My coach says that bjj practicioners should compete often and try to have at least 50 matches per year. What do you guys think of this? Sounds difficult and kinda expensive.
If you get 30 matches in a year, I would say you speed up your progression of skills by at least 300% as opposed to zero matches. I see this happen constantly in wrestling. There is an urgency in the transfer of power and speed that happens in matches that most people cannot simply figure out in training.
Agreed. They say every competition is worth a month of training time.
Really!? So you think that doing one tournament where you have, let's say 2 or 3 matches is as good as one month of training?
Like I said earlier, I think 30 is the magic number, not 50. I look at every teammate I ever had, and the guys who would get at least 30 per year were always the best guys on the team. That even goes for the Olympic styles. If a guy got 30 international matches a year in greco, it was almost a lock that he would be top 3 in the USA.
Bro, get out of here with that. Marcelo, Caio & Rafael all compete less than 20 times a year and they're gods. So obviously, if we want to have their success we will mimic them completely
Yes, I believe it. The holes in your game are exposed.
Of course, I'm over 30, so I always get 7-8 matches every tourney by entering multiple divisions.
Bro, get out of here with that. Marcelo, Caio & Rafael all compete less than 20 times a year and they're gods. So obviously, if we want to have their success we will mimic them completely
If you have a spare 1,250 to put solely towards grappling competitions sure go ahead, don't use that money for things such as privates, or additional classes with a second gym, no use it all on competitions.
Competing is important, it is not however, the end-all be-all. BTW, I'm lucky I can get my one competition in, maybe two if the stars align, per year.