Wednesday, March 12, 2008
From OFSAA to beyond
In the lead-up to OFSAA we had our largest turnouts of the year. In fact, February's turnout was the heaviest in our recorded history. While we have wrestlers preparing for Nationals, we are also evolving to post-season, concentrating on technique and reinforcing the efforts by our newer wrestlers.
Monday, February 18, 2008
26 attended practice; we had:
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Courtnay Kingsbury
Chris Schrauwen
Ben Sayah
Matt Deschatelets.
Ilya Abelev
Mike Carrier
Eamonn SO
Connor SO
Scott Doucette
Sarah Stringer
Nicole Curry
Emily Bekolay
Thierry Whalen Robinson
6 from Chelsea
Nils Rohde
Ali Houmani
Ivan Toshev
+2 others
Technique
…Then fine tuning techniques - focus on foot work, hand position and closing the distance.
…Then we did
3 matches:
-7minutes
-10minutes
-10minutes
(PS Clint went 3 in a row.....)
Saturday, February 23, 2008
We had 15 for a post-Cities practice…
Monday, February 25, 2008
Notes from "Big Dean"
10 kids plus me - 5 from the Spartans, plus Ben, Phil, Jairus, his friend John, and Thierry. Worked on the over-under series, incl. throws and then scrimmages.
Tuesday, February 26
This was our traditional "Pre-OFSAA" practice held at Algonquin and we invited any OFSAA-bound wrestler to attend:
We had 17, led by Clint Kingsbury and Mike Smith...
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Mike Carrier
Ben Sayah
Mike Carrier
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Sarah Stringer
John Goodyear
Ilya Abelev
Mariano Santo
Matt Lessard
Connor Rockwell
Sean Ryan
Mathieu Deschatelets
Tomio Clark
Michio Clark
OFSAA Results (February 28-29)
A great result for Ottawa, possibly our best in history:
John Goodyear, 77 kgs, GOLD
Sarah Stringer, 57.5 kgs, GOLD
Ilya Abelev, 61 kgs, BRONZE
Nigel Sayah, 72 kgs BRONZE
Also…
Alan Walsh, 41 kgs, LBP (also Tsunami), BRONZE
S. Sabourin, South Carleton 5th
Kellie Heney, South Carleton, 4th
Also…
Celeste Antoft-Finch (Brookfield) 0-2
Fadhl Abu Ghanem (Brookfield) 0-2
Sherry Sheritan (Brookfield) 1-2
Sabrina Romolock (Brookfield) 2-2
Scott Doucette (Brookfield) 1-2
Nick Bradley (All Saints) 1-2
Emily Bekolay (All Saints) 3-2 - top 12
Mariano Santo (Saint Patrick’s) 4-2 - top 12
Michio Clark (Colonel By) 3-2 – top 8
Tomeo Clark (Colonel By) 3-2 – top 8
Chris Galley (Canterbury) 0-2
Chris Peters (Canterbury) 0-2
Sean Ryan (Canterbury) 0-2
Saturday March 1
Practice was cancelled by “Big Dean”…with only six attending (us and four kids)
Monday, March 3
Algonquin cancelled (post-OFSAA)
Tuesday, March 4
6 attended
Wednesday, March 5
Algonquin cancelled (snowstorm)
Thursday, March 6
We had a good turnout of 12…
Saturday March 8
14 attended for a great technical practiced led by Mike Smith…
Mike Smith
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Sarah Stringer
Brian Nolet
Mike Carrier
Chris Galley (Canterbury)
Phil Staniewski
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Nicole Curry
Amy Laidlaw
Jason Papailiadis
Matt Lessard
We started by doing wall to wall “foot sweeps” and “double legs” against partners.
The practice was devoted to the “other options” than the gut wrench and cross ankle which are the highest performing moves on the ground.
If these two options are being stopped by a tenacious opponent, then you should have a third option and tilts can be very effective.
First, you need to keep your weight on your opponent, either resting on his legs or covering his back. You start the tilt by grasping his wrist, cupping all your fingers around it to get the strongest hold and then leaning your forearm against his triceps which will already start to turn him as he pulls up on his far hip…Grab that far hip and keep your knee into his near side to prevent him from moving. Roll him to his back and use your near leg to grasp his nearest to keep him immobile for 2 + 1 points.
When the offensive wrestler is fighting for a wrist, the defensive wrestler will often counter by “swimming” the arm around, behind and straight out again. Your “counter to his counter” is to straight arm it behind as it reaches that position of his rotation and pull it across and plant it against your opposite side, pinning it there. Move up on your opponent, to his middle back and step over on his caught arm side, circling to the head till he moves to his back. If he keeps fighting, grasp his chin as a further form of “persuasion”. If caught like, this, your only defence is to crawl forward to give extra room for you to trap your caught arm.
If he is successful in “swimming his arm straight” that, in turn, will open up that side to a tilt. Hook your hand on his opposite armpit and tilt towards the straightened arm while blocking that side with your knee. In this case grab the two points and go back to on top since you are in a vulnerable position yourself.
Mike’s technique of brilliance is based on a greco-roman move and can be described as a “reverse head and arm”. Again, based on your opponent keeping his arm straight (to fight off an attempt to grasp his wrist), you overhook his other arm and underhook his straight arm. Sit-out and roll over, keeping your body tight to his – the power for this sit-out is provided by the inside leg. You will rotate him over and expose his back for two points.
We went with three period matches, followed by a series of offensive/defensive matches.
Monday, March 10
22 attended…a great post-OFSAA practice led by Clint Kingsbury
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Mike Carrier
Chris Schrauwen
Dennis Walker (observed/Spartans)
Nick Bradley
Michio Clark
Jason Papailiadis
Nicole Curry (observed)
Mike Carrier
Thierry Whalen Robinson
Ben Sayah
Sarah Stringer
Chris Galley (Canterbury)
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
John Goodyear
Brae Walker
Keil Walker
Tate Walker (observed)
Clint’s emphasis was not so much on teaching new technique, but to give a wrestler options when an intended move doesn’t work or only partially.
For example, the offensive wrestler executes a duck-under but is caught half way, with his opponent’s arm pressing down on his head. You can still succeed in this move by grabbing the near leg and far waist and drive forward, hooking the far leg to finish a takedown.
If you have cleared the head, but not been able to “turn the corner”…your opponent tightens his arm around your head. You counter explosively by moving your hips in closely to his, grasping his leading leg “elbow deep” that is, wrapped thoroughly…use your free hand to grasp his hip and you can lift him up into the air, taking him down to table on your outstretched leg.
Clint’s third technique was most interesting and unique. You start by taking a two on one, but move in frontally to your opponent, popping your head underneath his caught arm while retaining the two on one. If you move in tightly, you can use your head and his trapped arm to lift him up off the mat, drop to your knee and finish like a “no leg fireman’s” carry on the side of the two on one.
Big Dean finished with speed/water drills, two sets of three minute matches and conditioning…
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Yesterday was good.
Clint Kingsbury
Mike Smith
Chris Schrauwen
Ben Sayah
Matt Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
John Goodyear
Mike Carrier
Sarah Stringer
Michio Clark
Nigel Sayah
Jason Papailiadis - Colonel By
Celeste Antoft-Finch - Brookfield
Nick Bradley - All Saints
We worked on specific technique - going through each more 10 times each - under my direction with as many setups as possible.
High crotch, single, double, head and arm, front headlock, shoulder throw, fireman.
Then we did parterre technique - followed by parterre wrestling scrimmage - then conditioning.
Monday, February 18, 2008
26 attended practice; we had:
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Courtnay Kingsbury
Chris Schrauwen
Ben Sayah
Matt Deschatelets.
Ilya Abelev
Mike Carrier
Eamonn SO
Connor SO
Scott Doucette
Sarah Stringer
Nicole Curry
Emily Bekolay
Thierry Whalen Robinson
6 from Chelsea
Nils Rohde
Ali Houmani
Ivan Toshev
+2 others
Technique
…Then fine tuning techniques - focus on foot work, hand position and closing the distance.
…Then we did
3 matches:
-7minutes
-10minutes
-10minutes
(PS Clint went 3 in a row.....)
Saturday, February 23, 2008
We had 15 for a post-Cities practice…
Monday, February 25, 2008
Notes from "Big Dean"
10 kids plus me - 5 from the Spartans, plus Ben, Phil, Jairus, his friend John, and Thierry. Worked on the over-under series, incl. throws and then scrimmages.
Tuesday, February 26
This was our traditional "Pre-OFSAA" practice held at Algonquin and we invited any OFSAA-bound wrestler to attend:
We had 17, led by Clint Kingsbury and Mike Smith...
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Mike Carrier
Ben Sayah
Mike Carrier
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Sarah Stringer
John Goodyear
Ilya Abelev
Mariano Santo
Matt Lessard
Connor Rockwell
Sean Ryan
Mathieu Deschatelets
Tomio Clark
Michio Clark
OFSAA Results (February 28-29)
A great result for Ottawa, possibly our best in history:
John Goodyear, 77 kgs, GOLD
Sarah Stringer, 57.5 kgs, GOLD
Ilya Abelev, 61 kgs, BRONZE
Nigel Sayah, 72 kgs BRONZE
Also…
Alan Walsh, 41 kgs, LBP (also Tsunami), BRONZE
S. Sabourin, South Carleton 5th
Kellie Heney, South Carleton, 4th
Also…
Celeste Antoft-Finch (Brookfield) 0-2
Fadhl Abu Ghanem (Brookfield) 0-2
Sherry Sheritan (Brookfield) 1-2
Sabrina Romolock (Brookfield) 2-2
Scott Doucette (Brookfield) 1-2
Nick Bradley (All Saints) 1-2
Emily Bekolay (All Saints) 3-2 - top 12
Mariano Santo (Saint Patrick’s) 4-2 - top 12
Michio Clark (Colonel By) 3-2 – top 8
Tomeo Clark (Colonel By) 3-2 – top 8
Chris Galley (Canterbury) 0-2
Chris Peters (Canterbury) 0-2
Sean Ryan (Canterbury) 0-2
Saturday March 1
Practice was cancelled by “Big Dean”…with only six attending (us and four kids)
Monday, March 3
Algonquin cancelled (post-OFSAA)
Tuesday, March 4
6 attended
Wednesday, March 5
Algonquin cancelled (snowstorm)
Thursday, March 6
We had a good turnout of 12…
Saturday March 8
14 attended for a great technical practiced led by Mike Smith…
Mike Smith
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Sarah Stringer
Brian Nolet
Mike Carrier
Chris Galley (Canterbury)
Phil Staniewski
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Nicole Curry
Amy Laidlaw
Jason Papailiadis
Matt Lessard
We started by doing wall to wall “foot sweeps” and “double legs” against partners.
