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Uploaded by Flo Wrestling | July 1, 2011

John Smith compares the process of learning a wrestling move to that of a scientist experimenting in his lab. He had a work in progress that he was continually tweeking and making better. What made it so appealing to him was that he knew he was on the verge of creating something that would help him to become the best wrestler in the world.

Speakers: John Smith

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clarencelong4 10 months ago

Great interview! I always like hearing John Smith talk. Coach Smith talks about how he initially relied on his speed to get his low single in college but what also should be noted is that John Smith had a gorilla like grip once he got in and got his hands on that leg. I have a friend who once wrestled with John Smith in the 80's in an open practice when Oklahoma State practiced with a local juco team near campus and my friend said that his forearms were very strong and his grip was just gorilla strong once he got in on your leg...

Brian Brodnik 11 months ago

To become the best at anything you MUST have the same passion you hear in his voice. That's why he was awesome. This isn't just about the low single, it's about life. Few, have the ability to reach that level of passion.

Ryan Rooney 2 years ago

awesome vid

matman 2 years ago

I wished you asked him who he though has the best low single in the last ten years. Also If you know a young wrestler and want to get him the best gift there is for a wrestler its the "How low can you go" series. It will make him or her a takedown machine. Guaranteed.

addiedog 2 years ago

IndyRR put it very well: "Keep the labs open"! It is a great analogy Smith makes and is aplicable to many other things in life. The whole process Smith explains has been described by many other highly successful people, on the brink of a cutting edge breakthrough and being inspired by the whole process. A couple of years ago another coach mentioned the book, Outliers, regarding a flow video. It sounded interesting- focusing on the factors that contribute to people achieving greatness- or not. I read it and I thought of how many great wrestlers explained this same inspired process: Dave Schultz, Gable, Douglass, and Smith in this video.

That is a great interview that still has alot of value.

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

Honestly..I rather he had cured cancer.....

TR 2 years ago

john smith is my hero. what a bad dude. the best freestyler ever. 6 straight years of world and olympic championships.

IndyRR 2 years ago

All these years later, still one of the best vids ever shot for Flo. The topic, the chemistry, the excitement. Clearly Smith was just waiting for someone to ask him all this. We could go another twenty years without another wrestler doing this, and yet it was like no one had even asked him before Flo did. At the time, Flo was Martin in a freaking van with his cheeseburger breath and a little camera, and yet John Smith was willing to sit down with him and talk about all of this. Why? Because there was no one else asking. No one.

Everyone gripes about freestyle and complains about the way American wrestling has fallen off the map in recent years. But there could be another John Smith in the making right now because of Flo. Why not? Wrestling was only a couple of thousand years old when Smith developed the low single. Clearly there's more innovation possible. We just need to continue to give kids opportunities and see what they come up with.
I'm 46 years old, I wrestled in Kansas when Smith was coming up in Oklahoma, and there's no question in my mind we'll have another Smith if we just keep the labs Smith was talking about open.

bopert 2 years ago

In light of all the buzz generated from Cael, it's still fair to say this man is still the best wrestler ever to walk on American soil.

I wonder what kind of success Cael would have had were it not for the low single that John Smith perfected.
With that said, there's THE ULTIMATE MATCH I've yet to see on Flo (or anywhere else, for that matter) -- tthe '88 Olympic Trials when he defeated Jim Jordan to take the honors. Flo, could you please dig up that match?

Robert Gendler 2 years ago

That nose has paid the price for all those low singles. :-). Seriously.... great story of a move (and a wrestler) that has revolutionized wrestling. It must be a great feeling to contribute something original to a sport.