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Books
A Distant Flame by Jack VanBebber
This is the true story of the author, Jack VanBebber, who overcame serious injury to become an NCAA champion wrestler and Olympic medal winner.
Season of Life by Jeffrey Marx
OK, I know this is a book about football, but the lessons it offers are the same ones you'll want to teach your wrestlers. This is not a book you are just going to read and then forget about. You're probably going to read it again sometime. And you'll definitely want to tell family and friends about it. By sharing Season of Life with others, you will be helping to make this a better world.
Eat to Win for the 21st Century by Robert Haas
This book incorporates cutting-edge advances in sports nutrition that have given top athletes an unbeatable edge, and helps readers play, work, and sleep better. Topics include: Eat for peak fitness, speed healing of sports injuries, boost energy level 300% or more, lose excess body fat quickly and safely, "De-age" the body in just four weeks, and a special diet for vegetarians
The Wrestling Drill Book Edited by Bill Welker
A wrestler's ability to execute his moves quickly and instinctively is often the difference between winning and losing a match. Drills are the most effective practice activities to use to ingrain the instinctive actions and reactions essential for wrestling success. The Wrestling Drill Book includes match-tested drills, carefully chosen by coaches who are experts in the specific techniques and tactics they cover. Each drill is described in detail with illustrations, modifications, and coaching points for maximum effectiveness. Beginning with essential movement drills and progressing to takedowns, escapes, reversals, rides, and pinning combinations, the book addresses each fundamental that wrestlers must hone in order to become champions. A customizable practice plan demonstrates how drills can be combined and sequenced for the ultimate wrestling workout. Make practice time productive time. The Wrestling Drill Book is an essential manual for success on the mat.
Good to Great by Jim Collins
"Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" This book concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples (including a championship cross country team), the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization (even wrestling teams) would do well to consider.
Wrestling Tough by Mike Chapman
Wrestling as much as any sport requires a special type and level of courage. The arduous training, periodic weight cutting, and public arena for performing are challenges that intimidate all but a special breed of athlete. And that is not to mention the sport's very essence: facing off against an opponent who wants to do nothing less than dominate you physically, destroy you emotionally, and humiliate you mentally. Wrestling Tough is a unique look at the "stuff" that has characterized the greatest competitors to ever take the mat. Award-winning author Mike Chapman first presents the attributes that serve as a common link among wrestling champions through the decades. From there he details how and when these attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors manifest themselves in the training room and in competition.
Nearfall: Book One - The Adventures of Matt and Mike (Paperback) by Joe Reasbeck
Joe Reasbeck was inspired to write this series to try to raise awareness of the sport as well as promote wrestling by weaving a compelling story about life and grappling. According to Joe, "The biggest thing wrestling has taught me is persistence. I had been knocked down so many times from opponents, injuries, and internal struggles that I came to realize that wrestling teaches you 'whatever life throws at you, you can handle.' You learn to roll with the punches and discover that certain perseverance wrestling teaches you. I don't think that is unique to me, I think it is symptomatic of wrestling. Wrestlers are a mentally tough bunch." NearFall's appeal is the winning combination of the underdog and sport. In this book, whatever problems are encountered, wrestling is always part of the solution. Nearfall relates to many of the difficulties of growing up and the challenges that families endure.
A Brown Bag Life (Paperback) by Glenn Anderson
The author was a wrestler at Manasquan High School in New Jersey and, upon graduating college at Missouri, returned hme where he became involved in both scholastic and pee wee wrestling. For the next eight years, all the camaraderie, successes, failures and hardships he had experienced as a high school grappler were rekindled - first as an assistant coach, then as a head coach. "It was the most exhilarating and memorable time of my life," Anderson recalled. "Coaching wrestling makes you take a hard look at yourself and the young men who need guidance." The novel, targeted for an adult audience, is of a parochial high school coach in the Shore Conference in New Jersey. Not wanting to be anywhere in particular in life, Coach Thomas McCloskey finds himself willingly pulled into the sport he wanted so desperately to forget. One practice at a time, one match at a time, one season at a time, McCloskey finds meaning creeping back into his world. It's a book about wrestling and redemption.
Parenting Young Athletes the Ripken Way: Ensuring the Best Experience for Your Kids in Any Sport by Cal Ripken, Jr.
Since he retired from baseball in 2001, Cal Ripken, Jr., has devoted his time to coaching kids, including his own son and daughter, who play baseball and basketball, among other sports. With a baseball league of nearly 700,000 kids, ages 5-12, named for him, he has also had a chance to meet and work with countless young athletes. Cal Ripken's simple yet effective philosophy for helping kids get the most out of playing sports is to keep it simple, explain the "why," celebrate the individual, and make it fun! But Ripken is troubled by what he sees in youth sports: a competitive intensity that removes the element of fun from playing. Now, drawing on his experiences as a father, a player, and a coach to his charges at his youth baseball based organization, Ripken Baseball, the legend offers his insights and advice on how to approach organized sports with your kids to ensure they have the best experience possible, stay fit, and enjoy themselves.