The practice was devoted to the “other options” than the gut wrench and cross ankle which are the highest performing moves on the ground.
If these two options are being stopped by a tenacious opponent, then you should have a third option and tilts can be very effective.
First, you need to keep your weight on your opponent, either resting on his legs or covering his back. You start the tilt by grasping his wrist, cupping all your fingers around it to get the strongest hold and then leaning your forearm against his triceps which will already start to turn him as he pulls up on his far hip…Grab that far hip and keep your knee into his near side to prevent him from moving. Roll him to his back and use your near leg to grasp his nearest to keep him immobile for 2 + 1 points.
When the offensive wrestler is fighting for a wrist, the defensive wrestler will often counter by “swimming” the arm around, behind and straight out again. Your “counter to his counter” is to straight arm it behind as it reaches that position of his rotation and pull it across and plant it against your opposite side, pinning it there. Move up on your opponent, to his middle back and step over on his caught arm side, circling to the head till he moves to his back. If he keeps fighting, grasp his chin as a further form of “persuasion”. If caught like, this, your only defence is to crawl forward to give extra room for you to trap your caught arm.
If he is successful in “swimming his arm straight” that, in turn, will open up that side to a tilt. Hook your hand on his opposite armpit and tilt towards the straightened arm while blocking that side with your knee. In this case grab the two points and go back to on top since you are in a vulnerable position yourself.
Mike’s technique of brilliance is based on a greco-roman move and can be described as a “reverse head and arm”. Again, based on your opponent keeping his arm straight (to fight off an attempt to grasp his wrist), you overhook his other arm and underhook his straight arm. Sit-out and roll over, keeping your body tight to his – the power for this sit-out is provided by the inside leg. You will rotate him over and expose his back for two points.
We went with three period matches, followed by a series of offensive/defensive matches.
Monday, March 10
22 attended…a great post-OFSAA practice led by Clint Kingsbury
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Mike Carrier
Chris Schrauwen
Dennis Walker (observed/Spartans)
Nick Bradley
Michio Clark
Jason Papailiadis
Nicole Curry (observed)
Mike Carrier
Thierry Whalen Robinson
Ben Sayah
Sarah Stringer
Chris Galley (Canterbury)
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
John Goodyear
Brae Walker
Keil Walker
Tate Walker (observed)
Clint’s emphasis was not so much on teaching new technique, but to give a wrestler options when an intended move doesn’t work or only partially.
For example, the offensive wrestler executes a duck-under but is caught half way, with his opponent’s arm pressing down on his head. You can still succeed in this move by grabbing the near leg and far waist and drive forward, hooking the far leg to finish a takedown.
If you have cleared the head, but not been able to “turn the corner”…your opponent tightens his arm around your head. You counter explosively by moving your hips in closely to his, grasping his leading leg “elbow deep” that is, wrapped thoroughly…use your free hand to grasp his hip and you can lift him up into the air, taking him down to table on your outstretched leg.
Clint’s third technique was most interesting and unique. You start by taking a two on one, but move in frontally to your opponent, popping your head underneath his caught arm while retaining the two on one. If you move in tightly, you can use your head and his trapped arm to lift him up off the mat, drop to your knee and finish like a “no leg fireman’s” carry on the side of the two on one.
Big Dean finished with speed/water drills, two sets of three minute matches and conditioning…
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Yesterday was good.
Clint Kingsbury
Mike Smith
Chris Schrauwen
Ben Sayah
Matt Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
John Goodyear
Mike Carrier
Sarah Stringer
Michio Clark
Nigel Sayah
Jason Papailiadis - Colonel By
Celeste Antoft-Finch - Brookfield
Nick Bradley - All Saints
We worked on specific technique - going through each more 10 times each - under my direction with as many setups as possible.
High crotch, single, double, head and arm, front headlock, shoulder throw, fireman.
Then we did parterre technique - followed by parterre wrestling scrimmage - then conditioning.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
To the eve of Cities and Departure for OFSAA!
Here are my notes for February to the Eve of Cities...February 2-17, 2008
Saturday-Sunday, February 2-3, 2008
At the Cadet Juveniles:
Ilya Abelev won two gold medals!!!
Nils Rohde got 4th
Sarah Stringer got 5th
Mike Carrier got 5th
Michio Clark got 4th
Emily Bekolay was in the top 8
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
We had a huge turnout, boosted with contingents from Colonel By, Saint Pats and Brookfield…
Clint Kingsbury
Mike Smith
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Ali Houmani
Mike Carrier
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Javad Ghorbani
Michio Clark
Jairus Bali
Ilya Abelev
Sum Yavari (Brookfield)
Michael Leff (Brookfield)
Celeste Antoft-Finch (Brookfield)
Joshua Fagan (Brookfield)
Admed Awad (Brookfield)
Sarah Stringer
Marie Gihozo (St. Pats)
Mariano Santo
Samuel Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Our focus was primarily devoted to developing options off the two on one. Of course, the most common is a two on one to a single leg, but what we wanted to do here was consider other, more interesting and point-scoring variations.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
The largest turnout this 2007/8 Season!
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Jason Kirby
Connor Rockwell
Sarah Stringer
Mathieu Deschatelets
Michael Leff (Brookfield)
Scott Doucette (Brookfield)
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Som Yavari (Brookfield)
Nils Rohde
Joshua Clarke
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Javad Ghorbani
Nicole Curry
Matt Doull
Matt Lessard
Shamarke Debalke
Ben Sayah
Phil Staniewski
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Stephane Bernadel
Stewart Wilkinson (All Saints)
Sean Ryan (Canterbury)
Nebras Kouvieh (Brookfield)
Mohammed Alasaad (Brookfield)
Chris Galley (Canterbury)
Rony Khacshour (Brookfield)
Samuel Hadwen
Paul Hadwen (observed)
Thomas Hadwen
+ 1 other…
Clint worked variations of the fireman’s carry which was followed by extensive scrimmaging (“par terre”) and six groups of “King of the Mat”)
Monday, February 11, 2008
There were 20 at practice led by Clint Kingsbury.
Tuesday, February 12
A much smaller group (day of East Championships) led by Mike Smith
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Nicholas
Trudy - she is new
Som Yavari (Brookfield)
Jairis Bali
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
We had another excellent turnout of 25, especially with a good contingent of Spartans from Chelsea.
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Ali Houmani
Sheldon Morgan
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Sarah Stringer
Nicole Curry
Michio Clark
Mike Carrier
Javad Ghorbani
Brian Cohen
Connor Rockwell
Mathieu Deschatelets
Janice Thibodeau (St. Pats)
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Brae Walker
Tate Walker
Keil Walker
Som Yavari (Brookfield)
Thomas Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Samuel Hadwen
Marie Gihozo (St. Pats)
Clint introduced the importance of good wrist control in hand fighting…it is especially good at neutralizing the strength of a stronger opponent but even if your wrists are held, it can also be used to your advantage.
One way to twist free is to rotate your wrists to weaken his grip. Another is to use one hand to grasp your opponent’s other wrist and use that double strength to free your other hand…from that you should try immediately for a “two on one” since it is already partially set up.
Clint also reviewed good technique when you are snapped down to your knees. Coaches will tell you to pull down on your opponent’s elbow but not explain why you want to work the elbow. You should actually pull up and flay the elbow so you can pop your head to that side with the space that you create…then shoot for a high crotch on that side with your free arm.
We also went over trying to rescue a blocked double leg that got stalled (for example, your head is not well enough placed for you to turn the corner and drive him to the side). What you need to do is to pull that knee up (on the head side) to block (but not hook) your opponent’s leg and drive him right into your leg to take him down. Your head will shift from the side to your opponent’s abdomen to do this as you switch directions from your initial double leg…
Head snaps don’t work well without a good set up. You may get an opponent off balance but you can’t count on such good fortune. A good way to do so is to go for a fake single leg…that is not a feint where you touch and pull your hand back…You grasp your opponent’s leg till he pulls it back, putting all his weight on the back leg…NOW you have a head snap set up with your other hand…
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Last night we had:
Clint Kingsbury
Matt Deschatelets
Ben Sayah
Ilya Abelev
John Goodyear
Malcolm Cundell
Miles Cundell
Javad Ghorbani
Mike Carrier
3 St. Patrick’s guys
Rony Khacshour (Brookfield)
I gave speeches to them on Parterre wrestling and the importance. We did lots of technique and then the practice was centered on Parterre transition
No scrimmage.
Saturday, February 17, 2008
Another record turnout this year with 35 coaches and wrestlers participating!
Mike Smith
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Jason Kirby
Marc Griplas
Geoff Griplas
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Chris Peters (Canterbury)
Brandon Rendon (Canterbury)
Sean Regal (Canterbury)
Chris Galley (Canterbury)
Sarah Stringer
Michael Leff (Brookfield)
Celeste Antoft-Finch (Brookfield)
Rony Khacshour (Brookfield)
Scott Doucette (Brookfield)
Nick Bradley (All Saints)
Nils Rohde
Matt Tattersall
Matt Lessard
Mustafah Khalil
Youssef Awada (LBP)
Connor Rockwell
Xavier Ouellet
Nicole Curry
Philip Staniewski
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Shamarke Debalke (Hillcrest)
Marie Gihozo (St. Pats)
Tate Walker
Keil Walker
Haven Halter
This was a practice devoted to cardio, defenses off bad shots and then lots of scrimmaging:
“Big Dean” handled the introductory cardio and then Mike Smith took over.
Initially starting off a bad shot that doesn’t reach the legs the defensive wrestler should put weight on his opponent with his chest but keep his legs clear from any possible reach or re-shot. He should keep his hands on his opponent’s back or size his armpit or triceps, but not drag them on either side of his opponent since this will set up a reversal, often in the form of a sit-out. From there transition to a head and arm where you grasp your opponent’s chin (gluing your elbow to your ribs in the process so he can’t shove his buried head out) while grasping his triceps. Pull up on his triceps while driving away from them and pulling slightly back to extend him forward (“taking one of his four legs off his chair”)…you will drop your opponent right to his chest and from there circle for a takedown.
If your opponent is dogged and keeps following you, then prepare to “put on the breaks” and shuck him by with your “chin” hand.
