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Variations for Competitive Wrestling at Practice
By Keith Manos
Excerpt from the Wrestling Coach's Survival Guide
Reprinted here with permission
1. Matches
Engage wrestlers in 4-10 matches per practice, giving them short breaks in between. Be sure they pair up with a different partner at least once.
2. Groups
You can set up groups of 3, 4, 5, or 6 based on the following sequence of wrestling:
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Groups of 3: |
1 vs. 2, 3 rests
1 vs. 3, 2 rests
2 vs. 3, 1 rests |
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Groups of 4: |
1 vs. 2, 3 vs. 4
1 vs. 3, 2 vs. 4
1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3 |
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Groups of 5 |
1 vs. 2, 3 vs. 4, 5 rests
1 vs. 5, 2 vs. 3, 4 rests
1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 5, 3 rests
1 vs. 3, 4 vs. 5, 2 rests
2 vs. 4, 3 vs. 5, 1 rests |
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Groups of 6 |
1 vs. 2, 3 vs. 4, 5 vs. 6
1 vs. 5, 2 vs. 3, 4 vs. 6
1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 5, 3 vs. 6
1 vs. 3, 4 vs. 5, 2 vs. 6
2 vs. 4, 3 vs. 5, 1 vs. 6 |
3. Situation Wrestling
Place wrestlers in specific situations-for example, a stalled single leg attack vs. a wizzer. One man must try to finish his attack while the other must counter.
4. Drill Matches
Here, wrestlers compete against each other using only 80 percent resistance, but moving and drilling at a hurried pace over a specific length of time (2 minutes).
5. Minute Matches
Compete against the same partner for eleven minutes, allowing each other one one-minute break over that time span if they desire.
6. Counter Wrestling
Begin in the neutral position where one man is only allowed to attempt leg attacks and the other man is only allowed to counter those attacks.
7. Free-style and/or Greco-Roman Wrestling
For a change of pace near the end of the season, have matches where they wrestle one of the Olympic sports. Shift back and forth between collegiate wrestling and one of these types.
8. Shark Bait
Put the wrestlers in groups and begin with the varsity man in the middle. His fellow group members then rotate in on him for 15-30 seconds each period.
9. "Kick Him Out"
In pairs, wrestlers begin every time in the optional starting position, alternating themselves after each whistle.
Keith Manos is the former Athletic Director and a coach of two sports at Richmond Heights (Ohio) High School. His books include Wrestling Coach's Survival Guide and Coach's and Athletic Director's Complete Book of Forms and Letters, both published by Prentice Hall (800-947-7700).
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