I had a long conversation with All American Jack Mueller last night. I’ve followed him since he attended Wyoming Seminary 5 years ago. I’ve always liked watching him. We cover everything f...

https://youtu.be/duww2g0Y_9c Ty Walz just finished his second season as a volunteer assistant coach at his alma mater, Virginia Tech. He’s also on the Team USA’s national team. In his seco...

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I’ve heard nothing but good stuff from the coaches and through my grapevine about Beard. Very easy to coach and picks up the coaching fast. Look for him to compete at 197 next year no matter the...

10 Things that KILL team culture: Character- Lack of athlete leadership by top wrestLack of club leadership and integrity. Coaches and kids not giving 100% effort in practice or matches. Poor practice...

10 Signs that you need a break from Wrestling Lost motivation for practice and or competition. Goals don’t seem as important as they once did. Your body consistently aches or hurts. Can’t focus your m...

10 High Performance Habits Wake up at a consistent early time. Give 100% effort at everything. Deal with your most difficult challenges first. Find the lessons from failure, loss and not reaching your...

Council Rock South ran away with another regional title tonight in Souderton. While they weren’t as dominating as they were at last year’s regionals, a nearly impossible task. The team race was never ...

USA Powerlifting has banned all transgender women from competing as women, even as a trans powerlifter in Minnesota recently won a state championship with another association, setting a state record. ...

Starting practice with a well thought out dynamic warm up is an important beginning to any training session. I’ll cover several reasons why a dynamic warm-up is key to performance and training longevi...

Virginia Tech came into the Lehigh Valley this afternoon and dominated a Mountain Hawk team that has been on a roll lately but looked mostly flat today.  VT opened up the dual winning the first 4 bout...

Blair hosted Bergen Catholic at Lehigh University and put on a show of dominance tonight. One year after BC knocked Blair off and a couple weeks after Blair lost two of their wrestlers to Bergen, Blai...

The Mountain Hawks pulled away from the Sun Devils in the last 2 match to win going away Saturday night in the Snake Pit. Both teams scraped to a 13-13 tie through 8 matches when Chris Weiler and Jord...

Red Lion high school hosted alumni Chance Marsteller and  his Lock Haven Wrestling team in a major dual with Arizona State. The rise continues. Video will be up Sunday evening. 174lbs: #2 Zahid Valenc...

Videos in process In a match that featured a bonus points in 8 of the 10 bouts there wasn’t a dull moment. ISU opened up strong at 125 but both wrestlers lost a team point for unsportsmanlike behavior...

Video Highlights tomorrow After years of struggling to beat Cornell and in the midst of a very challenging year Lehigh rises in the Snake Pit. This dual had something for everyone: momentum swings, un...

Video will be posted soon Okie State came into New Jersey yesterday and opened up a winning two match Jersey road trip with upstart Princeton before running over Rutgers today. Jadwin Gym was packed a...

Video will be posted tomorrow The Palestra was a roller-coaster of emotion Sunday afternoon for both teams. Drexel pulled out an early lead but a come from behind win in the last seconds of the penult...

Video will be posted Sunday                 #16 North Carolina cruised into Princeton earlier today to face the #12 team in the country.  I know other wrestling...

Video will be posted Sunday         Lehigh piled up the bonus points in a 34-12 win over Bucknell Friday night in its first home match since November. The Hawks got bonus points in...

As if wrestling needs one more adversary, the American Psychological Association (APA) has released guidelines that teach psychologists working with men and boys that “traditional masculinity is psych...

Know why you want to get better. Example my son thinks it’s fun and that it makes him mentally stronger in all areas of life. Treat your food as fuel. Eat healthier foods. Give up all sweetened drinks...

What happens when high school and college kids study intersectionality and Social Justice? In most places it is merged with all courses. If you major in this area you learn through various diagrams sh...

Americans unconsciously consume more sugar year after year – why don’t we think more about it? Until this century humans didn’t really have much access to sugar. Athletes interested in enhancing perfo...