We had two sets of scrimmaging…first a challenging set of an initial winner (in a group of 4 or 5) taking on all comers after that…and then the next heaviest in the group following suit so each wrestler fought for four-five minutes straight against constantly fresh wrestlers. In the group that I followed several wrestlers distinguished themselves…Mathieu Deschatelets, Matt Lessard and Chris Peters all wrestled well right to their last matches.
Then we broke up into three groups of “challengers” who would challenge any wrestler in their group.
Saturday-Sunday, February 2-3, 2008
At the Cadet Juveniles:
Ilya Abelev won two gold medals!!!
Nils Rohde got 4th
Sarah Stringer got 5th
Mike Carrier got 5th
Michio Clark got 4th
Emily Bekolay was in the top 8
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
We had a huge turnout, boosted with contingents from Colonel By, Saint Pats and Brookfield…
Clint Kingsbury
Mike Smith
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Ali Houmani
Mike Carrier
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Javad Ghorbani
Michio Clark
Jairus Bali
Ilya Abelev
Sum Yavari (Brookfield)
Michael Leff (Brookfield)
Celeste Antoft-Finch (Brookfield)
Joshua Fagan (Brookfield)
Admed Awad (Brookfield)
Sarah Stringer
Marie Gihozo (St. Pats)
Mariano Santo
Samuel Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Our focus was primarily devoted to developing options off the two on one. Of course, the most common is a two on one to a single leg, but what we wanted to do here was consider other, more interesting and point-scoring variations.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
The largest turnout this 2007/8 Season!
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Jason Kirby
Connor Rockwell
Sarah Stringer
Mathieu Deschatelets
Michael Leff (Brookfield)
Scott Doucette (Brookfield)
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Som Yavari (Brookfield)
Nils Rohde
Joshua Clarke
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Javad Ghorbani
Nicole Curry
Matt Doull
Matt Lessard
Shamarke Debalke
Ben Sayah
Phil Staniewski
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Stephane Bernadel
Stewart Wilkinson (All Saints)
Sean Ryan (Canterbury)
Nebras Kouvieh (Brookfield)
Mohammed Alasaad (Brookfield)
Chris Galley (Canterbury)
Rony Khacshour (Brookfield)
Samuel Hadwen
Paul Hadwen (observed)
Thomas Hadwen
+ 1 other…
Clint worked variations of the fireman’s carry which was followed by extensive scrimmaging (“par terre”) and six groups of “King of the Mat”)
Monday, February 11, 2008
There were 20 at practice led by Clint Kingsbury.
Tuesday, February 12
A much smaller group (day of East Championships) led by Mike Smith
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Nicholas
Trudy - she is new
Som Yavari (Brookfield)
Jairis Bali
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
We had another excellent turnout of 25, especially with a good contingent of Spartans from Chelsea.
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Ali Houmani
Sheldon Morgan
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Sarah Stringer
Nicole Curry
Michio Clark
Mike Carrier
Javad Ghorbani
Brian Cohen
Connor Rockwell
Mathieu Deschatelets
Janice Thibodeau (St. Pats)
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Brae Walker
Tate Walker
Keil Walker
Som Yavari (Brookfield)
Thomas Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Samuel Hadwen
Marie Gihozo (St. Pats)
Clint introduced the importance of good wrist control in hand fighting…it is especially good at neutralizing the strength of a stronger opponent but even if your wrists are held, it can also be used to your advantage.
One way to twist free is to rotate your wrists to weaken his grip. Another is to use one hand to grasp your opponent’s other wrist and use that double strength to free your other hand…from that you should try immediately for a “two on one” since it is already partially set up.
Clint also reviewed good technique when you are snapped down to your knees. Coaches will tell you to pull down on your opponent’s elbow but not explain why you want to work the elbow. You should actually pull up and flay the elbow so you can pop your head to that side with the space that you create…then shoot for a high crotch on that side with your free arm.
We also went over trying to rescue a blocked double leg that got stalled (for example, your head is not well enough placed for you to turn the corner and drive him to the side). What you need to do is to pull that knee up (on the head side) to block (but not hook) your opponent’s leg and drive him right into your leg to take him down. Your head will shift from the side to your opponent’s abdomen to do this as you switch directions from your initial double leg…
Head snaps don’t work well without a good set up. You may get an opponent off balance but you can’t count on such good fortune. A good way to do so is to go for a fake single leg…that is not a feint where you touch and pull your hand back…You grasp your opponent’s leg till he pulls it back, putting all his weight on the back leg…NOW you have a head snap set up with your other hand…
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Last night we had:
Clint Kingsbury
Matt Deschatelets
Ben Sayah
Ilya Abelev
John Goodyear
Malcolm Cundell
Miles Cundell
Javad Ghorbani
Mike Carrier
3 St. Patrick’s guys
Rony Khacshour (Brookfield)
I gave speeches to them on Parterre wrestling and the importance. We did lots of technique and then the practice was centered on Parterre transition
No scrimmage.
Saturday, February 17, 2008
Another record turnout this year with 35 coaches and wrestlers participating!
Mike Smith
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Jason Kirby
Marc Griplas
Geoff Griplas
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Chris Peters (Canterbury)
Brandon Rendon (Canterbury)
Sean Regal (Canterbury)
Chris Galley (Canterbury)
Sarah Stringer
Michael Leff (Brookfield)
Celeste Antoft-Finch (Brookfield)
Rony Khacshour (Brookfield)
Scott Doucette (Brookfield)
Nick Bradley (All Saints)
Nils Rohde
Matt Tattersall
Matt Lessard
Mustafah Khalil
Youssef Awada (LBP)
Connor Rockwell
Xavier Ouellet
Nicole Curry
Philip Staniewski
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Shamarke Debalke (Hillcrest)
Marie Gihozo (St. Pats)
Tate Walker
Keil Walker
Haven Halter
This was a practice devoted to cardio, defenses off bad shots and then lots of scrimmaging:
“Big Dean” handled the introductory cardio and then Mike Smith took over.
Initially starting off a bad shot that doesn’t reach the legs the defensive wrestler should put weight on his opponent with his chest but keep his legs clear from any possible reach or re-shot. He should keep his hands on his opponent’s back or size his armpit or triceps, but not drag them on either side of his opponent since this will set up a reversal, often in the form of a sit-out. From there transition to a head and arm where you grasp your opponent’s chin (gluing your elbow to your ribs in the process so he can’t shove his buried head out) while grasping his triceps. Pull up on his triceps while driving away from them and pulling slightly back to extend him forward (“taking one of his four legs off his chair”)…you will drop your opponent right to his chest and from there circle for a takedown.
If your opponent is dogged and keeps following you, then prepare to “put on the breaks” and shuck him by with your “chin” hand.
We had two sets of scrimmaging…first a challenging set of an initial winner (in a group of 4 or 5) taking on all comers after that…and then the next heaviest in the group following suit so each wrestler fought for four-five minutes straight against constantly fresh wrestlers. In the group that I followed several wrestlers distinguished themselves…Mathieu Deschatelets, Matt Lessard and Chris Peters all wrestled well right to their last matches.
Then we broke up into three groups of “challengers” who would challenge any wrestler in their group.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Into February!
Here are my practice notes...
Saturday, January 19, 2008
A great turnout of 18 coaches and wrestlers – and a hard aerobic workout…
Mike Smith
Dean Sherratt
Phil Staniewski
Ilya Abelev
Nick Sutherland
Nicole Curry (Spartans)
Xavier Ouellet (Spartans)
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Connor Rockwell
Matt Tattersall (Spartans)
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Thomas Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Samuel Hadwen
John Goodyear
Javad Ghorbani
After a long warm-up and conditioning period, Mike concentrated on defenses to leg attacks.
Monday, January 19, 2008
We had a full house with 22 coaches and wrestlers!
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Courtnay Lafond
Ben Sayah
Ilya Abelev
Mathieu Deschatelets
Javad Ghorbani
Mariano Santo
Phil Staniewski
John Goodyear
Conor SO
Jairis Bali
Michio Clark
Thierry Whalen-Robinson
Matthew Tattersall
7 small Chelsea kids
We did a warm up - 25 minutes
Technique - routine 20 minutes
I then went over the defence/counter to aggressive overhook positions:
We then worked from this position at 50% resistance - I then introduced how not to let the over-hook come in on a under and over position where you can attack the double leg.
I then went over how I set up my double leg attack from the arm drag position and then explained how it could be done many ways other than an arm drag.
We then ended - I gave them an early finish.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Quite a good turnout with Dean Stinson O’Gorman, Dean Sherratt and Chris Schrauwen coaching:
Mike Carrier (St. Pats)
Sheldon Lecombe (Saint Pats)
Ali Houmani (Saint Pats)
Mariano Santo (St. Pats)
Sum Yavari (Brookfield)
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
John Goodyear
Ilya Abelev
Samuel Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Jared Semenchuk
Phil Staniewski
Dean reviewed previous work:
-Arm drag to Double Leg takedown
Using an arm drag will move your opponent off to your side, creating a good angle “turning the corner” for a strong double leg attack.
-Defence to a Double Leg takedown
You throw your hips into your opponent and put weight on him. Be heavy on the head and try to work the head so it’s buried in against your stomach “circle to the head”. Peel your opponent’s hands off your legs and get ready to circle and get the takedown yourself.
-Gut Wrench (Brock variation)
Chris Schrauwen reviewed this gut wrench variation. The key point that he emphasized (and which I had missed in earlier exhibitions of the move) is that you can tighten the gut wrench a lot more by starting on the opposite side from your intended direction, slip your arm through and lock it there…then as you slide across to your “take off” point, the lock will naturally tighten even more, giving you a huge amount of pressure with which to turn or tilt your opponent. If tilting, hooking your opponent’s leg will suspend him in place and prevent him from rolling over onto top of you.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
We had:
Clint Kingsbury
Courtnay Lafond
Ben Sayah
Matt Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
John Goodyear
Jairus Bali
Neil Judge - new guy, came once before (80kg)
Jared Semenchuk
Nils Rohde
Michio Clark
Javad Ghorbani
Mohammed Assadi
Connor Rockwell
We worked on technique, i did some scouting for them and had them focus and correct some things...
We did situations live –high crotch, single and double
We did full speed technique - 30 sec goes - 4 high crotch 4 single and 2 doubles
We then did 1- 20 min match followed by 5 min rest…then 1-10 min match.
