Creating an All-Around Wrestler

 

Creating an All-Around Wrestler

When it comes to helping an athlete improve their sports form and become better performers, the particular procedures followed must be tailored to the specific needs of their chosen sport.

To expand on that idea, it is vital that variances be made even within the same sport's programs, as different positions and tactical systems will require varied manifestations of ability from the players. A spread offense's offensive lineman, for example, will need to be lighter and more mobile than a power run offense's tackle, who will need to be bigger and stronger to control his opponents in the trenches.

Weight class, current weaknesses in specific demands (power endurance, strength endurance, muscular endurance, aerobic, anaerobic development, etc. ), timing of "key" competitions, contraindications to certain exercises, style of wrestling used, and attributes of "key" competitors, among other things, are all important considerations in wrestling.

Wrestlers have frequently observed training in the off-season using 'bodybuilding' methods of isolating muscle parts, rather than focusing on improving the aforementioned issues. When you add in the fact that many wrestlers wind up reducing weight in an unhealthy way to get into a given weight class, they lose any beneficial improvements they made during the off season, and the outcome is that the wrestler remains the same, if not worse, than the year before.

So, at the end of the day, how does a complete wrestler develop? The truth is that what makes a complete wrestler differs from person to person. Though speaking in generalities, it is vital to focus on developing the necessary attributes throughout time in a periodized strategy that moves from general to specific.

The focus should be on restorative measures of mental, social, and physical aspects throughout the first phase/block of the early off-season training time. Cross-training, vacations, hiking, biking, meditation, and restorative workouts are just a few examples.

As the off-season develops and the wrestler returns to the weight room, the major focus should shift to recovering and reaching the proper body composition for the upcoming competitive season. The development of overall physical qualities, as well as aerobic, peripheral, and cardiovascular properties, should be prioritized (methods to achieve this can include tempo runs, general conditioning, increased time under tension, etc.).

Following the preceding block, the focus shifts to the development of relative and limit strength, pace of force generation, and explosive strength. Raising the anaerobic threshold should be a priority when it comes to building optimal energy systems for the sport during this time. Aerobic attributes will be developed in order to improve the anaerobic system's ability to recover, as well as because of the increased aerobic contribution as activity duration increases, even during intermittent exercise.

As the start of the competitive season approaches, specialist development methods should be utilized. The training procedure prioritizes the increase of power endurance, strength endurance, muscular endurance, and technique under exhaustion.

All of these phases necessitate the development of sufficient flexibility and mobility. Additionally, as always, technique improvement should be a top priority. It's critical to keep reinforcing and learning proper techniques when new physical attributes emerge, so as not to lose the ability to succeed in the sport. 

The performance of American wrestling as a whole would undoubtedly increase if more wrestlers followed the guidelines outlined in this article.

The final line is that if you only remember one thing from this essay, it should be to avoid bodybuilding-style exercises. They're not going to help you improve your math skills.