CLINIC WARS
TOP is pleased to introduce Clinic Wars for the 2019-2019 WWS season.
Since the first weekend of the new year is immediately after Winter Break (or even during break for some school districts), we wanted to offer a different format than a traditional wrestling tournament. So, we developed the concept of Clinic Wars.
In short, wrestlers are put into groups with other athletes of similar age, weight and experience. When the event begins, half of the group goes to one end of the facility, and the others go to the other end of the room. They then participate in a short clinic (e.g., roughly 20-30 minutes) to help them learn and succeed in a very specific situation.
For example, perhaps the situation is a wrestler in on his knees after shooting a single leg. One group works on single leg finishes, while the other group works on defending the shot. When the horn blows, the groups meet in the center, find their opponents, and wrestle live in the situation several times. No refs, no scoring---just learning and working on specific areas. When this is completed, the groups switch sides and work with the other clinician...and the process repeats.
Once the clinic and corresponding wars are over, we'll let the wrestlers go live a bit longer with various opponents. There will be no awards or trophies on this day---it's just a great way to ease back into wrestling after Winter Break, learn some new techniques, and have some fun.
CLINICIANS:
4x NCAA All-American Steve Fittery and former GMU star Sahid Kargbo will be our featured clinicians for all sessions. The focus of these clinics will be the always important area of Mat Returns---fundamental and more advanced techniques for returning opponents...and not getting returned.
Since the first weekend of the new year is immediately after Winter Break (or even during break for some school districts), we wanted to offer a different format than a traditional wrestling tournament. So, we developed the concept of Clinic Wars.
In short, wrestlers are put into groups with other athletes of similar age, weight and experience. When the event begins, half of the group goes to one end of the facility, and the others go to the other end of the room. They then participate in a short clinic (e.g., roughly 20-30 minutes) to help them learn and succeed in a very specific situation.
For example, perhaps the situation is a wrestler in on his knees after shooting a single leg. One group works on single leg finishes, while the other group works on defending the shot. When the horn blows, the groups meet in the center, find their opponents, and wrestle live in the situation several times. No refs, no scoring---just learning and working on specific areas. When this is completed, the groups switch sides and work with the other clinician...and the process repeats.
Once the clinic and corresponding wars are over, we'll let the wrestlers go live a bit longer with various opponents. There will be no awards or trophies on this day---it's just a great way to ease back into wrestling after Winter Break, learn some new techniques, and have some fun.
CLINICIANS:
4x NCAA All-American Steve Fittery and former GMU star Sahid Kargbo will be our featured clinicians for all sessions. The focus of these clinics will be the always important area of Mat Returns---fundamental and more advanced techniques for returning opponents...and not getting returned.