Wrestling Blogs - Ohio Storm Brush Wrestling

The varsity wrestling team is competing at the Cuyahoga Fall Tournament this Saturday. We will be competing in a duel meet competition which follows: Rd. 1 - 10:00 vs Coventry Rd 2 - 12:00 vs Cuyahoga Falls Rd 3 - 2:00 vs Akron Garfield Rd 4 - 4:00 vs Barberton Rd 5 - 6:00 vs Canfield The varsity line-up is as follows: 112 Brian Hauser and Adam Pollack 119 Sam Mcintosh 125 Tywan Claxton and Austin Wilson 130 Ronnie Brown 135 Tyler Johnston 140 Jordan Freeman and Devon Range 152 Paul Benford 160 Jason Pollard and Mike Bussey 171 Jevon… more »

Brian Hauser wraps up what is perhaps the most outstanding off season wrestling effort by a wrestler in Brush history. Brain wrestled in over 80 matches (losing on 3 times), dating back from the first spring tournament in March of 2008 to the last preseason tournament this fall, in which he capped off a great off season by winning a State title at the preseason State Championships at the Marion Coliseum in Marion, Ohio. This past spring and summer Brian wrestled in three national dual meet tournaments Ohio Duals, Disney Duals, and Air Dome Duals in PA. This fall Brian… more »

Learn and Drill. Learn by becoming a student of the sport. Listen from your coaches, go to wrestling camp over the summer, review video’s on specific techniques you want to master, and drill until your moves become second nature, until they become instinctive !!! (30 to 40minutes of drilling a day) When you don’t have a partner to drill with try shadow drilling: Shadow Drilling is a great way to develop your skills, speed and conditioning. I was a boxing fan during elementary school, watching legends Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali on television. I learned that shadow boxing plays… more »

Strength Training Principles:Overload: To see gains in strength you must always stimulate the muscle more than it is accustomed to. TRAIN …..OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE!Progression: The active muscle must continue to work against a gradually increasing resistance in order to meet overload.Specificity: Gains you receive are dependent on the muscle group used, and movement pattern performed.Strength (maximal force): If you are interested in strength gains you want to train with higher weights and closer to your 1 RM.Endurance (sub maximal force that is repeated): If you are interested in gains in endurance, you should concentrate on lifting lower weights… more »

>Confident: You’ve worked hard, now represent your training. Allow your ability (based on all the hard work & training you’ve put in). Confidence comes from having the Courage to submit yourself to an extremely demanding challenge, a challenge which most ordinary students will avoid. Confidence is the fruit of experience. The more you put yourself in challenging situations and endure through them, the more confidence you will develop. ( A very tough tournament, a very tough training situation – camp, off season participation in open mats, wrestling with a very tough wrestler, Competing in styles that stretch you – such… more »

Achieving goals requires: 1. Commitment to persevere: When one understands what commitment is all about, quitting is NEVER an option. 2. Discipline: Whatever it takes. Make a decision to do the activities that don’t feel good, that don’t come natural, and quite frankly you don’t feel like doing them However you do them anyway ,( I call this training out of your comfort zone ), and after much training you will begin to experience the benefits and rewards for your hard work. B.) Mental toughness – for competition (ICS & FRC): By definition, toughness is to be strong & resilient;… more »

I. MENTAL TOUHNESS TRAINING A.) Goal Setting the first step to mental toughness: by Ken Chertow, 1988 Olympian: I encouraged you to set some challenging, ambitious long-term goals for yourself. If you only set easily obtainable goals, you will never reach your highest levels of achievement. Do not be scared to strive to live your dreams. To increase the likelihood that you will achieve your highest goals, you must set a variety of smaller goals. Setting numerous short-term goals will provide you with continuous challenges. These challenges will increase your level of motivation and enhance your performance. It does not… more »

The team concludes the organize portion of off season wrestling training schedule with a solid performance at the Air Dome Duals in Williamsport, PA. As a team we finished with a 12th place finish among 32 teams and a 3-4 overall record. The boys handle themselves well and the conditions were challenging (the heat in the air dome), but in the end each boy had wrestled plenty of matches and looked progressively better each bout. Highlights of the Air Dome Duals include Jevon Cook defeating a New Jersey State placer with a solid last minute takedown. Brian Hauser going undefeated,… more »