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Time for a change?

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August 21, 2008

Wrestling in the 2008 Summer Olympics has concluded. As predicted by many, the Russians dominated with 11 total medals (6 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze). Our U.S. team was able to capture 3 medals (1 gold and 2 bronze). Yes we all can say that this was an off year for U.S. Olympic wrestlers. Now, should people within our wrestling community not compare the backgrounds of our successful wrestlers and the others who finished empty handed?

All three of our medalists have one common trait that is different from many of the other non-medalists. Their folkstyle background does not include NCAA wrestling. While many of our non-medalist wrestlers garnered high NCAA accolades.

In the past we have seen many U.S. wrestlers excel in both NCAA competition and Olympic competition, this year was very different. It would be hasty for me to state that what happened this year will be a trend for U.S. wrestlers. However, if this does become a trend we might want to consider a possible upgrade to Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling in our scholastic programs.



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I AGREE   August 23, 2008 at 2:13pm
My own sense from watching the Olympics was that freestyle at the international level has become so different from folkstyle that the adjustment may simply be too great for our athletes to make and be successul.

It's not just par terre. Incidentally, I don't think anyone of our guys besides Cejudo and Askren against the Hungarian scored a single point from par terre, or in transition from the feet to par terre. It's like the reverse of those rare occasions when freestylers from other countries compete in folkstyle, like that kid from American a couple of years back, and the Japanese kid from Penn State about 10 years ago: their weakness was on the mat and in close matches against top competition, that was the margin of defeat.
It's also that our guys don't have (or didn't show) the skills on the feet, which you would think would be the easiest adjustment. That's because folkstyle de-emphasizes standing technique relative to freestyle because of the two periods on the mat, unlike in freestyle, where you're right back on your feet throughout the entire match, unless you're generating exposure points.
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Rick Addante   August 21, 2008 at 2:44pm
I agree, and elaborated with similar concerns in my recent blog.
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