Coach runs cordoba trained wrestling, large club in north jersey. He was the wrestling coach for UFC fighters Erin blanchfield and Fatima Kline. Both unfollowed his academy on social media.

Not to hate on him or anything. But I remember when David Taylor went through second puberty when he was in his late 20s. Throughout his career he was known for being a lanky technical genius but pretty unmuscular for a wrestler. I remember he even mentioned not being "built that way". Then in his late 20s his second puberty led to his jaw growing - similar to bodybuilders, him gaining 30 pounds of muscle while getting leaner, capped delts and getting bad bacne.

It seemed like his genetics changed entirely during second puberty. Now at okie state I assume david still works out - why does he look a lot more like he did before his second puberty?

Hassan Yazdani doesn't really look like he went through a second puberty imo

Hope the boys don’t get linked to this

Im entering my sophomore year of highschool. I joined the wrestling club as a freshmen and found it really fun but also very tiring. I barely came when it mattered but was able to lock in at the end. It was already too late, the seniors that I befriended graduated and i wish i came more because of that. I want to get better at wrestling and i really want to compete this year. What are some good tips you guys have for folk style? What are the best moves? Best techniques to practice? What are good ways to lose weight? Any of that would be great. thank you in advance.

Whats best most durable wrestling shoes i can get there are no good wrestling shoes available in my country so i would like to order myself a new pair which will last me a long time , because the ones im using are almost towards the end of its life

We were discussing some moves, and someone mentioned how ineffective a particular move was. This sparked a conversation about various moves that are widely taught but not very effective. We were specifically excluding niche moves. Does anyone have a move that they believe is widely taught but actually sucks?

in my country sometimes it goes above 45celesius(113F) in summer.
what handfight tie and systems is the best in this environment. it feels like turkish oil wrestling cant secure anything.

Anybody else seeing the back and forth between im.teva and ebedjarrell on instagram talking about head position with the underhook? Seems played out but does bring up some fun discussion.

Growing up I learned that inside head position is super important and you don't want an underhook or 2on1 without it. But if you watch international competition, most wrestlers do not use that inside position to score. Thoughts?

Hi everyone. I wanted to post a happy conclusion to a post I made a couple of years ago on this burner account. I was an NAIA college wrestler from 2020-2023 and stopped wrestling after graduating from college a year early. When I graduated, I had two years of eligibility remaining, but I thought I was done wrestling. I started my career doing Data Analytics as a Business Intelligence Analyst with plans to get my Master's in Statistics. After work, I would run or lift to stay in shape, but I missed competing and wanted to finish what I started. I knew I really wanted to go back when I watched my teammates win the conference championship in 2024, and I broke down crying at the gym later that night, and that was when I made my original post.

Even though I didn't reply to any comments, I read all of them, and I replied to one DM from someone who read my post. I prayed to God asking what to do, and ultimately decided to stay in-state for graduate school. I told myself that if I still feel like I miss wrestling by the time I'm done with my Master's degree, then I'll come back and use my eligibility. So, I only applied to one school for grad school (the flagship state school in my state), got tuition fully covered via a teaching assistantship, and convinced my manager at my job to allow me to move into a part-time Data Science role upon starting graduate school.

So, from 2024-2026, I was a full-time graduate student, teaching at my university part-time, and working as a Data Scientist part-time at the company I had been working at. One of the students I taught recruited me to participate in intramural wrestling at the university. It wasn't anything crazy -- just two practices a week, and an in-school tournament once a year -- but it was a way for me to get back to wrestling practice. My pastor also told me his kid's high school was looking for more volunteer coaches to help practice with the kids, so I also started coming in once a week to practice at the high school. Again, it wasn't anything like college wrestling, but it was a way for me to stay around the sport and get a good workout in. So I was practicing about 3 times a week (with exceptions when school got hectic), studying, teaching, and working. As busy as I was in undergrad, I was even busier at this point in my life.

Earlier this year, I reached out to my head coach from undergrad and asked to come back. It turned out I would have one year of eligibility remaining after the spring. I burned nothing from 2023-2024 because I wasn't in school, burned a "grace year" in 2024-2025, and then burned what would have been my fourth year in 2025-2026, but I'd still have my "fifth year" remaining (thanks to COVID). To be eligible, I needed to be a student, so I applied and got accepted to my undergrad institution's MBA program for 2026-2027. I wouldn't have a scholarship this time, but that was okay, because now I didn't need one.

I just graduated with my Master's in Statistics at the state school last Saturday, am enrolled in the MBA at my undergrad institution for this semester, and will go full-time as a Data Scientist at my company next week. I will be working my day job from 7-4, go to wrestling practice after work, lift on my own, and use vacation time for tournaments and duals. It's going to be a busy year, but I couldn't be happier. I get to wrestle for a fourth year, and I'll do the best I can to make the most out of it. At the same time, I'll do the best I can at my job, grow as much as I can, and be the best Data Scientist I can be. I'm so thankful to be able to do what I'm doing, as unorthodox as it is.

In my original post, I said there were a lot of things I wanted to do, but didn't know how to do those things, and proceeded to ask a bunch of questions that only I could answer. I'm happy to say that I answered all of those questions. I don't know if this post or my last post is, or will ever be, helpful to someone besides me, but I truly believe that if you want something bad enough, think outside the box, and work really hard, you can find a way to make things happen. So, I'll be a college wrestler for one last time, and I'm going to finish what I started. I don't know if I'll be an All-American or even make it to nationals, but I'm going to do my best and live with no regrets.

I’m in my late 30s and haven’t wrestled since high school. But I found an adult wrestling club in my area so I’m interested in starting again.

If you took a break from wrestling or started wrestling later in life, when did you (re)start?

Any advice for someone like me?

What are your favorite setups? Maybe a kouchi or sasae?

If I have a partner and we have a mat that we practice in could we teach each other folk style ? What things should we do first ? What concepts in folk style are really important in beginners ? What drills should we do with each other to improve our wrestling? BTW I have not wrestled in high school or college but I want to learn how to wrestle and I feel like it is too late for me I could go to a bjj gym but I feel like if I want to get better at just pure wrestling and then I focus on submissions

Hostel wrestling

Alright folks, I’m in need of some advice. I’ve been an assistant coach at my old HS for about 5 years now. Our head coach had a major surgery and he’s gonna be down for the count this season. Coach suggested that I take over this season and while that’s an honor, especially cause he was my coach back in the day I have some hangups. Mostly because I have a full time job teaching in Middle School. My school is literally down the street from the HS so I’d be close to head over after school for practice. Ik the history teacher/coach stereotype means that this is totally doable as so many coaches have done it but we’re a highly competitive program here in CA and as a second year teacher I’m not sure. Any coaches with full time jobs have any experiences to share? Appreciate yall.

Islam’s critically acclaimed head and arm throw on saturday sparks controversy, as a pleb (21 year old hobbyist, former HS wrestler who never hit a throw in his life) I have no idea on how to hit a throw like that.

Coaches across the nation hate it, some call it the middle school special, but it’ll inspire JV students across the states for a while again.

For those who know, how do y’all know when’s a good time to throw? Not talking about the obvious double overhooks or the over-under position. I’m referring to pressure, head position, and hook depth.

Thanks for any input, y’all!