We did a cool down with stretching and then I spoke with all about the tourney.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
We had four wrestlers and Clint entered in the Ontario Junior’s in Orillia.
At practice, we had 8 attending:
Dean Sherratt
Samuel, Paul and Thomas Hadwen
Mustapha Khalil
Matt Lessard
Joshua Wilson
Emily Bekolay
+ 2 on-lookers
After a warm-up, I reviewed recent ground work:
-Two variations of the laced ankle, and
- The “Brock” gut wrench (both used as a tilt and as a full gut wrench)
…and finished with a series of 3 minute matches:
Monday, January 28, 2008
We had: 12
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Ilya Abelev
Phil Staniewski
Michio Clark
Emily Bekolay
Nicole Curry
Javad Ghorbani
A kid from St. Pats
Thierry Whalen Robinson
…a large guy - new 120kg? Spoke to you last week
…and a guy - Neil Judge about 85kg
We worked technique after a tough warm up - mostly shadow wrestling.
Then we went into showing faster transitions from underhook to leg attack - single leg attack on strong underhook side and high crotch on weak underhook side. This was mostly to benefit Ilya as he was making these errors at the tourney.
We then did high speed technique of using set ups underhook and 2 on 1
-2 times each then we did the same - but once the partner had the leg it was live
- 2 times each
Followed by conditioning - practice finished early.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
We had:
Clint Kingsbury
Courtnay Lafond
Ben Sayah
Matt Deschatelets.
Ilya Abelev
Mike Carrier
Javad Ghorbani
Michio Clark
Nigel Sayah
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Connor Rockwell
New guy Shemil from Russia (from Saturday)
We worked technique after a hard warm up.
Then I went in to teaching the 'Cuban Arm Trap' - It is a way to run a tight waist to the trap arm... I then showed a variation of it with gut wrench to the opposite side.
We then did some par terre technique - working on smooth transitions- followed by scrimmage parterre - 2 times each.
We then did some standing situations - live from high crotch, single and then on the ground high crotch and single 2 times each.
Finally we did 2 matches - 1st match 6 min - 2nd match 12 min.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
We had a great, well-attended pre-tournament practice with 23 participating:
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Michio Clark
Sarah Stringer
Celeste Antoft-Finch (Brookfield)
Emily Bekolay
Fadhl Abu Ghanem (Brookfield)
Mike Carrier
Samuel Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Phil Staniewski
Nils Rohde
Scott Doucette (Brookfield)
Joshua Clarke
Michael Leff (Brookfield)
Sum Yavari (Brookfield)
Tom Smith, new, about 180 lbs
Andrew Higgins, back, about 200 lbs
This was very much a pre-tournament practice with a lot of scrimmaging. Clint offered move by move advice as the wrestlers went through their routines.
Chest pressure, for example, is much more effective and safer in a single leg attack then off of a high crotch. He also noticed offensive wrestlers being thrown off their double leg attacks. The answer is to immediately “t”-off to take the defensive wrestler’s throw away. Once deeply caught, his immediate instinct will be to wrap his arms around your torso and then throw. By moving swiftly to the side, you prevent that obvious counter.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
We had a very good turnout considering the Cadet/Juveniles were taking place with two of our coaches and six wrestlers:
Mike Smith
Dean Sherratt
Samuel Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Matt Lessard
Phil Staniewski
Xavier Ouellet
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Mohammed Assadi
Mike worked principally on finishing the single leg by elevating the opponent’s caught leg. When you grasp the leg, have your hand hold the heel while you trap the toes with your forearm so your opponent can’t twist free and escape. When you have a leg captured, you will want to crowd your opponent while he will want some space. To keep better balanced, he will also want to use his arms and hands to grasp you. Have your arms bent when holding the leg since a straightened arm has the least strength.
If your opponent keeps fighting and stays standing, you can ultimately move his leg up to your shoulder by lowering your level and shucking the leg over then resuming your ordinary height. In this circumstance, you can go for a pin by locking your arms around your opponent’s arm and head and then grinding him right to his back. A leg sweep is also highly effective in these circumstances.
In a general review of the single leg, Mike noted the necessity of always being lower than your opponent that means lowering your levels when you attack and doing so with your legs, not your back. Get inside control, e.g. head and biceps and shift your opponent so he presents your target leg. For an inside leg, bump your opponent’s stomach with your head…this will make his far leg heavier and near (target) leg lighter for your attack and easier to capture.
We then went live with partially completed single legs, then live ground and ended with two minute matches with a concluding round of King of the Mat.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
A great turnout of 18 coaches and wrestlers – and a hard aerobic workout…
Mike Smith
Dean Sherratt
Phil Staniewski
Ilya Abelev
Nick Sutherland
Nicole Curry (Spartans)
Xavier Ouellet (Spartans)
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Connor Rockwell
Matt Tattersall (Spartans)
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Thomas Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Samuel Hadwen
John Goodyear
Javad Ghorbani
After a long warm-up and conditioning period, Mike concentrated on defenses to leg attacks.
Monday, January 19, 2008
We had a full house with 22 coaches and wrestlers!
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Courtnay Lafond
Ben Sayah
Ilya Abelev
Mathieu Deschatelets
Javad Ghorbani
Mariano Santo
Phil Staniewski
John Goodyear
Conor SO
Jairis Bali
Michio Clark
Thierry Whalen-Robinson
Matthew Tattersall
7 small Chelsea kids
We did a warm up - 25 minutes
Technique - routine 20 minutes
I then went over the defence/counter to aggressive overhook positions:
We then worked from this position at 50% resistance - I then introduced how not to let the over-hook come in on a under and over position where you can attack the double leg.
I then went over how I set up my double leg attack from the arm drag position and then explained how it could be done many ways other than an arm drag.
We then ended - I gave them an early finish.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Quite a good turnout with Dean Stinson O’Gorman, Dean Sherratt and Chris Schrauwen coaching:
Mike Carrier (St. Pats)
Sheldon Lecombe (Saint Pats)
Ali Houmani (Saint Pats)
Mariano Santo (St. Pats)
Sum Yavari (Brookfield)
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
John Goodyear
Ilya Abelev
Samuel Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Jared Semenchuk
Phil Staniewski
Dean reviewed previous work:
-Arm drag to Double Leg takedown
Using an arm drag will move your opponent off to your side, creating a good angle “turning the corner” for a strong double leg attack.
-Defence to a Double Leg takedown
You throw your hips into your opponent and put weight on him. Be heavy on the head and try to work the head so it’s buried in against your stomach “circle to the head”. Peel your opponent’s hands off your legs and get ready to circle and get the takedown yourself.
-Gut Wrench (Brock variation)
Chris Schrauwen reviewed this gut wrench variation. The key point that he emphasized (and which I had missed in earlier exhibitions of the move) is that you can tighten the gut wrench a lot more by starting on the opposite side from your intended direction, slip your arm through and lock it there…then as you slide across to your “take off” point, the lock will naturally tighten even more, giving you a huge amount of pressure with which to turn or tilt your opponent. If tilting, hooking your opponent’s leg will suspend him in place and prevent him from rolling over onto top of you.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
We had:
Clint Kingsbury
Courtnay Lafond
Ben Sayah
Matt Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
John Goodyear
Jairus Bali
Neil Judge - new guy, came once before (80kg)
Jared Semenchuk
Nils Rohde
Michio Clark
Javad Ghorbani
Mohammed Assadi
Connor Rockwell
We worked on technique, i did some scouting for them and had them focus and correct some things...
We did situations live –high crotch, single and double
We did full speed technique - 30 sec goes - 4 high crotch 4 single and 2 doubles
We then did 1- 20 min match followed by 5 min rest…then 1-10 min match.
We did a cool down with stretching and then I spoke with all about the tourney.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
We had four wrestlers and Clint entered in the Ontario Junior’s in Orillia.
At practice, we had 8 attending:
Dean Sherratt
Samuel, Paul and Thomas Hadwen
Mustapha Khalil
Matt Lessard
Joshua Wilson
Emily Bekolay
+ 2 on-lookers
After a warm-up, I reviewed recent ground work:
-Two variations of the laced ankle, and
- The “Brock” gut wrench (both used as a tilt and as a full gut wrench)
…and finished with a series of 3 minute matches:
Monday, January 28, 2008
We had: 12
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Ilya Abelev
Phil Staniewski
Michio Clark
Emily Bekolay
Nicole Curry
Javad Ghorbani
A kid from St. Pats
Thierry Whalen Robinson
…a large guy - new 120kg? Spoke to you last week
…and a guy - Neil Judge about 85kg
We worked technique after a tough warm up - mostly shadow wrestling.
Then we went into showing faster transitions from underhook to leg attack - single leg attack on strong underhook side and high crotch on weak underhook side. This was mostly to benefit Ilya as he was making these errors at the tourney.
We then did high speed technique of using set ups underhook and 2 on 1
-2 times each then we did the same - but once the partner had the leg it was live
- 2 times each
Followed by conditioning - practice finished early.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
We had:
Clint Kingsbury
Courtnay Lafond
Ben Sayah
Matt Deschatelets.
Ilya Abelev
Mike Carrier
Javad Ghorbani
Michio Clark
Nigel Sayah
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Connor Rockwell
New guy Shemil from Russia (from Saturday)
We worked technique after a hard warm up.
Then I went in to teaching the 'Cuban Arm Trap' - It is a way to run a tight waist to the trap arm... I then showed a variation of it with gut wrench to the opposite side.
We then did some par terre technique - working on smooth transitions- followed by scrimmage parterre - 2 times each.
We then did some standing situations - live from high crotch, single and then on the ground high crotch and single 2 times each.
Finally we did 2 matches - 1st match 6 min - 2nd match 12 min.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
We had a great, well-attended pre-tournament practice with 23 participating:
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Michio Clark
Sarah Stringer
Celeste Antoft-Finch (Brookfield)
Emily Bekolay
Fadhl Abu Ghanem (Brookfield)
Mike Carrier
Samuel Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Phil Staniewski
Nils Rohde
Scott Doucette (Brookfield)
Joshua Clarke
Michael Leff (Brookfield)
Sum Yavari (Brookfield)
Tom Smith, new, about 180 lbs
Andrew Higgins, back, about 200 lbs
This was very much a pre-tournament practice with a lot of scrimmaging. Clint offered move by move advice as the wrestlers went through their routines.
