Folkstyle Wrestling Match of the day. This is an incredible Scramble. Watch how Gordon Wadsworth just gets after it when he gets in trouble. Martin, of St. Edward has a questionable no call take down on the edge of the mat. Should he have had two? You be the ref.
The Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling team is currently as good or better than they have ever been. On Friday night, feb. 19, 2010 they beat Ohio State by a score of 36-3. Extending their win streak to 60 in a row. This kind of success is unheard of in the sport of folkstyle wrestling. This is made possible in part by their ability to execute to perfection the fundamental folkstyle wrestling moves. One of the best ways for young wrestlers to learn to be better wrestlers is through interactive multimedia training tools like Championship Access Folkstyle Wrestling.
About 20 years ago Michael Clapier had an idea. He wanted to make wrestling easier to teach and easier to learn for coaches, parents and wrestlers. He new that interaction between video with multiple angles would teach kids folkstyle wrestling moves better than any other coaching tool. There was only one problem. The technology did not exist to make Michael’s dream a reality.
So Michael continued to learn the sport by coaching and officiating high school and youth wrestling. Then about 12 years ago technology started to catch up and over the next five years Michael and his team created Championship Access Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco-Roman Wrestling.
Championship Access Folkstyle Wrestling is the only truly interactive wrestling dvds or videos on the market today. Michael Clapier, creator of Championship Access, said, “By coupling the technology of camera, motion, multiple angles and now DVD technology. We have created for you what I think is the finest coaching tool today.”
Championship Access has created 16 wrestling training discs. Michael now resides in Salt Lake City Utah where he continues to coach folkstyle wrestling. Michael’s son started using Championship Access Folkstyle wrestling since he was a kid and recently won the Utah high school state wrestling championships at 140 pounds in the 5 A classification.
“Wrestling has given so much to us that we wanted to give back to the sport and make some of the skills taught in Championship Access Wrestling Training DVDs available to the wrestling community for free online,” Curt Clapier, Director of Marketing, Sports Training Media.
To obtain access to some of Championship Access’s folkstyle wrestling moves, freestyle and greco roman wrestling moves instantly visit http://www.wrestlingtrainingmedia.com/cav1/
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What are Folkstyle Wrestling Moves?
There are three types of wrestling. The first type of wrestling is folkstyle. This is also known as collegiate style wrestling. This is what you see in the junior highs, high schools and colleges in the United States.
The two other types of wrestling are Freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling. These to types of wrestling are the international or Olympic wrestling styles. The United States is the only country that practices folkstyle wrestling.
What are folkstyle wrestling moves?
Folkstyle wrestling moves are any wrestling move that is legal or that is not illegal rather within the rules of folkstyle wrestling or collegiate wrestling. Many moves from Greco Roman and Freestyle wrestling are legal and carry over into folkstyle wrestling.
On my blog I recently posted some videos that demonstrate different folkstyle wrestling moves and drills. If you are interested in learning more wrestling skills then I suggest that you go to my blog and watch the videos. However, since this is an article and thus does not use video I will attempt to describe or explain what these moves are, how they are done and when you would use them.
The Granby Roll.
The Granby roll is a classic example of a folkstyle wrestling move. This skill is ONLY used in folkstyle wrestling and not in freestyle or Greco Roman Wrestling. This is a move that the wrestler will do from the bottom position.
You execute the Granby Roll by creating enough space between you and the top wrestler to move your hips out so that you are now at a T to your opponent. You are perpendicular to him rather. Then you want to catch his wrist and roll towards his head. As you roll you through your elbow in between his legs and catch the leg closest to you. When you come through you should, if done correctly, have your opponent on his back. You should be holding him there by locking his arm and leg around your body. Video explains this skill far better than I can with words, but I hope this helps.
Dive and Roll Single Leg Defence.
This move is not a high percentage move but from time to time, when a kid is really athletic or is a lot better than his opponent, this move works. This is a last resort way of getting out when your opponent has shot in and picked up your leg into the air. You are now hopping on one foot hoping not to get taken down. So, in desperation you turn away from the other wrestler, dive and roll. As you roll your leg kicks free. You then turn and face your opponent. Again, this is hard to explain if you have never seen the move. There is video of the move on my blog.
Head Lock.
The head lock is one of the most effective and most ineffective moves there is. It is a great way to score 5 points when you are losing or to get a much needed pin. It is important to do correctly and to know when to hit it otherwise a wrestler can get in trouble. You start by doing what is called a back step. It is a step you take to pop your hips through underneath your opponent so that you can then through him over the lower part of your back and onto his back. A great drill to practice this move is to have one wrestler pop his hips through and throw tehn hold the other person up. Then the other person pops his hips through and throws. You repeat this over and over.
Other folkstyle wrestling moves include:
the single leg, double leg, high c, fireman’s carry, arm bar, cheap tilt, stand up, knee slide, tight waist, cross face, 2 on 1, under hook.
I hope this is helpful.
This article was originally created for my blog and has video to enhance the article. If you want to watch the video associated with this article go to http://www.wrestlingtrainingmedia.com/413/folkstyle-wrestling-moves/
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