I’ve been around a long time and have participate and coached several sports. In my opinion what is very clear through the lenses of history and the world is that wrestling is the most valuable sport ...

I talked with Erie Cathedral Prep coach Mike Hahesy earlier today. Maybe it’s because we have similar upbringings and coaching beliefs that I enjoyed talking with him so much. I felt like we cou...

Top ranked Blair rode into Malvern last tonight without a few of their starters and still put on a show of dominance for the crowd of a couple hundred fans. All the teams were banged up, missing start...

Army came into Philly tonight and came out ready to compete hard for 7 minutes. They caught a young nicked up Drexel team flat footed and kept their foot on the gas pedal for the entire dual.  Ne...

  The U Penn wrestling team bounced back from a close loss to Rider on Friday night to smack down the Terps at the Palestra on Sunday afternoon. The “new look” Penn team started 6 freshmen in new...

The Princeton Tigers bussed into the Lehigh Valley tonight with high hopes after a tough road trip through the Midwest. They faced off against an injured Mountainhawk team and won a dual for the first...

If you weren’t in Lawrenceville New Jersey last night you missed a crazy early season match between to relatively new foes. Penn drew for a random weight class start and Jake Hendriz at 174 opened the...

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Penn State came into Philadelphia ranked a clear #1 in the country and showed a partisan and seemingly larger crowd than last year. They are so enjoyable to watch with a wide-open style that it makes ...

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Response to a Comment from Age of Enlightenment or Avoidance Great post Mike. I love the things you talk about here and the only question I have is what mirror do we use to look at ourselves (& mo...

I talked with Aaron Brooks a few hours ago. Here is our conversation. Right after we talked he signed a NLI to attend PSU.

Starting off an article by telling you that I’m a child of the enlightenment won’t win over any new readers, but if you’re a regular you won’t be surprised by my thought process. Let me explain. If yo...

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Video will be posted shortly Some quick thoughts about the tournament. It’s the only preseason tournament that I’ve ever been to that finished ahead of schedule. It would have been over even earlier i...

Over 1,100 fans filed into Grace Hall last night to watch Lehigh conduct its annual wrestle offs. Most of the wrestlers know each other so well that the action can be limited due to familiarity. Sever...

It makes sense that as life gets easier (less physical) the weaker our muscles become. Children become physically weaker from inactivity and a team of researchers who measured handgrip, arm-hangs and ...

The top 30 D1 transfers. Eastern Michigan (closed) and Edinboro have the most wrestlers transferring. Not one Boro wrestler went to West Virginia. You got to wonder if they were blocked by the Edinbor...

Lennie Zalesky was named the California Baptist University wrestling head coach coach in June 2011. The Lancers have enjoyed tremendous success in NCAA Division II and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conf...

What if I told you a week ago that America was within striking distance of repeating as Freestyle World champs without the face of American freestyle wrestling making it to the finals match? All four ...

General Guidelines- Prepare your child for contact and lifelong body health. Warning! Driven wrestling parents won’t think that this is enough. I disagree. My goal with this is to protect a kid’s body...

I just talked with Marco Vespa. Marco is a 2x NY State medalist, he took 3rd  in last years tournament. Marco is going into his senior year and just committed to Penn State. PSU is loaded with young l...

Get back on your workout routine for strength, conditioning of the body and mind and dial-it-in to be lean and mean. Learn from previous years’ failures. The harder you train the harder it is to give ...

If you want your strength to increase you need to grow your muscles. To grow your muscles you need to put them through stress. Wrestlers want strength with as little bulk as possible unless going up a...

The crazy, crazy money in college athletics keeps getting crazier. I don’t see how it can continue at this pace. That’s a huge payday for all parties involved and was to be expected given the re...

A pair of attackers from ISIS hit a wrestling match in the Shi’ite part of the Afghan capital city of Kabul. The first attacker killed a guard outside the sports center, forced his way in, and detonat...

