy new shoes and a nice singlet. He still gets a bit nervous at times because people sometimes "look" tough. I told him how to spot posers. If they walk around with their shirt off, they are a poser. If they wear their singlet for a 4 hour break, they are a poser. If they tuck their cell phone into their underwear in between matches, poser. If they put excessive amounts of tape on their head gear, they may be a poser. If they run their mouth all day and talk big even during matches, but then try to be serious tough guy when they have a good match coming up, they are a poser and often times get worked. Then we watched a bit of Fedor Emelianenko, especially his fight against Kevin Randleman. Look it up on youtube. It is awesome! Martin is my little Fedor. I really wanted to videotape the matches, but I can't sit still and coach the match through the lens. Since they aren't videotaped, I'll try to give you some highlights. Martin has had quite a few very big matches, almost all wins. He beat a real solid Central kid twice, once in overtime and once on a last second takedown. He also has a rematch tomorrow with a solid kid that he horsed to his back once, hit a sweet hi-c on where he lifted him with one leg and "peed on the ceiling"--it was a fan favorite. The crowd realized that Martin has the strength of ten men. As this opponent started getting desperate, Martin maintained good position, met a super hard shot head on and the guy just crumpled backwards. I think that gets the highlight of the camp award from me. Now, Martin is carrying over his solid positioning and handfighting to wrestling on top and bottom. Other big highlights were Cole's punch throughs but what is most impressive about those is that they came from him changing levels when his opponent changes levels, blocking with his head, getting his legs back, and getting heavy on the head. Very few of his opponents get a clean shot at his legs any more. Cole gets the most improved defense award. As far as Marty goes, one of my highlights has to be when he hit a beautiful short hi-c. Now he's hit a few here, but one in particular clicks in my mind. He's wrestled some long armed beasts here, and he popped the post immediately as it hit his shoulder and then finished immediately. I think all the other coaches did the "oooooooo" on that one. Marty also gets the coachable award. From running back to the center and consistently pushing the pace, Marty has done everything I've asked him to here. When I'm coaching at this level, I'm talking to the kids a lot. I've asked them and they say they like it, and I think it helps me as well. I also think it cuts out most internal dialog in their own head that may be judging or thinking as they wrestle. I always get a response out of Marty when I talk to him. One particular example comes to mind. Marty was running a cross wrist and we really seemed to be on the same page. As I was talking to him about it, he took a big step and turked the leg, he was getting nearfall and as he was there, I was telling him how to adjust his leg and arch and pull the head and it directly got the pin. It was so cool! It's is all coming together for all three boys, and I've received many compliments about them from many of the coaches here. Tonight, we had a little Mexican fiesta on the balcony out the dorm rooms. During our "recreation" time in between the nine matches, Martin directed us to the Mexican store where we were going to get tamales to eat after we got done wrestling at 9:30. It was a good educational experience because I was able to point out to Martin all the candy that he was not allowed to eat. We were too late for the tamales but stocked up on some other great food and enjoyed it while sitting on the porch listening to Jimmy Buffet and talking about Mexican polka, culture, video games, prom, which girls can eat a lot of food, and diet water. Overall, it was a great day!
Martin and Cole are on a team together with Horizon and a few other lone stragglers. One of the stragglers we've adopted and I've coached a bit is from Florida. I told him that he can move to Cedaredge. He is a super good kid that wrestlers really tough. I think Cole gets better every match. He is really concentrating on the fundamentals of good position and it has allowed him to win some matches and keep a lot of matches much closer. He is handfighting really well, and has greatly improved defending with his head, and wrestling with short arms. We are definitely climbing the ladder. Martin is just hammering. His nerves are going away, which was the major goal for me for camp. We are concentrating on the fact that he approaches all matches the same way. Focus on staying in good position and dominating those positions whether the guy is shaped like a pear and has his lip pierced or whether he's got fancy new shoes and a nice singlet. He still gets a bit nervous at times because people sometimes "look" tough. I told him how to spot posers. If they walk around with their shirt off, they are a poser. If they wear their singlet for a 4 hour break, they are a poser. If they tuck their cell phone into their underwear in between matches, poser. If they put excessive amounts of tape on their head gear, they may be a poser. If they run their mouth all day and talk big even during matches, but then try to be serious tough guy when they have a good match coming up, they are a poser and often times get worked. Then we watched a bit of Fedor Emelianenko, especially his fight against Kevin Randleman. Look it up on youtube. It is awesome! Martin is my little Fedor. I really wanted to videotape the matches, but I can't sit still and coach the match through the lens. Since they aren't videotaped, I'll try to give you some highlights. Martin has had quite a few very big matches, almost all wins. He beat a real solid Central kid twice, once in overtime and once on a last second takedown. He also has a rematch tomorrow with a solid kid that he horsed to his back once, hit a sweet hi-c on