In maybe the biggest move by an Olympic and World gold medalist wrestler ever Kyle Sndyer is leaving the Ohio RTC for the Nittany Lion RTC. It is a move that will only escalate the broader wrestling war between the two states despite Kyle Snyder’s long and detailed announcement. I have written in the past […]
There are countless reasons for wrestlers and MMA fighters to strength train: building strong muscles, increasing dynamic power to help performance in addition to injury prevention, improved long term health and disease prevention. Then there is the enhanced mental health of feeling like a badass when you’re physically dominating another athlete. Just saying. Another big […]
Introduction Competitive sports have been divided primarily by the concepts of male/female identity. However, these traditional athletic categories do not account for transgender persons who experience incongruence between the gender assigned at birthand their experienced gender identity. The question of when it is fair to permit transgender personsto compete in sport in line with their […]
Team USA went into the World Championships with a strong team and high expectations. Four wrestlers scored zero team points. You can’t win a world championship starting off like that. Pat Downey had a better tournament than most expected. Guessing that he’s not homeless. I know that there were some very tough brackets, but […]
Look for Jamison to rebuild the Ursinus Program. You can watch on You Tube or listen on Sound Cloud below.
I spent some time talking with Army West Point coach Kevin Ward earlier today. Coach Ward is one of the best younger D1 coaches in the country. Army is ranked #2 in preseason EIWA polls. Coach Ward is a thoughtful and articulate coach with some interesting stories. I can’t help but believe that Army will […]
I had a good talk with Brock earlier today. I’m looking forward to his senior season. I’ll take the over on his preseason rankings. You can watch on You Tube or listen below on the Sound Cloud link. https://youtu.be/5rltekzZM2I https://soundcloud.com/user-270993984/true-wrestling-podcast-26-brock-zacherl
United World Wrestling has announced changes to the Rankings Series of events that will decide the pre-Olympic point rankings for the Tokyo Olympics. The UWW started the rankings system a couple of years ago and has tweaked since its inception. The new Olympic Changes to the Qualification process, Olympic bracket separation, and date and location […]
I spent a few minutes catching up with Princeton coach and senior level freestyle wrestler Nate Jackson earlier today. Jackson is coming off a Gold medal performance at the Medved last weekend. Look for him to compete in November at the Bill Farrell. Nate talks about his senior level success, confidence, NJRTC wrestling, beating up […]