Wrestling Technique: Underhook Series

[jack36767]

Finally got another video from camp up. This one is a underhook series where you shift lead legs to set up a cool little sequence starting with a knee tap, to head in the hole, to a high crotch. They all flow together perfectly and are simple and advanced/detailed at the same time so anyone can use it. In fact I'm seriously considering installing this series as a base offense for my team next year. And coach Phillips is one of the best teachers/coaches I've worked with. Enjoy



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[youngsteinel]

The lead leg switch reminds me of a series Lou Rosselli showed, did you see that (it was on Flo)?

That knee tap was beautiful. One of the best explanation of the moves I have seen.

 

[jack36767]

The lead leg switch reminds me of a series Lou Rosselli showed, did you see that (it was on Flo)?

That knee tap was beautiful. One of the best explanation of the moves I have seen.

I haven't seen it yet, I'll have to check it out. I've actually been working on and experimenting with a lot of outside step attacks, both head inside and outside shots and lead leg shifts. My honest personal conclusion and opinion is what I said on that other thread. You need to be disciplined and keep one lead leg forward unless you are shifting on purpose to set up a specific attack like this series. All constantly changing lead legs willy nilly does is let you walk into shots by your opponent, and be out of position on shots. There's also meta game aspects like getting really good at defending one leg instead of two among others we can talk about later

And I agree about the explanation for the knee tap. I have been extremely lucky to see a lot of amazing high school and college coaches teach in person both at clinics/camps and regular practice. And Phillips is simply one of the best teachers I've seen when it comes to technique. Whether it's a bundle/butcher series or this, he won teachers of the year multiple times before he became the AD at Cleveland high school.

I'm 50/50 on whether this or a little Russian/outside step fireman's series I like as the base series for my team next year. Don't get me wrong, I'll teach more than that lol. But I've become a firm believer that while you show the kids techniques, positions and options. You need to have a base series on your feet and on top that when all else fails. Your kids can go to and be confident in

 

[youngsteinel]

I'm 50/50 on whether this or a little Russian/outside step fireman's series I like as the base series for my team next year. Don't get me wrong, I'll teach more than that lol. But I've become a firm believer that while you show the kids techniques, positions and options. You need to have a base series on your feet and on top that when all else fails. Your kids can go to and be confident in

My team (I'm an assistant, FYI) finds a lot of success in learning a lot in the beginning of the year, showing a lot of different techniques, then later in the year having "drill cards" (we picked his up from Tom Borrelli, who's a GREAT coach) that highlight their game. They have from 3-7 attacks from the feet, all to a turn. Then moves off bottom and top. That way for the second half of the year they all hit their drill cards and have their game.

I've found the most important aspect for our team is bottom. We struggle because a lot of our guys didn't wrestle before high school, so those experienced, lifelong wrestlers can ride them easily. We work tirelessly on our butt-ups and then our changeovers, with some solid improvement. We are much better there.

I think it's important that every athlete has their game. Everyone has different moves they prefer. But I can agree that it's extremely beneficial to have a series that everyone knows. We don't have one from neutral, but we have our top cradle ride series. Cross face cradles all day.

 

[jack36767]

My team (I'm an assistant, FYI) finds a lot of success in learning a lot in the beginning of the year, showing a lot of different techniques, then later in the year having "drill cards" (we picked his up from Tom Borrelli, who's a GREAT coach) that highlight their game. They have from 3-7 attacks from the feet, all to a turn. Then moves off bottom and top. That way for the second half of the year they all hit their drill cards and have their game.

I've found the most important aspect for our team is bottom. We struggle because a lot of our guys didn't wrestle before high school, so those experienced, lifelong wrestlers can ride them easily. We work tirelessly on our butt-ups and then our changeovers, with some solid improvement. We are much better there.

I think it's important that every athlete has their game. Everyone has different moves they prefer. But I can agree that it's extremely beneficial to have a series that everyone knows. We don't have one from neutral, but we have our top cradle ride series. Cross face cradles all day.

Yeah I'm in the same situation with a lot of my kids not starting till high school. And I agree every kid should develop their own style if possible, but the quickest way to get them to buy in is give them a base system as a go to.

And I'm going with hammerlocks and armbars as our go to. I don't know what it is, but our kids cannot get their cradles to work.

After talking to a bunch of coaches, bottom will always be a headache unless you can install good habits in middle school