Great video. I call funk wrestling "snake mating". As I studied it, I really kind of thought it was insane. I still do. A wrestler who, as you stated, is wrestling head up and seeking the dominant position, that is, on top, as so many more advantages. I always told my kids that if you get the knee/ankle on the shot, and they snake mate, don't go along with it. Keep the ankle high, keep their heads on the mat, and punish their heads and guts with your body weight etc. A for the standing flips when you have opponent leg in air, just follow them down hard and crunch them, or lock up the leg and let them injure themselves with their move. I do think wrestling is becoming more dynamic. Your technical points, of course, are spot on.
Agreed. What most people see as "bEtTeR aThLeTiCiSm" in wrestling is really just sloppiness and poor technique. Shooting with your head down may be faster and more powerful, but in addition to what you described it also means that you can't really see what you're doing, you're not in control of your forward momentum, and you're vulnerable to be thrown to your back or unable to actually finish once you get a hold of something. It's the equivalent of a boxer trying to generate power by lunging forward into his punches rather than planting his feet.
He is 100% correct and the reason is John Smith and his low sweep single. There is no funk roll prior to Smith hitting low singles on everyone. Anytime some one starts hitting something new .....it s just a matter of time for a counter to come up to defend it. That is why you are starting to see more blast doubles and high crotches. High C's control the hips!!!
Burroughs wins the hand fight every time and uses his timing and quickness to get to the legs. He doesn't let people get their hands on him and slow him down. You can't even get to talking about head position, with JB as an example, without understanding his hand fighting and his shot selection. He doesn't take bad shots. He wrestles position first. He doesn't take shots that get him out of position in the first place. He's ready to pull the trigger any instant, but has the experience to know which shots not to take. He's not forcing shots. You can't get your hands on him, if you reach you're done. He clears all ties immediately and usually circles towards an angle and changes levels. and then he circles the other way. and he's still wrestling until he's a step ahead of you positionally and then he's taking the shot.
Scrambling is all about laziness. Never try to out scramble a scrambler, you'll end up on your back. You must beat them with actual moves the whole match: SETUP-MOVE-FINISH. Once they feel they cannot out-scramble you, they will give up.
u can see jordan burrow shoots with his head down but just the move he does doesn't allow for a scramble most of the clips u showed of college wrestling are singles and low singles also what makes jb so good is his quickness
We must not be watching the same video. That head is either up, or it's down very briefly and he brings it up immediately, braces against the opponent's chest area, and drives forward.
Great video. I call funk wrestling "snake mating". As I studied it, I really kind of thought it was insane. I still do. A wrestler who, as you stated, is wrestling head up and seeking the dominant position, that is, on top, as so many more advantages. I always told my kids that if you get the knee/ankle on the shot, and they snake mate, don't go along with it. Keep the ankle high, keep their heads on the mat, and punish their heads and guts with your body weight etc. A for the standing flips when you have opponent leg in air, just follow them down hard and crunch them, or lock up the leg and let them injure themselves with their move.
I do think wrestling is becoming more dynamic. Your technical points, of course, are spot on.
Agreed. What most people see as "bEtTeR aThLeTiCiSm" in wrestling is really just sloppiness and poor technique. Shooting with your head down may be faster and more powerful, but in addition to what you described it also means that you can't really see what you're doing, you're not in control of your forward momentum, and you're vulnerable to be thrown to your back or unable to actually finish once you get a hold of something. It's the equivalent of a boxer trying to generate power by lunging forward into his punches rather than planting his feet.
He is 100% correct and the reason is John Smith and his low sweep single. There is no funk roll prior to Smith hitting low singles on everyone. Anytime some one starts hitting something new .....it s just a matter of time for a counter to come up to defend it. That is why you are starting to see more blast doubles and high crotches. High C's control the hips!!!
Burroughs wins the hand fight every time and uses his timing and quickness to get to the legs. He doesn't let people get their hands on him and slow him down. You can't even get to talking about head position, with JB as an example, without understanding his hand fighting and his shot selection. He doesn't take bad shots. He wrestles position first. He doesn't take shots that get him out of position in the first place. He's ready to pull the trigger any instant, but has the experience to know which shots not to take. He's not forcing shots. You can't get your hands on him, if you reach you're done. He clears all ties immediately and usually circles towards an angle and changes levels. and then he circles the other way. and he's still wrestling until he's a step ahead of you positionally and then he's taking the shot.
Fantastic post
Scrambling is all about laziness.
Never try to out scramble a scrambler, you'll end up on your back.
You must beat them with actual moves the whole match: SETUP-MOVE-FINISH.
Once they feel they cannot out-scramble you, they will give up.
Wym it’s about laziness ?
@@killamonga8649Scrambles happen because you didn't work to get a better shot.
u can see jordan burrow shoots with his head down but just the move he does doesn't allow for a scramble most of the clips u showed of college wrestling are singles and low singles also what makes jb so good is his quickness
you can do a single leg with head up. just look at the video "5 minutes of Jordan Burroughs Double legs". Go to 1:22. Also 1:32. 3:08
We must not be watching the same video. That head is either up, or it's down very briefly and he brings it up immediately, braces against the opponent's chest area, and drives forward.
@@Michael-ii9fs whether you see it or not makes no difference to me