Chest pressure, for example, is much more effective and safer in a single leg attack then off of a high crotch. He also noticed offensive wrestlers being thrown off their double leg attacks. The answer is to immediately “t”-off to take the defensive wrestler’s throw away. Once deeply caught, his immediate instinct will be to wrap his arms around your torso and then throw. By moving swiftly to the side, you prevent that obvious counter.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
We had a very good turnout considering the Cadet/Juveniles were taking place with two of our coaches and six wrestlers:
Mike Smith
Dean Sherratt
Samuel Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Matt Lessard
Phil Staniewski
Xavier Ouellet
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Mohammed Assadi
Mike worked principally on finishing the single leg by elevating the opponent’s caught leg. When you grasp the leg, have your hand hold the heel while you trap the toes with your forearm so your opponent can’t twist free and escape. When you have a leg captured, you will want to crowd your opponent while he will want some space. To keep better balanced, he will also want to use his arms and hands to grasp you. Have your arms bent when holding the leg since a straightened arm has the least strength.
If your opponent keeps fighting and stays standing, you can ultimately move his leg up to your shoulder by lowering your level and shucking the leg over then resuming your ordinary height. In this circumstance, you can go for a pin by locking your arms around your opponent’s arm and head and then grinding him right to his back. A leg sweep is also highly effective in these circumstances.
In a general review of the single leg, Mike noted the necessity of always being lower than your opponent that means lowering your levels when you attack and doing so with your legs, not your back. Get inside control, e.g. head and biceps and shift your opponent so he presents your target leg. For an inside leg, bump your opponent’s stomach with your head…this will make his far leg heavier and near (target) leg lighter for your attack and easier to capture.
We then went live with partially completed single legs, then live ground and ended with two minute matches with a concluding round of King of the Mat.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Into 2008, the NCWF and post-tournament practices
John Goodyear will be featured tomorrow, Friday 18 January, 2008 on Channel 22 at 6:30 High School Sports Zone - Rogers have done an episode on his high school wrestling career and have filmed him at various tournaments including at our recent festival.
Here are most 2008 notes - as you can see, turnouts have been explosive on both sides of the NCWF - especially because of good appearances by Saint Patrick's HS and All Saints.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
We had our first practice of the year, getting 10 attending (including two new wrestlers):
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Amy Laidlaw
Nigel Sayah
Ben Sayah
Stephane Comte
Michio Clark
Alex Basset
Malcolm Cundell!
Miles Cundell!
Saturday, January 5, 2008
We had another good practice with 14 coaches and wrestlers attending…
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Paul Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Xavier Ouellet
Sarah Stringer
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Matthew Tattersall
Mike Tremblay
Chris Pike
Brian Cohen
From our standing drill, Clint reviewed and reminded wrestlers of the importance of good body position in single/high crotch and double leg attacks. In particular, he stressed the fact that head and body position shouldn’t change during execution as the head sticks to the opponent’s body like glue while the legs do all the movement. If the head is in really deep, your opponent’s ability to cross-face is very limited – when shooting you must seize and hold the caught leg tightly (“own” the leg). You are also looking in the direction of the intended movement. Finishing the single or high crotch led to a discussion of tripping. It is essential that you remain balanced and strong (and not over-extended) when attempting a trip – an inside trip is OK, but not a trip to the far side or one that is over-extended. Clint demonstrated how a bad trip can result in your opponent countering with a cradle created by your own move.
Then we went onto set-ups – only about 20% of shots can be successful if not preceded by a set-up. You will need to be very fast and very strong (especially fast). Therefore, set-ups are essential and keeping in contact with your opponent’s wrists, arms and head (but not the neck which can set up a countering shoulder throw). To be avoided are attempts to control a head and arm while moving behind your opponent – this essentially leads your hips on his and sets up a disagreeable head and arm throw by your opponent!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Monday, we had 6 from the Spartans (Conor SO, Conor M, Eamonn, Tate, Keil, and Brae) plus 6 NCWC regulars (Ben, Matt, John, Pike, Emily, and Ilya). Clint and Big Dean coached.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
We had a small gathering of about 6 coaches and wrestlers.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Chris Schrauwen and Dean Sherratt coached a large gathering of 19 wrestlers…
Paul, Thomas and Samuel Hadwen
Tunkay Sipahi, new, about 200 lbs
Mike Carrier (St. Pat’s)
Ali Houmani (St. Pat’s)
Mariano Santo (St. Pat’s)
Dustin Biggs (St. Pat’s)
Marie Jabuso (St. Pat’s)
Mathieu DesChatelets
Scott Doucette (helped coach)
Joshua Clarke
Connor Rockwell
John Goodyear
Ilya Abelev
Javad Ghorbani
Nils Rohde
Mike Tremblay
Sarah Stringer
We worked on primarily ground technique, including Chris’ variations of his leg ride and tilts, ending with extensive scrimmaging. Practice was light because of the proximity of the NCWF.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
We had a very small group of about 6 wrestlers and coaches practicing and then rolling up the mats for the Saturday tournament.
Saturday January 12, 2008
We held our 4th Annual Tournament, this one called the National Capital Wrestling Festival (NCWF)…
Here is the basic summary of turnouts from 2005…
Year 2008 2007 2006 2005
Venue St. Pats St. Pats Sensplex Sensplex
Open Boys 117 108 135 118
Novice Boys 106 90 117 106
Girls 78 71 74 60
Kids (Boys) 46 33 26 25
Kids (Girls) 21 13 20 20
Ottawa-Based Wrestlers 134 116 72 74
Ottawa % 37.2% 36.8% 19.4% 22.5%
Totals 358 315 372 329
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Well practice last night was very good.
First we came in and set all the mats up.... if you have mat tape we need some urgently...as well as that we need more medium and large knee pads.
…as for numbers:
Clint Kingsbury
Courtnay Lafond
Ben Sayah
Ilya Abelev
Mathieu Deschatelets
Javad Ghorbani
Mohammed Assadi
Mariano Santo
Phil Staniewski
Scott Doucette observed
Connor Rockwell
Nicole (from Chelsea Club) - grade nine
Mike Carrier
We worked technique after an intense warm up.
Then I went over the elbow control/pop to high crotch entrance that is turned into a single. This is done on your single side and is very high in the crotch versus the normal controlling of the calf that we do for traditional single legs
Then we went onto parterre. We worked on snap to head lock and then cross ankle pick and near ankle pick.
We followed it up with 3 matches on the feet - 6min each.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
We had a huge turnout of 25 wrestlers and coaches, with good participation from Saint Pats, All Saints and Brookfield:
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Javad Ghorbani
Celeste Antoft-Finch (cameo)
Ian Ballentine (cameo)
Scott Doucette (observed/assisted)
Miles Cundell (observed)
Malcolm Cundell
Mike Carrier (Saint Pats)
Sheldon Lecombe (Saint Pats)
Dustin Biggs (Saint Pats)
Ali Houmani (Saint Pats)
Lindy Spirak (Saint Pats)
Sum Yavari (Brookfield)
Nick Bradley (All Saints)
Fraz Abdulghafara (All Saints)
Kyle Wylie (All Saints)
Samuel Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Josh Clarke
Josh Wilson
In preparation for the Guelph Open this weekend, it was a “singlet” practice devoted to warm-ups, technique and then extended four or six minute matches.
Here are most 2008 notes - as you can see, turnouts have been explosive on both sides of the NCWF - especially because of good appearances by Saint Patrick's HS and All Saints.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
We had our first practice of the year, getting 10 attending (including two new wrestlers):
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Amy Laidlaw
Nigel Sayah
Ben Sayah
Stephane Comte
Michio Clark
Alex Basset
Malcolm Cundell!
Miles Cundell!
Saturday, January 5, 2008
We had another good practice with 14 coaches and wrestlers attending…
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Paul Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Xavier Ouellet
Sarah Stringer
Celeste Antoft-Finch
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Matthew Tattersall
Mike Tremblay
Chris Pike
Brian Cohen
From our standing drill, Clint reviewed and reminded wrestlers of the importance of good body position in single/high crotch and double leg attacks. In particular, he stressed the fact that head and body position shouldn’t change during execution as the head sticks to the opponent’s body like glue while the legs do all the movement. If the head is in really deep, your opponent’s ability to cross-face is very limited – when shooting you must seize and hold the caught leg tightly (“own” the leg). You are also looking in the direction of the intended movement. Finishing the single or high crotch led to a discussion of tripping. It is essential that you remain balanced and strong (and not over-extended) when attempting a trip – an inside trip is OK, but not a trip to the far side or one that is over-extended. Clint demonstrated how a bad trip can result in your opponent countering with a cradle created by your own move.
Then we went onto set-ups – only about 20% of shots can be successful if not preceded by a set-up. You will need to be very fast and very strong (especially fast). Therefore, set-ups are essential and keeping in contact with your opponent’s wrists, arms and head (but not the neck which can set up a countering shoulder throw). To be avoided are attempts to control a head and arm while moving behind your opponent – this essentially leads your hips on his and sets up a disagreeable head and arm throw by your opponent!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Monday, we had 6 from the Spartans (Conor SO, Conor M, Eamonn, Tate, Keil, and Brae) plus 6 NCWC regulars (Ben, Matt, John, Pike, Emily, and Ilya). Clint and Big Dean coached.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
We had a small gathering of about 6 coaches and wrestlers.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Chris Schrauwen and Dean Sherratt coached a large gathering of 19 wrestlers…
Paul, Thomas and Samuel Hadwen
Tunkay Sipahi, new, about 200 lbs
Mike Carrier (St. Pat’s)
Ali Houmani (St. Pat’s)
Mariano Santo (St. Pat’s)
Dustin Biggs (St. Pat’s)
Marie Jabuso (St. Pat’s)
Mathieu DesChatelets
Scott Doucette (helped coach)
Joshua Clarke
Connor Rockwell
John Goodyear
Ilya Abelev
Javad Ghorbani
Nils Rohde
Mike Tremblay
Sarah Stringer
We worked on primarily ground technique, including Chris’ variations of his leg ride and tilts, ending with extensive scrimmaging. Practice was light because of the proximity of the NCWF.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
We had a very small group of about 6 wrestlers and coaches practicing and then rolling up the mats for the Saturday tournament.
Saturday January 12, 2008
We held our 4th Annual Tournament, this one called the National Capital Wrestling Festival (NCWF)…
Here is the basic summary of turnouts from 2005…
Year 2008 2007 2006 2005
Venue St. Pats St. Pats Sensplex Sensplex
Open Boys 117 108 135 118
Novice Boys 106 90 117 106
Girls 78 71 74 60
Kids (Boys) 46 33 26 25
Kids (Girls) 21 13 20 20
Ottawa-Based Wrestlers 134 116 72 74
Ottawa % 37.2% 36.8% 19.4% 22.5%
Totals 358 315 372 329
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Well practice last night was very good.
