There were twenty state tournaments last weekend, and we've twenty two more tournaments on tap for this weekend.  I actually just got back from the Missouri High School State Wrestling Tournament, and I was able to catch three more state wrestling live streams from around the country last weekend.  I noticed plenty of junk at the tournaments I watched (both live and online), but I also observed some great technique from some of the best high school wrestlers in the country.  

Here are the three most common takedowns the best wrestlers were scoring with round after round.   

Head Inside Single Leg 
This was by far the most common takedown I saw all weekend long.  It's the most high percentage takedown there is, and nearly every single state champion -at least in the Missouri tourney- hit at least one single in the state finals.  

Single Leg Defense 
Less high percentage than the single leg attack, but a real game changer.  I witnessed some wild scrambles that stemmed from single leg defense -the Diblasi v Salas MO class 4 state final, one of my favs in the tournament, was filled with scrambles from here- and I saw numerous wrestlers capitalize from the position to score momentuous takedowns.  

Front Headlock 
Still a standard you'll see hit all over the country.  Wrestlers commonly get here after their opponents take a shot, but I actually saw many wrestlers work to the front headlock either from a football grip or from a solid snap down -that's good solid stuff, I like seeing that.  

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