Coaching Wrestling Successfully by Dan Gable
Gable shares the special philosophy, motivational techniques, training plans, teaching methods, match strategies, and evaluation systems he used to build his wrestling dynasty. Gable also provides a rare insight into the influential people, lasting lessons, inner drive, and mental focus that spurred him to championship after championship. If you coach wrestlers, this book is a blueprint on how to be the best. If you wrestle, this book challenges you to develop yourself into a tough, competitive champion. And if you're a wrestling fan, this book is an inside look at the greatest figure ever in the sport.
Wrestling for Your Life by Darrell McDowell
Why should a young person consider the sport of wrestling? Why should parents take a close look at the sport for their children? The sport of wrestling has the potential to change behavior, inspire personal development, and set the pace for a productive life and a fulfilling future. So says Darrell McDowell, an educator who believes that wrestling as a youth set him on the road to personal success. Wrestling for Your Life is rich with personal stories of struggles and triumphs. In wrestling no advantage can be found by blaming another teammate. Acceptance of personal responsibility separates wrestling from many other athletic activities. Wrestling requires absolute attention to achieving an individual level of composure and sportsmanship....that test our expectations for pure and consistent self control.
Wrestling Coach's Guide to Excellence (2nd Ed) by USA Wrestling
The newly released, 2nd Edition, is a book on wrestling that goes beyond the textbook knowledge of the sport. With a foreword by Dan Gable, and more than twenty sidebar topics, the Wrestling Coach's Guide to Excellence is a must read for coaches serious about the sport. New features on technique, Title IX, women's wrestling, rule changes and much, much more. Over 200 pages of detailed wrestling information for any coach in the U.S. This Coach's Guide moves far beyond the first edition. Experts from several fields combine their knowledge to help wrestling coach's achieve success as they build youth programs and develop strong high school teams.
101 Wrestling Drills and Games by Keith Manos
This new book focuses on fundamental drills every coach can use with his wrestlers so they avoid position mistakes, improve their strength and stamina, and enhance their athleticism. The 100+ drills and games are thoroughly explained with locations, descriptions, and coaching points, and cover: warm-up and flexibility, agility, neutral position-offense, neutral position-defense, top position, bottom position, endurance, stamina, and strength, resistance training, competitive wrestling drills, and more. Contains nearly 80 photographs.
Call Me Coach by Steve Wolfe
Alaska's Greatest Wrestling Stories. Steve Wolfe, fresh out of college, comes to the little town of Homer, Alaska and begins his wrestling coach career. Homer, Alaska is at the end of the road. Coach soon finds that Alaska is full of unbelievable characters, kids and adults alike. Wolfe's interactions with these characters make for nonstop humor and inspiration. He tells a story of rare experiences of struggle, failure, but ultimately triumph. Alaskans and wrestlers have a common spirit: the spirit of adventure and overcoming all adversity. This book is a humorous story of motivation and the spirit of Alaska and wrestling.
The Team Captain's Leadership Manual by Jeff Janssen
Designed for both athletes and coaches of all sports, this one of a kind Team Captain's Manual details a proven 10 week leadership development program to build effective team leaders. Create team captains who: set the tone for your team, hold their teammates accountable to a higher standard, constructively confront their less disciplined teammates, know how to refocus their teammates when they are down or distracted, and take care of a lot of team problems so you don't have to.
Four Days to Glory: Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland by Mark Kreidler
The author of this hard covered book immerses himself in "the largest event of its kind in the United States," the Iowa State High School Wrestling Tournament, and the result is a deeply insightful look into how young athletes and their families prepare for and participate in a yearly, four-day event where "Fathers and sons, coaches and wrestlers locked in screaming matches are as commonplace as injury timeouts." But this is no exposé: Kreidler paints a highly sympathetic portrait of the struggles of two smalltown seniors to become the 15th and 16th four-time state champions in Iowa's history. "The really great ones just don't give a damn" about doubts and struggles external to the sport itself
101 Positive Athletic Traditions: Building Positive Team Legacies by Bruce Brown
Traditions give perspective, rekindle the spirit of the past, and remind the coach and player of what is important. Ultimately, traditions produce successful teams, great memories, lasting friendships, and help establish coaching legacies. This thoroughly enjoyable, idea-packed book by Bruce Brown offers over one hundred examples of positive athletic traditions, including: Traditions to welcome new team members, pre-season traditions, senior traditions, traditions for captains, pre-, post-, and last-game traditions. There are also traditions to involve the community and alumni, and traditions for equipment, facilities, and much more. A great resource for coaches and leaders of any sport.