First we came in and set all the mats up.... if you have mat tape we need some urgently...as well as that we need more medium and large knee pads.
…as for numbers:
Clint Kingsbury
Courtnay Lafond
Ben Sayah
Ilya Abelev
Mathieu Deschatelets
Javad Ghorbani
Mohammed Assadi
Mariano Santo
Phil Staniewski
Scott Doucette observed
Connor Rockwell
Nicole (from Chelsea Club) - grade nine
Mike Carrier
We worked technique after an intense warm up.
Then I went over the elbow control/pop to high crotch entrance that is turned into a single. This is done on your single side and is very high in the crotch versus the normal controlling of the calf that we do for traditional single legs
Then we went onto parterre. We worked on snap to head lock and then cross ankle pick and near ankle pick.
We followed it up with 3 matches on the feet - 6min each.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
We had a huge turnout of 25 wrestlers and coaches, with good participation from Saint Pats, All Saints and Brookfield:
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Javad Ghorbani
Celeste Antoft-Finch (cameo)
Ian Ballentine (cameo)
Scott Doucette (observed/assisted)
Miles Cundell (observed)
Malcolm Cundell
Mike Carrier (Saint Pats)
Sheldon Lecombe (Saint Pats)
Dustin Biggs (Saint Pats)
Ali Houmani (Saint Pats)
Lindy Spirak (Saint Pats)
Sum Yavari (Brookfield)
Nick Bradley (All Saints)
Fraz Abdulghafara (All Saints)
Kyle Wylie (All Saints)
Samuel Hadwen
Thomas Hadwen
Paul Hadwen
Josh Clarke
Josh Wilson
In preparation for the Guelph Open this weekend, it was a “singlet” practice devoted to warm-ups, technique and then extended four or six minute matches.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Into November...6-22
While we are dispatching two teams to Renfrew and the Quebec Open for Saturday November 24, Clint and I (and potentially other coaches) will be holding practice...a good opportunity for wrestlers who are left in Ottawa to get in some good technique.
Here are my notes from November 6-November 22...
Wednesday, November 7, 2008
We had 15 attending and participating…
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Matt Lessard
John Goodyear
Nigel Sayah
Ben Sayah
Sarah Stringer
Emily Bekolay
Mathieu Deschatelets
Nick Ghaeni (Montreal WC)
Mariano Santo
Youssef
Michio Clark
Brian Cohen, new, Greenbank PS
Nils Rohde
Jared Semenchuk
Clint demonstrated the “gut wrench with leg ride” and front headlock variations.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Practice last night:
Clint Kingsbury
Ilya Abelev
Joe Greer
Jared Semenchuk
Phil Staniewski
Nick Sutherland
Michio Clark
Chris (Colonel By)
Small numbers, so we did experimentation technique. Just review all your moves but, try different transitions and look for other finishes and openings.
30min
We then moved in to drilling:
Making a clean leg attack, once in live - so the defensive person lets the offensive person in and then they go live wrestling until a point is scored (about 10 seconds each)
We did 10 high crotches
We did 10 singles
We did 10 doubles.
During the drilling I would intervene and make sure wrestlers were trying to change things and mix it up, not continuously trying failed attempts with out change.
We then did parterre wrestling
5 goes each.
Finally followed by 1 five minute match.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
We had 18 wrestlers and coaches, including a large number of younger wrestlers from Chelsea:
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Sean Ryan (Canterbury)
Nils Rohde
Ilya Abelev
Josh Wilson, new
Mathieu Deschatelets
Emily Bekolay
Eamonn Stinson O'Gorman
Conor Stinson O'Gorman
Matthew Tattersall
Xavier Ouellet
Alex Pepin, new PET PS
Brian Cohen
Mark Cohen
Ben Sayah
Amy Laidlaw
Jon Kazub
We divided into two groups...I coached the little kids with basic standing techniques and then had a session of "King of the Mat", followed by "British Bull Dog"
Monday, November 12, 2007
We had another good turnout with 19 wrestlers and coaches present and participating.
Mike Smith
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Marc Griplas
Geoff Griplas
Ben Sayah
Nigel Sayah
Phil Staniewski
Conor Assaly (Kemptville)
Josh Wilson
Sarah Stringer
Jairus Bali
Nils Rohde
John Goodyear
Haven Halter
Mike Smith worked mostly on ground moves…he argued (as I do) in favour of an active defense, even staying on base rather than being allowed to be broken down to your stomach. In the former case, your opponent can only gut wrench while in the latter he has many more moves that he can execute.
Mike then demonstrated his famous “Smith Half”, developed when he wrestled Greco-Roman and needed to develop stronger moves that attacked his opponent’s torso. To start, you want to have your weight on your opponent, typically your outside leg will straddle your opponent’s, knee on the inside and foot outside.
The move concentrates two arms against one of your opponent’s as you typically will move your left arm to the right side, pressing into the side of your opponent’s head while your left hand grasps it, underneath your opponent’s left arm. Keeping weight on your opponent, you pressure up at the elbow and drive with your inside leg that has moved from the other side…Once you bring the caught arm above your opponent’s head, you transition to an ordinary half nelson, now swinging your outside leg over as you “t-off”, lift your opponent’s head and post with your free arm. The move is stronger the nearer you can work your opponent’s arm to his head…his counter is to plant his far ear to his far shoulder and increase the space between his head and your half…
Mike also demonstrated good use of “Zone” wrestling…how to use your attack leg and opposite attack hand to work your opponent into the zone and once there, attack since a leg attack that drives him out gains you a point even if you can’t complete the move to a takedown. Your opponent will want to circle out and you must block these attempts to keep him pressed into the zone.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
It was great last night. 11
We had:
Clint Kingsbury
Guest: Evan MacDonald
Joe Greer
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
John Goodyear
Phil Staniewski
Josh Clarke
Courtnay Lafond
Michio Clark
Ilya Abelev
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
We had a very heavy turnout of 23 coaches and wrestlers, including four girls and several younger wrestlers:
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Sherratt
Justin Millar
Josh Wilson
Mathieu Deschatelets
Sarah Stringer
John Goodyear
Chris Schrauwen
Stacey Laviolette
Phil Staniewski
Christina Cain (came with Stacey)
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Michio Clark
Nils Rohde
Ilya Abelev
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Mariano Santo
Ben Sayah
Alex Pepin
Jared Semenchuk
Emily Bekolay
Clint introduced an interesting tie-up technique with a combination frontal wrist control/underhook move. This can be used as an alternative to other tie ups (e.g. two on one, arm drag). You grasp your opponent’s wrist with your outside hand, pulling it forward while underhooking the same arm with your inside arm. Your inside shoulder must pressure your opponent’s shoulder for this move to be effective.
This sets up a nice knee-tap finish, utilizing your outside hand which moves up from the wrist to the elbow and then to the knee.
If he tries to work behind you, that simply loads him on your hip and you can execute a perfect shoulder throw. If his leg is near, you can simply go for what is an “outside high crotch” with your outside arm.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Clint Kingsbury
Ben Sayah
Ilya Abelev
Ivan Toshev
Sarah Stringer.
Michio Clark
Connor SO
Eamonn SO
Mike Tremblay
Matt Lessard
+ 8 little kids from Chelsea - I can not remember names
We worked on entrances to the legs, different set ups, strong body position, tenacity, relentlessness wrestling
We then did 3 - 5min matches…
- followed by parterre - gut wrench defense
- followed by high speed techniques 15 min - high crotch, single double
10 min conditioning at the end.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Coaches: Dean SO
Wrestlers: Ben S, Mathieu D, John G, Ilya A, Scott from Brookfield, Mariano, Conor SO, Eamonn SO
Worked lots of situation drills, from various positions: body lock, clinch position, front head and arm, cross ankle, single leg.
Ground scrimmages, followed by cardio (burpees).
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
We had an excellent turnout with five wrestlers arriving from Saint Patrick’s HS.
This was a “singlet“ practice in preparation for Renfrew/Quebec Open/Ontario seniors.
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Sarah Stringer
Phil Staniewski
Ben Sayah
Michio Clark
Emily Bekolay
Josh Wilson
Youssef
Mathieu Deschatelets
Nils Rohde
Daniel Hood, new, formerly from Hillcrest (Algonquin)
Janice Thibodeau (Saint Pats)
Joey Henderson (Saint Pats)
Mike Carrier (Saint Pats)
Sheldon Major (Saint Pats)
Dustin Biggs (Saint Pats)
We split the practice up between the new wrestlers (who I coached) and the remainder, who Clint coached. My efforts were based on improving single leg technique and finishes, as well as ground moves (half nelson and counters, head and arm plus counters, laced ankles plus counters, an introduction to tilts).
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Clint Kingsbury
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Michio Clark
Jairus Grant
Matt Lessard
Technique which turned into water wrestling - 50%
Very good small group - we worked a lot on situations:
-high crotch from feet and from knees (both sides - strong and weak sides)
-single from feet and from knees (both sides)
6 goes of each.
We did many front headlock situations - working on proper execution and defense too
Full speed technique - high crotches, singles, doubles - 5 times 30sec
1 match - 6 min (2x3min)
Followed by a little conditioning.
Here are my notes from November 6-November 22...
Wednesday, November 7, 2008
We had 15 attending and participating…
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Matt Lessard
John Goodyear
Nigel Sayah
Ben Sayah
Sarah Stringer
Emily Bekolay
Mathieu Deschatelets
Nick Ghaeni (Montreal WC)
Mariano Santo
Youssef
Michio Clark
Brian Cohen, new, Greenbank PS
Nils Rohde
Jared Semenchuk
Clint demonstrated the “gut wrench with leg ride” and front headlock variations.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Practice last night:
Clint Kingsbury
Ilya Abelev
Joe Greer
Jared Semenchuk
Phil Staniewski
Nick Sutherland
Michio Clark
Chris (Colonel By)
Small numbers, so we did experimentation technique. Just review all your moves but, try different transitions and look for other finishes and openings.
30min
We then moved in to drilling:
Making a clean leg attack, once in live - so the defensive person lets the offensive person in and then they go live wrestling until a point is scored (about 10 seconds each)
We did 10 high crotches
We did 10 singles
We did 10 doubles.
