Horsetooth Hybrid Grappling Club

Listen to this explanation closely 🙂

A main reason I believe wrestlers do so well in MMA compared to other combat sport athletes is because of what’s being described here by Penn State wrestler and world team member Nick Lee.

Wrestling training typically emphasizes movement skill development versus learning ‘moves’ (i.e., techniques). Indeed, check out coaching literature for winning the neutral position in wrestling, and eight foundational skills are always highlighted (stance-motion-handfighting-level changing-penetration-pivoting-lifting-bridging) before any technical description of ‘moves’ like a single-leg is undertaken.

Good wrestling practices are similarly designed to embrace motor skill development versus teaching a lot of techniques. Big chunks of time are dedicated to building specific movement patterns against a resisting opponent–the core concept of training within this type of environment is to allow athletes to develop implicit skills and then be able to apply them autonomously during competitions.

Other grappling arts would do well from wrestling’s model. Most grappling ‘professors’ tend to overemphasize teaching a ton of moves–that is, showcasing a complex library of techniques–to their students. And these techniques are often ‘drilled’ with a non-resisting partner, which can minimize actual movement skill development.

In this type of pedagogy, every situation has a move, a counter move, and then a counter to the counter, and on and on…Considering how quickly wrestling and grappling matches, it’s impossible to teach every single technique needed, and then simultaneously expect athletes to recall and apply them in an instant.

Focus on movement skill development versus teaching moves!!!

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