Monday, October 22, 2007
Concordia looms ahead on October 28, 2007
I remind everyone that this coming Saturday, October 27 is an Open House...Here is the notice again...
Open House Saturday October 2710am - 1.30 pmAlgonquin Wrestling RoomInterested Wrestlers of male and female, all ages and abilitiesCome and join us for an Open Practice - you are welcome to participate or just watch!Parents are welcome to find out what wrestling is all about.Starting at noon after the practice join us for refreshments and information about the National Capital Wrestling Club.Meet the coaches, wrestlers and other parents
Our Tournament Season begins the day after the Open House with the October 28 Concordia Tournament in Montreal!
We have had some very good practices of late...
Monday, October 15, 2007
We had:
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Chris Schrauwen
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Conor and Eamonn SO
Brae
Sarah Stringer
Calvin
New guy - Phil
Chris Pike
Jairus Bali
14
We did lots of on your own technique.
Focused on hand fighting and control - push and pull
Then I went in to elbow control with defending the aggressor…meaning using his/her pushing to pop the elbow and hit the high crotch and/or double.
Using their momentum to take them down.
I then went over defense to the single.
5 parterre goes and 3 matches.
Tuesday October 16, 2007
Joe Greer
Ilya Abelev
Phil - Mississauga
Mathieu Deschatelets
Jairus Bali
Scott Clark
We had a small practice.
Joe worked on situations and defenses to fireman’s carries and also how to do it correctly.
Snapping drills with cross block (like we do off the wall.)
Situationals with conditioning in between (push-ups, sit-ups)
2 par terre goes and 4 matches on the feet.
Wednesday October 17, 2007
We had 13 coaches and wrestlers present:
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Sherratt
Ben Sayah
Mike Tremblay
Matt Lessard
John Goodyear
Jairus Bali
Ilya Abelev
Mathieu Deschatelets
Indy
Jared Semenchuk
Thierry Whalen-Robinson
In preparation for upcoming tournaments, we had a long warm-up and a series of six minute matches with our wrestlers putting on their singlets. The matches were very intense and pushed our guys to the limits. Most wrestlers were close in size to each other so they got a wide range of opponents.
There were several excellent matches…
John Goodyear against Ben Sayah…
Matt Lessard against Mike Tremblay (an excellent back and forth match with both wrestlers scoring very well. Matt got a great head and arm throw to a long pin while Mike was very good at breaking Matt down with reverse grapevines)
Ilya Abelev against Mike Tremblay (Mike took the first round while Ilya came back to take the last two)
Jared showed great strength and technique in his match against Joe Greer.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Joe led the practice with 8 coaches and wrestlers.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
An excellent turnout of 19 coaches and wrestlers, led by Mike Smith and Joe Greer:
Mike Smith
Joe Greer
Dean Sherratt
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Chris Schrauwen
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Nick Sutherland
Jared Semenchuk
John Goodyear
Nils Rohde
Jairus Bali
Nicole Sidebottom, new, girl from Bell HS
David, new from Chelsea
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Haven Holder
Essam and Nuwh (pronounced Noah)
We worked a lot on active ground defense, including a series of drills where we moved left right, forward backwards, up to left or right knee, move back to sit on heels or sit-out.
Then we worked a lot on the gut wrench. Mike likes to have his near leg (say his left) straddle his opponent’s near left leg while his right is forward and pressing into his ribs. You want a deep entry of your left arm underneath your opponent’s torso – this complements Clint’s view that the left hand should go entirely underneath and lock up with the right hand held palm up. Mike wants you to press your right shoulder in the centre of your opponent’s back, literally overcompensating since there will be some slippage as you work him over. You should drive forward and tot eh right at a 45 degree angle, loading your opponent on your right leg as you drive with both legs coiled and bridging on your head.
We finished with several “King of the Mat” groupings…
Open House Saturday October 2710am - 1.30 pmAlgonquin Wrestling RoomInterested Wrestlers of male and female, all ages and abilitiesCome and join us for an Open Practice - you are welcome to participate or just watch!Parents are welcome to find out what wrestling is all about.Starting at noon after the practice join us for refreshments and information about the National Capital Wrestling Club.Meet the coaches, wrestlers and other parents
Our Tournament Season begins the day after the Open House with the October 28 Concordia Tournament in Montreal!
We have had some very good practices of late...
Monday, October 15, 2007
We had:
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Chris Schrauwen
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Conor and Eamonn SO
Brae
Sarah Stringer
Calvin
New guy - Phil
Chris Pike
Jairus Bali
14
We did lots of on your own technique.
Focused on hand fighting and control - push and pull
Then I went in to elbow control with defending the aggressor…meaning using his/her pushing to pop the elbow and hit the high crotch and/or double.
Using their momentum to take them down.
I then went over defense to the single.
5 parterre goes and 3 matches.
Tuesday October 16, 2007
Joe Greer
Ilya Abelev
Phil - Mississauga
Mathieu Deschatelets
Jairus Bali
Scott Clark
We had a small practice.
Joe worked on situations and defenses to fireman’s carries and also how to do it correctly.
Snapping drills with cross block (like we do off the wall.)
Situationals with conditioning in between (push-ups, sit-ups)
2 par terre goes and 4 matches on the feet.
Wednesday October 17, 2007
We had 13 coaches and wrestlers present:
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Sherratt
Ben Sayah
Mike Tremblay
Matt Lessard
John Goodyear
Jairus Bali
Ilya Abelev
Mathieu Deschatelets
Indy
Jared Semenchuk
Thierry Whalen-Robinson
In preparation for upcoming tournaments, we had a long warm-up and a series of six minute matches with our wrestlers putting on their singlets. The matches were very intense and pushed our guys to the limits. Most wrestlers were close in size to each other so they got a wide range of opponents.
There were several excellent matches…
John Goodyear against Ben Sayah…
Matt Lessard against Mike Tremblay (an excellent back and forth match with both wrestlers scoring very well. Matt got a great head and arm throw to a long pin while Mike was very good at breaking Matt down with reverse grapevines)
Ilya Abelev against Mike Tremblay (Mike took the first round while Ilya came back to take the last two)
Jared showed great strength and technique in his match against Joe Greer.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Joe led the practice with 8 coaches and wrestlers.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
An excellent turnout of 19 coaches and wrestlers, led by Mike Smith and Joe Greer:
Mike Smith
Joe Greer
Dean Sherratt
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Chris Schrauwen
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Nick Sutherland
Jared Semenchuk
John Goodyear
Nils Rohde
Jairus Bali
Nicole Sidebottom, new, girl from Bell HS
David, new from Chelsea
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Haven Holder
Essam and Nuwh (pronounced Noah)
We worked a lot on active ground defense, including a series of drills where we moved left right, forward backwards, up to left or right knee, move back to sit on heels or sit-out.
Then we worked a lot on the gut wrench. Mike likes to have his near leg (say his left) straddle his opponent’s near left leg while his right is forward and pressing into his ribs. You want a deep entry of your left arm underneath your opponent’s torso – this complements Clint’s view that the left hand should go entirely underneath and lock up with the right hand held palm up. Mike wants you to press your right shoulder in the centre of your opponent’s back, literally overcompensating since there will be some slippage as you work him over. You should drive forward and tot eh right at a 45 degree angle, loading your opponent on your right leg as you drive with both legs coiled and bridging on your head.
We finished with several “King of the Mat” groupings…
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