During the drilling I would intervene and make sure wrestlers were trying to change things and mix it up, not continuously trying failed attempts with out change.
We then did parterre wrestling
5 goes each.
Finally followed by 1 five minute match.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
We had 18 wrestlers and coaches, including a large number of younger wrestlers from Chelsea:
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Sherratt
Sean Ryan (Canterbury)
Nils Rohde
Ilya Abelev
Josh Wilson, new
Mathieu Deschatelets
Emily Bekolay
Eamonn Stinson O'Gorman
Conor Stinson O'Gorman
Matthew Tattersall
Xavier Ouellet
Alex Pepin, new PET PS
Brian Cohen
Mark Cohen
Ben Sayah
Amy Laidlaw
Jon Kazub
We divided into two groups...I coached the little kids with basic standing techniques and then had a session of "King of the Mat", followed by "British Bull Dog"
Monday, November 12, 2007
We had another good turnout with 19 wrestlers and coaches present and participating.
Mike Smith
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Marc Griplas
Geoff Griplas
Ben Sayah
Nigel Sayah
Phil Staniewski
Conor Assaly (Kemptville)
Josh Wilson
Sarah Stringer
Jairus Bali
Nils Rohde
John Goodyear
Haven Halter
Mike Smith worked mostly on ground moves…he argued (as I do) in favour of an active defense, even staying on base rather than being allowed to be broken down to your stomach. In the former case, your opponent can only gut wrench while in the latter he has many more moves that he can execute.
Mike then demonstrated his famous “Smith Half”, developed when he wrestled Greco-Roman and needed to develop stronger moves that attacked his opponent’s torso. To start, you want to have your weight on your opponent, typically your outside leg will straddle your opponent’s, knee on the inside and foot outside.
The move concentrates two arms against one of your opponent’s as you typically will move your left arm to the right side, pressing into the side of your opponent’s head while your left hand grasps it, underneath your opponent’s left arm. Keeping weight on your opponent, you pressure up at the elbow and drive with your inside leg that has moved from the other side…Once you bring the caught arm above your opponent’s head, you transition to an ordinary half nelson, now swinging your outside leg over as you “t-off”, lift your opponent’s head and post with your free arm. The move is stronger the nearer you can work your opponent’s arm to his head…his counter is to plant his far ear to his far shoulder and increase the space between his head and your half…
Mike also demonstrated good use of “Zone” wrestling…how to use your attack leg and opposite attack hand to work your opponent into the zone and once there, attack since a leg attack that drives him out gains you a point even if you can’t complete the move to a takedown. Your opponent will want to circle out and you must block these attempts to keep him pressed into the zone.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
It was great last night. 11
We had:
Clint Kingsbury
Guest: Evan MacDonald
Joe Greer
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
John Goodyear
Phil Staniewski
Josh Clarke
Courtnay Lafond
Michio Clark
Ilya Abelev
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
We had a very heavy turnout of 23 coaches and wrestlers, including four girls and several younger wrestlers:
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Sherratt
Justin Millar
Josh Wilson
Mathieu Deschatelets
Sarah Stringer
John Goodyear
Chris Schrauwen
Stacey Laviolette
Phil Staniewski
Christina Cain (came with Stacey)
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Michio Clark
Nils Rohde
Ilya Abelev
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Mariano Santo
Ben Sayah
Alex Pepin
Jared Semenchuk
Emily Bekolay
Clint introduced an interesting tie-up technique with a combination frontal wrist control/underhook move. This can be used as an alternative to other tie ups (e.g. two on one, arm drag). You grasp your opponent’s wrist with your outside hand, pulling it forward while underhooking the same arm with your inside arm. Your inside shoulder must pressure your opponent’s shoulder for this move to be effective.
This sets up a nice knee-tap finish, utilizing your outside hand which moves up from the wrist to the elbow and then to the knee.
If he tries to work behind you, that simply loads him on your hip and you can execute a perfect shoulder throw. If his leg is near, you can simply go for what is an “outside high crotch” with your outside arm.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Clint Kingsbury
Ben Sayah
Ilya Abelev
Ivan Toshev
Sarah Stringer.
Michio Clark
Connor SO
Eamonn SO
Mike Tremblay
Matt Lessard
+ 8 little kids from Chelsea - I can not remember names
We worked on entrances to the legs, different set ups, strong body position, tenacity, relentlessness wrestling
We then did 3 - 5min matches…
- followed by parterre - gut wrench defense
- followed by high speed techniques 15 min - high crotch, single double
10 min conditioning at the end.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Coaches: Dean SO
Wrestlers: Ben S, Mathieu D, John G, Ilya A, Scott from Brookfield, Mariano, Conor SO, Eamonn SO
Worked lots of situation drills, from various positions: body lock, clinch position, front head and arm, cross ankle, single leg.
Ground scrimmages, followed by cardio (burpees).
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
We had an excellent turnout with five wrestlers arriving from Saint Patrick’s HS.
This was a “singlet“ practice in preparation for Renfrew/Quebec Open/Ontario seniors.
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Sarah Stringer
Phil Staniewski
Ben Sayah
Michio Clark
Emily Bekolay
Josh Wilson
Youssef
Mathieu Deschatelets
Nils Rohde
Daniel Hood, new, formerly from Hillcrest (Algonquin)
Janice Thibodeau (Saint Pats)
Joey Henderson (Saint Pats)
Mike Carrier (Saint Pats)
Sheldon Major (Saint Pats)
Dustin Biggs (Saint Pats)
We split the practice up between the new wrestlers (who I coached) and the remainder, who Clint coached. My efforts were based on improving single leg technique and finishes, as well as ground moves (half nelson and counters, head and arm plus counters, laced ankles plus counters, an introduction to tilts).
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Clint Kingsbury
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Michio Clark
Jairus Grant
Matt Lessard
Technique which turned into water wrestling - 50%
Very good small group - we worked a lot on situations:
-high crotch from feet and from knees (both sides - strong and weak sides)
-single from feet and from knees (both sides)
6 goes of each.
We did many front headlock situations - working on proper execution and defense too
Full speed technique - high crotches, singles, doubles - 5 times 30sec
1 match - 6 min (2x3min)
Followed by a little conditioning.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
MacMaster Triumphs!
Ben and Mathieu covered themselves with glory at the MacMaster Tournament on the weekend, both emerging with three wins each and two medals...
Ben Sayah (65 kgs) won 3 matches and 1 loss - taking the Silver Medal
Mathieu Deschatelets (72 kgs) won 3 matches and 1 loss - taking the Bronze Medal.
Our practices are as scheduled this week:
Monday-Thursday from 6-8 pm and Saturday from 10-12 noon...
Here are my recent notes...
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 Charife (pronounced Noah)
We worked a lot on active ground defense, including a series of drills where we moved left right, forwards 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 to the 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…
Monday, October 22, 2007
Also we had:
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Marino Santos
Thierry Whalen-Robinson
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Brae
Youssef
Michael Tremblay
Phil Staniewski - Mississauga
Nick Sutherland
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We worked technique review then I had them do the techniques again but with 50% resistance so that the partner forces his partner to do the technique correctly.
We did parterre technique that led into parterre scrimmage (30min)
We then prepared for 5 matches.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Last night was ok…
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Courtnay Lafond
Mike Smith - came late
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Sarah Stringer
Ivan Toshev U of Ottawa
Chris Pike
We did a less structured practice - a lot of technique.
I then showed some options on using wrist control with set ups and getting your partner off balance.
This let into 50% wrestling with good partnership which let into calm wrestling (meaning wrestling as loose as you can)
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Another “Singlet” Wednesday devoted to matches in preparation for the Concordia Tournament
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Sherratt
Philip Staniewski
Mariano Santo
Indy Grant
Sarah Stringer
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Nick Sutherland
Jared Semenchuk
Sohaib Ashraf (Ronin)
Abdullah Faizullah (Ronin)
Nils Rohde
We did a series of six minute matches for the whole practice, after our warm-ups.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
The practice was good, there were 13 of us
Clint Kingsbury and Mike SmithIlya Abelev, Jared Semenchuk, Joe Greer, Ben Sayah (watched), Mathieu Deschatelets, Sarah Stringer, Scott Clark, Phil Staniewski, Ivan Toshev and Indy Grant...
Mike mainly ran the practice as Ben and I put up the foam - it was great…
Saturday, October 27, 2007
We had a great turnout of 26 coaches and wrestlers, as well as several parents at our first Open House:
Clint Kingsbury
Mike Smith
Joe Greer
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Geoff Griplas
Jason Kirby
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Jared Semenchuk
Sarah Stringer
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Eamonn Stinson O’GormanHaven Holder
Matt Tattersall
Ilya Abelev
Indy Grant
John Goodyear
Nick Sutherland
Nils Rohde
Chris McKenna (Canterbury)
Sean Ryan (Canterbury)
Shamarke Debalke (Hillcrest)
Bruce Gee (Caistor Valley)
Emily Bekolay (All Saints)
Sunday, October 28, 2007
As of right now this is who is going to Concordia Sunday
Clint Kingsbury - Head Coach
Courtnay Lafond - Assistant
Ben Sayah - wrestling
Mathieu Deschatelets - wrestling
Joe Greer - wrestling
Jared Semenchuk- wrestling
Indy Grant - wrestling
Ilya Abelev - wrestling
Michio Clark - watching
Here are the results…
Ben was 4 wins 1 loss - Bronze
Ilya was 2 wins 2 losses - 5th
Jared 1-2
Joe - 0-2
Indy Grant 0-4
Mathieu 0-2
John 0-2
Monday, October 29, 2007
Clint Kingsbury
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Connor Stinson O’Gorman
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Brae
Scott Clark
Ilya Abelev
Sarah Stringer
Phil Staniewski
Mariano Santo
Emily Bekolay
We did a fun warm up with lots of activities and test challenges.
Then I reflected on the tournament
I then went through each incident that was problematic at the tournament and we worked strictly technique and reactions.
Practice ended early due to the tournament on Sunday.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Tuesday: 9
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Connor Stinson O’Gorman
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman - watched
Ben Sayah
Joe Greer
Ilya Abelev
Mathieu Deschatelets
Scott Clark
Warm up - intense, but quick
Focus of the practice was situations:
First was letting your partner get in to the legs via (high crotch, single, double) and then going live - we did 5 of each
Second was parterre wrestling - 5 goes with different partners.
