What are good Grappling Drills to do home alone??

[Fedor5723]

To supplement Wrestling/BJJ practice???

 

[Bos Docken]

Ugh. Where to begin. There are dozens and dozens of solo drill and conditioning sessions on YouTube you can try.

Jason Scully's channel was built on videos like that.

 

[BJJ Lover]

All of the callisthenic exercises are great for grappling performance, but if you're looking for things that strictly simulate specific movements you'll do -> Turkish getups (it's something you'll rarely do in intermediate/advanced levels but it simulates an actual BJJ technique, lunges (wrestling takedowns), pull ups with Gi fabric (if you do Gi), kimura sit ups (basically sit ups with a twist where you simulate a kimura from guard), gi choke crunches (again, if you do gi), shrimps, etc.

 

[Einheri]

You're probably better off doing a strength-building routine, grip training, and regularly stretching than practicing grappling specific movements on your own. Hour for hour, you'll get more out of S&C than you would practicing shots, sit outs, and shrimps in your living room.

 

[Bos Docken]

You're probably better off doing a strength-building routine, grip training, and regularly stretching than practicing grappling specific movements on your own. Hour for hour, you'll get more out of S&C than you would practicing shots, sit outs, and shrimps in your living room.

This is only really true for experienced grapplers. For people with less than three years on the mats (white belts), movement drills make a big difference in developing good muscle memory and instincts

I've seen the real life results. Two new guys join the club, one guy starts doing drills and studying youtube at home, the other keeps lifting weights. By one year in, the drilling guy is moving like a grappler and dominating his buddy, even though his buddy is stronger.

 

[kintana]

Probably some form of animal movement and inversion techniques, I often am shocked how few people know how to do this properly.

But, I will also say practice tying your belt. So many mistakes i see

 

[NicholasJBasile]

Wrestling is a tough style to emulate as far as conidtioning goes. One drill that I used to do a ton as a warm up when I didn't have a partner was a sitout-switch-stand up (making sure to clear my hips and face my opponent) to a shot and immediately followed by a sprawl. Over and over. You'll get tired fast.

 

[mattemate]

Do something like Rickson's beach workout. Breakdancing. Hell, anything is better than watching porn and jerking off I reckon.

Look up some solo wrestling drills. I like all the sit-out stuff. Granby rolls. Inversion drills. Shit like that.

 

[Einheri]

This is only really true for experienced grapplers. For people with less than three years on the mats (white belts), movement drills make a big difference in developing good muscle memory and instincts

I've seen the real life results. Two new guys join the club, one guy starts doing drills and studying youtube at home, the other keeps lifting weights. By one year in, the drilling guy is moving like a grappler and dominating his buddy, even though his buddy is stronger.

Maybe. It would be interesting to see the difference at purple belt, I think. The biggest divide I see between guys who are recreational and guys who compete and win regularly is strength and conditioning.

 

[Matsukaze]

Nothing beats mat time and someone to train with. Find a friend to drill with and if that's not an option then do some hardcore strength and conditioning. Purchase a grappling dummy if you can't find a training partner

 

[seatea]

Hell, anything is better than watching porn and jerking off I reckon.

Speak for yourself; no one, not even God Himself, can break off my collar grip.

EDIT: Plus if you do it to one of those videos where two ladies wearing none IBJJF approved gear try to submit each other it basically doubles as an instructional. Just... don't try to peg your opponents after you submit them like they do in those vids. I've been blacklisted from so many places for that.

 

[Quebec Nick]

Speak for yourself; no one, not even God Himself, can break off my collar grip.

EDIT: Plus if you do it to one of those videos where two ladies wearing none IBJJF approved gear try to submit each other it basically doubles as an instructional. Just... don't try to peg your opponents after you submit them like they do in those vids. I've been blacklisted from so many places for that.

Twas tough to finger out a way to open the guard