Product Description

This is a guide to wrestling techniques for high school and college wrestlers and for coaches of wrestling at all levels. It provides details on the fundamentals and refinements of the following wrestling techniques: proper stance, movement and lifting; rides and pins; escapes and reversals; valuable counter moves; freestyle turns for freesyle and scholastic wrestling; takedowns featuring variations based on opponent's reaction.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8739 in Books
• Published on: 1994-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

From the Publisher
"This book contains easy-to-follow material for the beginning wrestler as well as enough detail to aid the seasoned coach and athlete. A great addition for the serious wrestler." Tom and Terry Brands 1993 World Wrestling Champions—USA

"This is one of the most technically elaborate wrestling books I have ever read. The precise descriptions and accompanying photos will be of great benefit to all who want to increase their knowledge of wrestling. It covers all aspects of wrestling, from takedowns to pins." Russ Hellickson Head Wrestling Coach, The Ohio State University

About the Author
Mark Mysnyk was a two-time New York state high school champion, a member of four of the University of Iowa’s NCAA championship teams, an alternate on the 1976 U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team, and a member of the 1977 World University team. His many years of wrestling and instructing wrestlers have provided him with rich insights, which he shares in describing the techniques in this book. Dr. Mysnyk is an orthopedic surgeon in Iowa City and an active as a volunteer wrestling coach with Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. He is also the author of the highly successful book Wrestling Fundamentals and Techniques: The Iowa Hawkeyes’ Way.

Brooks Simpson is a champion wrestler at the national level as a Big Ten champion and NCAA runner-up in 1990. He has taught wrestling techniques at Dan Gable’s Training Camp and other wrestling clinics since 1986. He is also the wrestling coach at Parkview High School in Springfield, Missouri.

Barry Davis has experienced success at every level of wrestling. He is a three-time NCAA champion; four-time All American; three-time Iowa state champion; and a Pan Am, World, and Olympic medalist. He also has several years’ experience coaching wrestling as Dan Gable’s assistant at the University of Iowa and as an assistant under Andy Rein at the University of Wisconsin. Barry is the head wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin.

Customer Reviews

Best Wrestling Book today
I love this book so much, I encourage my entire team to purchase this book. I started to develop as a wrestler by looking in a book memorizing a few moves and then trying them in practice the following day during live wrestling. This book is fantastic. I use the moves when I wrestle live. I was a Connecticut large school state champion, and wrestled in the top 20 divison 1 and this book is extremley valuable. As of matter of fact there are so many moves you will find you will have to pick and choose the one's you like and work to master them before you move on. Also, the author's make no money as the money is donated for a great cause-Scott Babun/Westminster Christian Wrestling Coach, Miami, FL.

Winning Wrestling Moves
Super great book for the budding wrestler as well as a semi-advanced one!
Excellent display maneuvers showing every aspect of the correct moves.
Text clearly and concisely describes the moves in detail and how to counter.

Great for Anyone Interested in Wrestling
I purchased this book in tandem with Greco-Roman Wrestling by William A. Martell, and I can't decide which I like better. They are both good.

Winning Wrestling Moves is well written, thorough, and easy to understand. As a mere spectator/admirer of the sport of wrestling, I am pleased with the photos and detail in this book, which help me to understand exactly what I am watching.

Though "Winning" is stressed in this book, the flavor/tone of the author's words also emphasize the love for the sport, competing against one's self to achieve success, and sportsmanship, which is admirable and impressive, since there must naturally be a winner and a loser - both of which are honorable. Also impressive is the fact that this book does not seem to be about shortcuts, just hard work and great technique.

This book has wonderful descriptions with good flow, and though it is technical, it was easy for a non-wrestler to understand. I recommend it for everyone interested in this great sport, not just athletes and coaches.

J.H. Sweet, author of The Fairy Chronicles, and wrestling fan