There has been a lot of talk about strength training in the wrestling world spurred on by Kyle Snyder showing off much of his training on social media. Many old school wrestlers and coaches were broug...

Have you seen the stats?  Kids aren’t enrolling in contact sports like they used to.  When parents wrap their sons in bubble wrap it is hard to get those same kids interested in a sport that requires ...

Have you seen the stats?  Kids aren’t enrolling in contact sports like they used to.  When parents wrap their sons in bubble wrap it is hard to get those same kids interested in a sport that requires ...

I see some many high school and college kids that want to get better but they are making decisions that won’t help them get better. I promise you that staying up late, playing hours of Fortnite (or an...

I see some many high school and college kids that want to get better but they are making decisions that won’t help them get better. I promise you that staying up late, playing hours of Fortnite (or an...

I talked with Pat earlier today. I enjoyed our rangy conversation. Downey is an individual that has taken a winding road to being a very good wrestler and it seems everyone has strong opinions about h...

I talked with Pat earlier today. I enjoyed our rangy conversation. Downey is an individual that has taken a winding road to being a very good wrestler and it seems everyone has strong opinions about h...

Men’s Freestyle Match 1 61 Joe Colon Fresno, CA (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) VPO1 Nahshon Garrett Tempe, AZ (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club), 7-5 92 J’den Cox Columbia, MO (Titan Mercury Wr...

Men’s Freestyle Match 1 61 Joe Colon Fresno, CA (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) VPO1 Nahshon Garrett Tempe, AZ (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club), 7-5 92 J’den Cox Columbia, MO (Titan Mercury Wr...

  Heal up the body and mind. If you have had any injuries go see a doctor of osteopathy (DO), a quality physical therapist (myo-fascial release) or sports psychologist to ensure that they really heal ...

  Heal up the body and mind. If you have had any injuries go see a doctor of osteopathy (DO), a quality physical therapist (myo-fascial release) or sports psychologist to ensure that they really heal ...

I talked with Alec Pantaleo earlier today.  Alec is a 2x AA place winner with his highest finish 5th last March in Cleveland. Pantaleo is one of my favorite wrestlers. He can go with and beat anyone w...

I talked with Alec Pantaleo earlier today.  Alec is a 2x AA place winner with his highest finish 5th last March in Cleveland. Pantaleo is one of my favorite wrestlers. He can go with and beat anyone w...

Make the Changes necessary to reach your goals. I promise that it won’t be easy. So you can dive into the pain of growth or delay the pain of failure until next season. The choice is yours. Good luck....

Make the Changes necessary to reach your goals. I promise that it won’t be easy. So you can dive into the pain of growth or delay the pain of failure until next season. The choice is yours. Good luck....

I recently had a long talk with Stuart McGill. Nearly 2/3’s of Americans and north of 80% of athletes suffer from low back pain at some point in their lives. Serious athletes are especially susc...

I recently had a long talk with Stuart McGill. Nearly 2/3’s of Americans and north of 80% of athletes suffer from low back pain at some point in their lives. Serious athletes are especially susc...

I spent some time talking with Pat Glory today. Pat is a 2x NJ State Champ, 3x State Finalist, Super 32 Champ, Beast of the East, Escape the Rock Champ etc… Pat is an interesting and engaging young ma...

I spent some time talking with Pat Glory today. Pat is a 2x NJ State Champ, 3x State Finalist, Super 32 Champ, Beast of the East, Escape the Rock Champ etc… Pat is an interesting and engaging young ma...

We spent close to an hour, on and off camera, talking about his wrestling history and future aspirations. Aaron just won an absolutely loaded US Open Junior bracket. The North Hagerstown Maryland seni...

We spent close to an hour, on and off camera, talking about his wrestling history and future aspirations. Aaron just won an absolutely loaded US Open Junior bracket. The North Hagerstown Maryland seni...

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First of all, this was no easy task. There have been so many extraordinary wrestlers over the last 20 years that there can be no totally objective list. I tried to be objective with my subjective pers...