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ASK KOLAT: How Should Coaches Structure Wrestling Practice?

The Warmup

This week Cary Kolat answers a question he got during his 19-day intensive, prospect, and technique wrestling camp at Campbell University. The question Kolat got from another coach was how Kolat structure practice and the reasons why he structures them in that fashion. Kolat says it depends on where you are in the season and get complicated but he breaks it down into a simple blueprint. The first thing Kolat’s team does is they have things they do offensively, defensively, top, and bottom wrestling in their warmup. They do they’re stretching as they start their drills. One thing Kolat and his coaching staff stress is not killing the body but being loose, fast, and light. They call it low impact drilling during warmup. Their warmup consists of common positions you’ll find yourself in a match and drilling the proper ways to execute from those positions.

Technique Phase

When Kolat’s running his practice at Campbell the day is focused upon one position or one area for that training session but he’ll let them branch off and focus on different scrambles. Rest of the story at https://therudis.com/ask-kolat-how-should-coaches-structure-wrestling-practice/?mc_cid=449a2bee4b&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

July 25, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized