Do you train the day before/day of competition?

[beeran1]

Doing my first comp tomorrow around 1pm and I've decided not to train today so I can feel refreshed come tourney time. The flip side of that is that it might take a bit longer to get into the groove tomorrow, I suppose. What do you guys do in this situation?

 

[rarmonio8920]

I don't train the night before. Often, that's weigh-ins and I like to relax the night before. But if you DO want to roll, go ahead and do technical rolling.

The day of competition, I normally warm up when I get there and stretch. Maybe 45 minutes before my division starts, I'll start warming up and rolling technically.

It's just hard on competition day, because you never know when it's your turn.

 

[Throatpoker]

I train the day before, but nothing hard, just focus on setting up a strategy (if you and your instructor haven't already). Drill escapes, sweeps, and guard passes. No rolling. Focus on the things you're best at, those will be your go-to options.

 

[rarmonio8920]

I train the day before, but nothing hard, just focus on setting up a strategy (if you and your instructor haven't already). Drill escapes, sweeps, and guard passes. No rolling. Focus on the things you're best at, those will be your go-to options.

I like this approach. To the TC, just train so that you feel good about the next day. I'd feel terrible if I rolled against my buddy and got owned... and then have that feeling carry over to competition.

 

[jacketwrestler1]

yes lightly

 

[Jagcorps_esq]

I do flow drills with people that I trust. That's the big thing for me, trust. I need people that will give me more than token resistance, defend intelligently, but let me do stuff.

Does that make sense? I need more than a grappling dummy and significantly less than a hero.

I don't roll or get too involved, but I stay lose and play with stuff.

 

[Hit-or-be-hit]

maybe just drill what moves your gonna do in each position

 

[IMHUNGRY**]

just drill. dont get overtired. dont overthink. just "do"

 

[Legacy]

Depends on the seriousness of the tournament. Large scale tournaments i usually will train the day before but i take it easy. Its natural the day of a tournament to warm up a little to loosen up i usually just stretch and do a few hip escapes to get the blood moving. Always a solid 8 hrs of sleep the night before with a nice lite breakfast.

 

[pittelp]

Drilling keeps you focused on your game.

 

[Blast D*]

in wrestling we always had practice the day before match days and tournament days. Sometimes, those were actually the hardest practices. But you get through feeling like a warrior.

 

[anaconda]

I dont like training the day before at all. I like to just rest and clear my mind. it allows all of your training to settle in, and it gives your mind and body a break.

 

[beeble]

i usually train the night before to cut some water, last tournament i was in, i weighed 161 the night before and weighed in the next morning at 152 simply without drinking through a jiu jitsu class. if i didnt need to cut any weight i might not go as hard, but i still train, a light training session will not hurt you

 

[wOg]

Bill Martell in his book Greco Roman Wrestling calls for little or no activity before competing. If your competing on Saturday for example, he'd recommend a short walk Thursday morning and no activity on Friday (except sauna if cutting weight). He's big on not burning glycogen in the days leading up competition.

Per his schedule, Wednesday is the last hard intensity training day.

Since I usually don't train on Fridays anyway, I'm adopting this approach this year. Not just avoiding training, but keeping all activity to a bare minimum on the day before the event.

That and arriving early enough to get in a good warmup at the event. There's nothing worse than competing without a proper warm up ...

 

[Diyako]

Bill Martell in his book Greco Roman Wrestling calls for little or no activity before competing. If your competing on Saturday for example, he'd recommend a short walk Thursday morning and no activity on Friday (except sauna if cutting weight). He's big on not burning glycogen in the days leading up competition.

Per his schedule, Wednesday is the last hard intensity training day.

Since I usually don't train on Fridays anyway, I'm adopting this approach this year. Not just avoiding training, but keeping all activity to a bare minimum on the day before the event.

That and arriving early enough to get in a good warmup at the event. There's nothing worse than competing without a proper warm up ...

good advice. i was wondering this stuff for myself with all these tournaments comin up in san diego. thanks

 

[DuppyMekka]

drills on 2-3 techniques and stretching, i go for a long walk and go through my gameplan

 

[Hit-or-be-hit]

run a marathon in a sauna the night before.
na im jk don't actually do that.

 

[99998]

I stop rolling hard a week out and just focus on technique and keeping my cardio up and my weight down.