CAMPS AND CLASSES
Freestyle/Greco Practice Bundle
Perfect for athletes who cannot commit to the program as much as they would like. Athletes can use this practice bundle throughout the season and save a few bucks if they know they will be missing plenty of practices. This cannot be carried over into another season. Once purchased, we will place the athlete in the correct group for their training. Athletes cannot jump around on groups unless discussed with coach.
Teaching wrestlers the Olympic styles—freestyle and Greco-Roman—provides numerous benefits that can enhance their overall skill set and development. Here are a few key reasons why it’s important:
1. Expanded Technical Skills:
These styles force wrestlers to develop skills in areas like mat awareness, transition wrestling, and explosive scoring opportunities, making them more versatile and adaptable.
2. Better Body Positioning and Control:
Greco-Roman, in particular, sharpens an athlete’s ability to control and dominate opponents with upper-body techniques, which can translate into better clinch work and scrambling in folkstyle.
3. Improved Neutral Game:
Freestyle’s focus on takedowns and counterattacks challenges wrestlers to refine their neutral positioning, setups, and finishes. Exposure to this fast-paced scoring system can improve their ability to score cleanly and defend effectively in folkstyle matches.
4. Crossover Conditioning:
Training in these styles can elevate a wrestler’s endurance and physical preparedness, which benefits their folkstyle performance.
By integrating Olympic styles into their training, folkstyle wrestlers gain a well-rounded skill set that improves their performance, competitiveness, and appreciation for wrestling as a whole.
Freestyle/Greco Elementary
Perfect for athletes between the ages 5-12 years old.
Teaching wrestlers the Olympic styles—freestyle and Greco-Roman—provides numerous benefits that can enhance their overall skill set and development. Here are a few key reasons why it’s important:
1. Expanded Technical Skills:
Freestyle and Greco-Roman emphasize techniques not always prioritized in folkstyle, such as exposure points, throws, and upper-body control. These styles force wrestlers to develop skills in areas like mat awareness, transition wrestling, and explosive scoring opportunities, making them more versatile and adaptable.
2. Better Body Positioning and Control:
Greco-Roman, in particular, sharpens an athlete’s ability to control and dominate opponents with upper-body techniques, which can translate into better clinch work and scrambling in folkstyle.
3. Improved Neutral Game:
Freestyle’s focus on takedowns and counterattacks challenges wrestlers to refine their neutral positioning, setups, and finishes. Exposure to this fast-paced scoring system can improve their ability to score cleanly and defend effectively in folkstyle matches.
4. Crossover Conditioning:
The dynamic, fast-paced nature of freestyle and Greco demands explosive strength, grip endurance, and overall conditioning. Training in these styles can elevate a wrestler’s endurance and physical preparedness, which benefits their folkstyle performance.
By integrating Olympic styles into their training, folkstyle wrestlers gain a well-rounded skill set that improves their performance, competitiveness, and appreciation for wrestling as a whole.
Freestyle/Greco Developmental
Perfect for athletes between the ages 11-18 years old.
Teaching wrestlers the Olympic styles—freestyle and Greco-Roman—provides numerous benefits that can enhance their overall skill set and development. Here are a few key reasons why it’s important:
1. Expanded Technical Skills:
Freestyle and Greco-Roman emphasize techniques not always prioritized in folkstyle, such as exposure points, throws, and upper-body control. These styles force wrestlers to develop skills in areas like mat awareness, transition wrestling, and explosive scoring opportunities, making them more versatile and adaptable.
2. Better Body Positioning and Control:
Greco-Roman, in particular, sharpens an athlete’s ability to control and dominate opponents with upper-body techniques, which can translate into better clinch work and scrambling in folkstyle.
3. Improved Neutral Game:
Freestyle’s focus on takedowns and counterattacks challenges wrestlers to refine their neutral positioning, setups, and finishes. Exposure to this fast-paced scoring system can improve their ability to score cleanly and defend effectively in folkstyle matches.
4. Crossover Conditioning:
The dynamic, fast-paced nature of freestyle and Greco demands explosive strength, grip endurance, and overall conditioning. Training in these styles can elevate a wrestler’s endurance and physical preparedness, which benefits their folkstyle performance.
By integrating Olympic styles into their training, folkstyle wrestlers gain a well-rounded skill set that improves their performance, competitiveness, and appreciation for wrestling as a whole.
Freestyle/Greco Elite
Perfect for athletes between the ages 12-18 years old.
Teaching wrestlers the Olympic styles—freestyle and Greco-Roman—provides numerous benefits that can enhance their overall skill set and development. Here are a few key reasons why it’s important:
1. Expanded Technical Skills:
Freestyle and Greco-Roman emphasize techniques not always prioritized in folkstyle, such as exposure points, throws, and upper-body control. These styles force wrestlers to develop skills in areas like mat awareness, transition wrestling, and explosive scoring opportunities, making them more versatile and adaptable.
2. Better Body Positioning and Control:
Greco-Roman, in particular, sharpens an athlete’s ability to control and dominate opponents with upper-body techniques, which can translate into better clinch work and scrambling in folkstyle.
3. Improved Neutral Game:
Freestyle’s focus on takedowns and counterattacks challenges wrestlers to refine their neutral positioning, setups, and finishes. Exposure to this fast-paced scoring system can improve their ability to score cleanly and defend effectively in folkstyle matches.
4. Crossover Conditioning:
The dynamic, fast-paced nature of freestyle and Greco demands explosive strength, grip endurance, and overall conditioning. Training in these styles can elevate a wrestler’s endurance and physical preparedness, which benefits their folkstyle performance.
By integrating Olympic styles into their training, folkstyle wrestlers gain a well-rounded skill set that improves their performance, competitiveness, and appreciation for wrestling as a whole.