where he lifted him with one leg and "peed on the ceiling"--it was a fan favorite. The crowd realized that Martin has the strength of ten men. As this opponent started getting desperate, Martin maintained good position, met a super hard shot head on and the guy just crumpled backwards. I think that gets the highlight of the camp award from me. Now, Martin is carrying over his solid positioning and handfighting to wrestling on top and bottom. Other big highlights were Cole's punch throughs but what is most impressive about those is that they came from him changing levels when his opponent changes levels, blocking with his head, getting his legs back, and getting heavy on the head. Very few of his opponents get a clean shot at his legs any more. Cole gets the most improved defense award. As far as Marty goes, one of my highlights has to be when he hit a beautiful short hi-c. Now he's hit a few here, but one in particular clicks in my mind. He's wrestled some long armed beasts here, and he popped the post immediately as it hit his shoulder and then finished immediately. I think all the other coaches did the "oooooooo" on that one. Marty also gets the coachable award. From running back to the center and consistently pushing the pace, Marty has done everything I've asked him to here. When I'm coaching at this level, I'm talking to the kids a lot. I've asked them and they say they like it, and I think it helps me as well. I also think it cuts out most internal dialog in their own head that may be judging or thinking as they wrestle. I always get a response out of Marty when I talk to him. One particular example comes to mind. Marty was running a cross wrist and we really seemed to be on the same page. As I was talking to him about it, he took a big step and turked the leg, he was getting nearfall and as he was there, I was telling him how to adjust his leg and arch and pull the head and it directly got the pin. It was so cool! It's is all coming together for all three boys, and I've received many compliments about them from many of the coaches here. Tonight, we had a little Mexican fiesta on the balcony out the dorm rooms. During our "recreation" time in between the nine matches, Martin directed us to the Mexican store where we were going to get tamales to eat after we got done wrestling at 9:30. It was a good educational experience because I was able to point out to Martin all the candy that he was not allowed to eat. We were too late for the tamales but stocked up on some other great food and enjoyed it while sitting on the porch listening to Jimmy Buffet and talking about Mexican polka, culture, video games, prom, which girls can eat a lot of food, and diet water. Overall, it was a great day!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Day 1 Mesa State Camp
We had a technique session yesterday and got in 3 matches of a takedown tournament. I really like these shotgun matches. It is great for coaching. You get done with one match, give some little tips, then the guys get to try it out in a half hour. Immediate feedback. Carl Valley ran one of the technique sessions yesterday and covered almost the exact same thing I did last Sunday night. So, we've got Marty, Martin, and Cole here. It is going well. Marty is wrestling super aggressive. He had one real tough kid, that we will definitely have to put multiple moves together in a chain, but he got after him. He is pushing the pace in his matches and there is lots of action. Cole is really concentrating on positioning. Maintaining a good stance, blocking with his head, wrestling punchy with his hands--1 foot races. He had some tough draws and is wrestling up a weight, but is fighting hard. The little pointers are paying off. We saw a lot of progress in his last match. He had super defense. The guy kept shooting, Cole blocked, snapped, front head, punch through. Exactly as we are working on. Great to see. Martin is wrestling tough. Super good position. Explosive. He's beaten some really good kids at 171. He's working on the mental side most of all. He is getting more and more relaxed each match--wrestling smart and aggressive.
All the boys are pretty sore this morning. We've got 9 matches today. We got up early for breakfast, they went back to bed, and I'll get them up in 15 minutes to get the morning rolling.
It is nice to finally see some wrestling in Colorado outside of our room. There are some fantastic wrestlers here, and also a lot of posers--the same as everywhere I guess. Our boys are really fighting and representing Cedaredge well. I can't count how many times I've said to myself and to our boys how thankful I am to have them wrestling for me. So, hopefully some of you fans are reading this, and I'll try to update again tonight after some matches today.
All the boys are pretty sore this morning. We've got 9 matches today. We got up early for breakfast, they went back to bed, and I'll get them up in 15 minutes to get the morning rolling.
It is nice to finally see some wrestling in Colorado outside of our room. There are some fantastic wrestlers here, and also a lot of posers--the same as everywhere I guess. Our boys are really fighting and representing Cedaredge well. I can't count how many times I've said to myself and to our boys how thankful I am to have them wrestling for me. So, hopefully some of you fans are reading this, and I'll try to update again tonight after some matches today.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Ernie Monaco, the club model
Training for the next level
Everything needs to be in sync, it's about the lifestyle, it's about the whole person
A packaged offense, aka "no huddle" offense
Wrestling is a sport of POSITION!
Everything needs to be in sync, it's about the lifestyle, it's about the whole person
Wrestling Videos on Flowrestling
A packaged offense, aka "no huddle" offense
Wrestling Videos on Flowrestling
Wrestling is a sport of POSITION!
Wrestling Videos on Flowrestling
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