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When practicing the below wrestling drills, make sure you have adult supervision and working through the drills slowly!
Wrestling Drill 1
Skill: Stance
Focus: Squared or Staggered Stance, Good Balance, Shoulders, Elbows and Toes should all be aligned, Shuffling feet.
Equipment Needed:
- Mat or Padded Area
Challenge: Combine stance in motion, level change and penetrate with trail leg coming up!
Coach: Matt Grimm – Wrestling Coach at Auburn High School
Wrestling Drill 2
Skill: Stance Progression
- Mat or Padded Area
- Partner
Challenge: Once you’ve practice this stance progression with a partner, attempt a double leg take down.
Coach: Matt Grimm – Wrestling Coach at Auburn High School
Wrestling Drill 3
Skill: Set Up
Focus: Beat the head and hands to attack at the hips. Establish inside control, thumbs used as lever to create a pull grip.
Equipment Needed:
- Mat or Padded Area
- Partner
Challenge: Once you’ve mastered the push/pull, incorporate your stance progression – level change to take down.
Coach: Matt Grimm – Wrestling Coach at Auburn High School
Wrestling Drill 4
Skill: Outside Single
Focus: Push – Pull – Circle. Level change, focusing on one side, switching hand from upper body grip to leg. Good driving point with the leg, make sure head is up.
Equipment Needed:
- Mat or Padded Area
- Partner
Coach: Matt Grimm – Wrestling Coach at Auburn High School
Wrestling Drill 5
Skill: Outside Single Progression
Focus: Chest high, down on the ankle keeping the opponents leg high.
Equipment Needed:
- Mat or Padded Area
- Partner
Coach: Matt Grimm – Wrestling Coach at Auburn High School
Wrestling Drill 6
Skill: Defense
Focus: Good stance, down block, sneak hand behind the arm and circle.
Equipment Needed:
- Mat or Padded Area
- Partner
Challenge: Start slow and try to speed up your pace as you master this skill!
Coach: Matt Grimm – Wrestling Coach at Auburn High School
Wrestling Drill 7
Skill: Defense Progression
Focus: Knee slide, inside leg, stand up. Create space between you and your opponent.
Equipment Needed:
- Mat or Padded Area
- Partner
Challenge: Master this skill with and without a partner!
Coach: Matt Grimm – Wrestling Coach at Auburn High School
Wrestling Drill 8
Skill: Defense Progression 2
Focus: Use your hands to get out of bottom position, pressure into your opponent, close off the inside, both hands attack and push opponents hand on the mat.
Equipment Needed:
- Mat or Padded Area
- Partner
Coach: Matt Grimm – Wrestling Coach at Auburn High School
Wrestling Drill 9
Skill: Break Down Top Position
Focus: Top position, spiral ride into wrist half.
Equipment Needed:
- Mat or Padded Area
- Partner
Coach: Matt Grimm – Wrestling Coach at Auburn High School
Wrestling Drill 10
Skill: Break Down Progression
Focus: Break down position into an arm bar.
Equipment Needed:
- Mat or Padded Area
- Partner
Coach: Matt Grimm – Wrestling Coach at Auburn High School