Pinned by Alfred C. Martino
This is is a must-read novel for wrestlers, coaches and, indeed, any avid sports fan. Better yet, include ALL high school students, as the Teacher's Guide is terrific and (IMHO) it should be part of every high school curriculum! Reviews. Story - Two students from very different backgrounds are training for the New Jersey State Wrestling Championship. The book captures student/ coach relationships, the journey to the finals, and the pain the wrestlers endure amid the everyday activities of high school. Most fascinating is the grueling training required of wrestlers. While the author successfully conveys both loss and triumph, he excels in portraying the story's two very different coaches--their methods, personalities, strengths, and weaknesses.
No Excuses by Kyle Maynard
Born without arms or legs below his elbows and knees, Kyle Maynard excels as a champion wrestler, inspirational speaker, college student and male model. No Excuses is his inspirational autobiography that shows how a positive can-do attitude gives someone we might see as disadvantaged the advantage over life. He was born a congenital amputee, his arms ending at his elbows and his legs at his knees. But that didn't stop Kyle Maynard from becoming a champion, on the wrestling mat and in his life. You'll learn about the family who supported him, the coach who trained him, and the faith that strengthened him to face the toughest fights. You'll also receive Kyle's very own diet and exercise regimen, which helped him compete at the highest levels and Thirteen ways to live a No Excuses life.
101 Ways to Motivate Athletes by Keith Manos
In his newest book Keith Manos addresses the most important part of coaching: motivating athletes. This book offers over 100 specific and detailed ideas for establishing a positive team culture and a successful, winning organization. It includes ideas for the preseason, early in the season, all season, midseason, postseason and more. Ideal for coaches and administrators of all sports at any level of play.
A Season on the Mat by Nolan Zavoral
If you're a wrestling coach, you have to read this book! It chronicles the dramatic season, in which Dan Gable led his team - far from his most talented - to the national title. Zavoral takes the reader behind the scenes, into the stifling heat of the wrestling room where young men from places like Rock Falls, Iowa, or Philip, South Dakota, sacrifice everything they have just to be a part of the Hawkeye program. We watch strongwilled athletes like Mike Mena, whose struggle to make weight almost cost him a shot at the national championship; Lincoln McILravy, who overcame persistent severe headaches to win his third national title in his four-year career; and all the other wrestlers who contributed to a record-breaking performance at the NCAAs, scoring the most points in collegiate wrestling history.
Wooden by John Wooden
Coach Wooden's remarkable 10 national basketball championships in 12 years at UCLA speak for themselves. In Wooden, the coach--quiet, thoughtful, and introspective throughout his distinguished career--finally speaks forhimself, and he's well worth hearing. Wooden is a modern chapbook of inspiration and good sense that reveals the hard-court philosopher behind it as a man of character, conviction, decency, and straightforwardness. There are no complex ideas, just little beams of light filtered through anecdotes that project the kinds of simple, immutable truths that in the end touch nothing but net (mat).
Become the Only Choice by Mike Jacoutot
Selling is a blend of art and science, but the ultimate goal is to position yourself to become the only choice for customers. In his first published book, sales guru and former Division III wrestling champion, Mike Jacoutot, distills twenty- four years of practical sales experience into an easy to understand consultative sales process guaranteed to deliver results.Woven into an engaging story line, Become the Only Choice clearly and concisely explains Jacoutot's unique approach to consultative selling through the failures and successes of two former college wrestling buddies. This book is a must read for anyone looking to hone sales skills, improve sales performance and position themselves to Become the Only Choice.
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Titled: Determination
"Overcome the Obstacles before they Overcome You"
and Achievement
"Believe in yourself and anything becomes possible"
Motivational posters enhance the atmosphere of your wrestling
room and sends a positive message to your athletes. Make room
for this sports art masterpiece by world renown sports artist
Edgar Brown.
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It is difficult to measure the impact that this publication has had on wrestling over its 40+ years of existence, but suffice it to say it's enormous. If you want to promote wrestling in your town make sure there is a copy of this magazine in each and every school and library in your community! Click for a single subscription ($38 per year) or a group bundle of 10 at a large discount ($28 each for a total of $280) or for a Free Trial Issue of Wrestling USA Magazine. |
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Amateur Wrestling NewsThis is America's oldest and most respected wrestling publication, packed with the most complete in-depth wrestling coverage available. For over 50 years they have covered the sport from kids through the Olympics. Amateur Wrestling News is published 12 times a year. |
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W.I.N - Wrestling International NewsmagazineIf you want to get the story and pictures from top-notch events like the Midlands, NWCA National Duals, the NCAA conference qualifiers, the national championships in every collegiate division, the NHSCA High School Nationals, U.S. Nationals, World Team Trials or Olympic Trials, Asics/ John Vaughan Jr./Cadet Nationals, and the World Championships or Olympics, W.I.N. is for you. |
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STACK MagazineThis magazine is dedicated to helping high school athletes improve their performance safely and effectively. It debuted in February, 2005 and provides information on state-of-the-art training, nutrition and sports skills from the nation's top professional athletes, trainers and coaches. You can order a subscription for one year (9 issues for $26.99) or have your athletic director register your school to receive a free subscription. To search for online articles go to Search. |
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