In this video, four time NCAA National Champion and 2018 World Champion Kyle Dake explains the importance of proper position in a wrestling stance, the best way to make first contact with your opponent, and common mistakes that wrestlers at all...

  Imagine this scenario: you’ve tied up with your opponent and you have the perfect takedown in mind. You’ve spent precious seconds setting it up, and, at the right moment, you finally strike. Except... your opponent blocks the takedown. You’re left with two...

  Think back to the first time you stepped into the mat room. You saw the veteran wrestlers moving with grace and poise all around the mat, shooting and sprawling with ease. When it came time for you to try out your stance...

J’den Cox just secured his spot on the 2019 U.S. Men’s Freestyle team after beating former Penn State wrestler Bo Nickal at Final X Rutgers. This is the first step for him as tries to win his second world title. Even though J’den...

  A very common wrestling drill is shooting shots through a partner’s legs. This not only helps to emphasize the proper mechanics of a shot but also forces you to lower your level when shooting. Both of these points are important when trying...

FINAL X LINCOLN Where: Devaney Center, Lincoln NE When: Saturday June 15, 2019 With all the excitement and controversy surrounding the first chapter of this year’s Final X Rutgers, who’s counting down the days till round two??  Let’s get right in to it...

  Wrestling is a sport encompassing many variables for success. As much value as we place on athletes for skill and technique, sometimes it just boils down to old-fashioned speed and strength. Speed can be developed by sprints, laps around the facility, and...

  This Saturday, June 15th, in Lincoln Nebraska, we will see a rematch of last year’s Final X 57kg matchup between Daton Fix (Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy RTC) vs. Thomas Gilman (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC). Last year at Final X, Gilman beat Fix in...

  The majority of takedowns in wrestling involve you tying up with your opponent in some shape or form. Moving them with a collar tie and inside control for a double leg, arm dragging for a sweep single, it doesn’t matter. There’s great...

Get Your Movement Mojo Back   Movement is a critical part of wrestling, as poor footwork can be the difference between being able to sprawl effectively or being taken down right from the start. But footwork alone is not the only factor to...

Ask any experienced grappler what the most important part of the body is for performance, and the vast majority will say the hips. It makes sense, as the hips are the prime directional indicators for any sport. From being able to hit ankle-breaking...

Check out the Match By Match Breakdown and Our Picks   Location: RAC, Piscataway, NJ Session 1, 12:00pm Bout 1 Men’s Greco 87 Kg: Joe Rau, TMWC vs. Ben Provisor NLWC Rau: Div. 3 Nat’l Champ at Elmhurst College in Illinois, 2x Midlands...

Ben Askren Fixes Your Double Leg A good double leg showcases all the finer points of wrestling; timing, explosive movement, and a chance to land and opponent on his back and pin. It is a fundamental skill in wrestling, mixed martial arts, jiu-jitsu,...

UFC Champ and Olympic Gold Medalist Shares Takedown Prowess Anybody who has been a fan of the UFC’s lighter weight classes has undoubtedly seen Henry Cejudo’s rise to dominance. If you haven’t, here’s a quick refresher.   Henry Cejudo won an Olympic gold...

 NCAA Division I Title Holding Bros Fix Your Quadpod  In freestyle wrestling, the quadpod position can be a hotly contested position and one's success in this position can decide the fate of an entire match.  Check out the video below where Ben Askren...

 World Champion Makes Statement at Beat the Streets One of the many exciting matches on the 10th Beat the Streets card was the match up at 92kg between J'Den Cox and Princeton's Patrick Brucki.  J'den who is a 2018 World Champion, 2016 Olympic...

 Cornell Superstar Already Focused on Final X The sold out crowd of 5000 at the 10th Beat the Streets event were given an amazing show by many of the top wrestlers in the world today.  One of the most exciting matches was between...

Media Battle Sets Tone For Dominating Performance In a matchup of popular Olympians, Jordan Burroughs beat Ben Askren in the main event of the 2019 Beat The Streets event, held in Madison Square Garden's Hulu Theater. Jordan won 11-0, securing a tech fall...

Superstar Filled Benefit for Underprivileged Youth Beat the Streets is a New York City based non-profit that uses the sport of wrestling as a means to helped under privileged youth in and around the city.  From their website: Beat the Streets Wrestling™ is a...

 2018 World Champ Shows You How to Easily Create Space 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist and 2018 World Champion J'Den Cox knows a thing or two about managing space when tied up against his opponents.  The paradox of grappling is that there must always...