Third were situations again, but this time one partner started with the leg(s) - depending on the action directed. - 10 goes
During the practice, I was scouting the partners and checking for problems, when I noticed a poor finish or just a lack of knowledge by one or both wrestlers on what to do - I intervened and corrected for every wrestler to see.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Halloween!
But we still had 12 coaches and wrestlers out…
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Courtnay Lafond
Sarah Stringer
Youssef
Ben Sayah
Jairus Bali
Philip Staniewski
Mathieu Deschatelets
Michio Clark
We initially concentrated on hand-fighting with the importance emphasized of getting the initiative first. By this, we are not talking about a leg attack right off the whistle or other move designed to get a fast point. Instead, it is a collar tie-up, shuck or attempt at early wrist control – anything that will throw your opponent off his game and force him to “catch-up”. This will also force your opponent to think on the spot and demoralize or make your opponent defensive minded. The first period should usually see about 20 seconds of this time of activity, leading to a shot once you have set something up. In subsequent periods, depending on how your opponent is reacting (tired?) a fast immediate shot can be effective and also recommended.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Clint Kingsbury, Ben Sayah, Joe Greer, Jared Semenchuk, Mathieu Deschatelets, Ilya Abelev and a guy named Brad I believe.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
On the weekend of November 3, 2007 the NCWC/Algonquin College had two athletes compete in the first invitation tourney at McMaster University. This was the first year that a Varsity tournament was allowing College athletes to compete. Algonquin College sent Ben Sayah and Mathieu Deschatelets - Coached by Head Coach Clint Kingsbury
Ben Sayah (65 kgs) won 3 matches and 1 loss - taking the Silver Medal
Mathieu Deschatelets (72 kgs) won 3 matches and 1 loss - taking the Bronze Medal.
Saturday, November 3, 3007
We had 10 out for a practice coached by “Big Dean”.
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Sean Ryan (Canterbury)
Emily Bekolay
John Goodyear
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Ilya Abelev
Chad Burnham (new, Algonquin)
Geoff Griplas
After a good warm-up, Dean took us through throws, concentrating initially on the shoulder throw (most preferred the Brock version where you drop to one knee) and then reviewed the double overhook throw as a defence to a double underhook applied by your opponent. By over-hooking and pressing your elbows tight to your body, you will force your opponent to break any hold he has around your torso…by throwing your hips in and dropping, twisting towards your head placement, you can take your opponent right to the mat (it also sets up a side pin if you retain control of your opponent’s arms or also a double grapevine for a pin if you just toss a leg over your opponent’s and grapevine both).
We had a series of three minute matches…
Monday, November 5, 2007
The practice was good last night. We had:
Clint Kingsbury, Ben Sayah, Mathieu Deschatelets, Ilya Abelev, Jared Semenchuk, Phil Staniewski, Jairus Bali, Emily Bekolay, Youssef, and Thierry Whalen-Robinson.
We did some heavy warm up with a lot of wrestling activities.
Then we did some reflecting from the tourneys, focusing on leg defense and parterre.
We did 7 sets of each: high crotch, single situations and then we did 6 parterre goes.
Ben Sayah (65 kgs) won 3 matches and 1 loss - taking the Silver Medal
Mathieu Deschatelets (72 kgs) won 3 matches and 1 loss - taking the Bronze Medal.
Our practices are as scheduled this week:
Monday-Thursday from 6-8 pm and Saturday from 10-12 noon...
Here are my recent notes...
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 Charife (pronounced Noah)
We worked a lot on active ground defense, including a series of drills where we moved left right, forwards 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 to the 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…
Monday, October 22, 2007
Also we had:
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Marino Santos
Thierry Whalen-Robinson
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Brae
Youssef
Michael Tremblay
Phil Staniewski - Mississauga
Nick Sutherland
14
We worked technique review then I had them do the techniques again but with 50% resistance so that the partner forces his partner to do the technique correctly.
We did parterre technique that led into parterre scrimmage (30min)
We then prepared for 5 matches.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Last night was ok…
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Courtnay Lafond
Mike Smith - came late
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Sarah Stringer
Ivan Toshev U of Ottawa
Chris Pike
We did a less structured practice - a lot of technique.
I then showed some options on using wrist control with set ups and getting your partner off balance.
This let into 50% wrestling with good partnership which let into calm wrestling (meaning wrestling as loose as you can)
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Another “Singlet” Wednesday devoted to matches in preparation for the Concordia Tournament
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Sherratt
Philip Staniewski
Mariano Santo
Indy Grant
Sarah Stringer
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Ilya Abelev
Nick Sutherland
Jared Semenchuk
Sohaib Ashraf (Ronin)
Abdullah Faizullah (Ronin)
Nils Rohde
We did a series of six minute matches for the whole practice, after our warm-ups.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
The practice was good, there were 13 of us
Clint Kingsbury and Mike SmithIlya Abelev, Jared Semenchuk, Joe Greer, Ben Sayah (watched), Mathieu Deschatelets, Sarah Stringer, Scott Clark, Phil Staniewski, Ivan Toshev and Indy Grant...
Mike mainly ran the practice as Ben and I put up the foam - it was great…
Saturday, October 27, 2007
We had a great turnout of 26 coaches and wrestlers, as well as several parents at our first Open House:
Clint Kingsbury
Mike Smith
Joe Greer
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Geoff Griplas
Jason Kirby
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Jared Semenchuk
Sarah Stringer
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Eamonn Stinson O’GormanHaven Holder
Matt Tattersall
Ilya Abelev
Indy Grant
John Goodyear
Nick Sutherland
Nils Rohde
Chris McKenna (Canterbury)
Sean Ryan (Canterbury)
Shamarke Debalke (Hillcrest)
Bruce Gee (Caistor Valley)
Emily Bekolay (All Saints)
Sunday, October 28, 2007
As of right now this is who is going to Concordia Sunday
Clint Kingsbury - Head Coach
Courtnay Lafond - Assistant
Ben Sayah - wrestling
Mathieu Deschatelets - wrestling
Joe Greer - wrestling
Jared Semenchuk- wrestling
Indy Grant - wrestling
Ilya Abelev - wrestling
Michio Clark - watching
Here are the results…
Ben was 4 wins 1 loss - Bronze
Ilya was 2 wins 2 losses - 5th
Jared 1-2
Joe - 0-2
Indy Grant 0-4
Mathieu 0-2
John 0-2
Monday, October 29, 2007
Clint Kingsbury
Ben Sayah
Mathieu Deschatelets
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Connor Stinson O’Gorman
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman
Brae
Scott Clark
Ilya Abelev
Sarah Stringer
Phil Staniewski
Mariano Santo
Emily Bekolay
We did a fun warm up with lots of activities and test challenges.
Then I reflected on the tournament
I then went through each incident that was problematic at the tournament and we worked strictly technique and reactions.
Practice ended early due to the tournament on Sunday.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Tuesday: 9
Clint Kingsbury
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Connor Stinson O’Gorman
Eamonn Stinson O’Gorman - watched
Ben Sayah
Joe Greer
Ilya Abelev
Mathieu Deschatelets
Scott Clark
Warm up - intense, but quick
Focus of the practice was situations:
First was letting your partner get in to the legs via (high crotch, single, double) and then going live - we did 5 of each
Second was parterre wrestling - 5 goes with different partners.
Third were situations again, but this time one partner started with the leg(s) - depending on the action directed. - 10 goes
During the practice, I was scouting the partners and checking for problems, when I noticed a poor finish or just a lack of knowledge by one or both wrestlers on what to do - I intervened and corrected for every wrestler to see.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Halloween!
But we still had 12 coaches and wrestlers out…
Clint Kingsbury
Joe Greer
Dean Sherratt
Chris Schrauwen
Courtnay Lafond
Sarah Stringer
Youssef
Ben Sayah
Jairus Bali
Philip Staniewski
Mathieu Deschatelets
Michio Clark
We initially concentrated on hand-fighting with the importance emphasized of getting the initiative first. By this, we are not talking about a leg attack right off the whistle or other move designed to get a fast point. Instead, it is a collar tie-up, shuck or attempt at early wrist control – anything that will throw your opponent off his game and force him to “catch-up”. This will also force your opponent to think on the spot and demoralize or make your opponent defensive minded. The first period should usually see about 20 seconds of this time of activity, leading to a shot once you have set something up. In subsequent periods, depending on how your opponent is reacting (tired?) a fast immediate shot can be effective and also recommended.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Clint Kingsbury, Ben Sayah, Joe Greer, Jared Semenchuk, Mathieu Deschatelets, Ilya Abelev and a guy named Brad I believe.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
On the weekend of November 3, 2007 the NCWC/Algonquin College had two athletes compete in the first invitation tourney at McMaster University. This was the first year that a Varsity tournament was allowing College athletes to compete. Algonquin College sent Ben Sayah and Mathieu Deschatelets - Coached by Head Coach Clint Kingsbury
Ben Sayah (65 kgs) won 3 matches and 1 loss - taking the Silver Medal
Mathieu Deschatelets (72 kgs) won 3 matches and 1 loss - taking the Bronze Medal.
Saturday, November 3, 3007
We had 10 out for a practice coached by “Big Dean”.
Dean Stinson O’Gorman
Dean Sherratt
Sean Ryan (Canterbury)
Emily Bekolay
John Goodyear
Conor Stinson O’Gorman
Ilya Abelev
Chad Burnham (new, Algonquin)
Geoff Griplas
After a good warm-up, Dean took us through throws, concentrating initially on the shoulder throw (most preferred the Brock version where you drop to one knee) and then reviewed the double overhook throw as a defence to a double underhook applied by your opponent. By over-hooking and pressing your elbows tight to your body, you will force your opponent to break any hold he has around your torso…by throwing your hips in and dropping, twisting towards your head placement, you can take your opponent right to the mat (it also sets up a side pin if you retain control of your opponent’s arms or also a double grapevine for a pin if you just toss a leg over your opponent’s and grapevine both).
We had a series of three minute matches…
Monday, November 5, 2007
The practice was good last night. We had:
Clint Kingsbury, Ben Sayah, Mathieu Deschatelets, Ilya Abelev, Jared Semenchuk, Phil Staniewski, Jairus Bali, Emily Bekolay, Youssef, and Thierry Whalen-Robinson.
We did some heavy warm up with a lot of wrestling activities.
Then we did some reflecting from the tourneys, focusing on leg defense and parterre.
We did 7 sets of each: high crotch, single situations and then we did 6 parterre goes.
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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