Our highest individual placewinner at the NCAA Championships since 2016, Caleb Campos!
After losing in the round of 16 on day one, Caleb advanced to the highest point of the consolation bracket with five straight wins. He went 6-2 at the tournament, and the redshirt junior will be back for another run next year!
May be the most difficult hurdle for a wrestler to clear—trusting that the same offense that built the lead is what protects it.
The instinct is to protect the lead, but the approach that creates better odds, less regret, and is simply more logical is to keep wrestling the same way that created the lead.
Stay on the attack, stay in position, and keep applying pressure. The one who needs to change and create opportunity is the opponent who is losing. So why would you go ahead and assist them in this by back peddling and lead protecting, opening up two windows that weren’t there before?
1 – Stall points
2 – Allowing your opponent to solely focus on their offense as they no longer have to respect your attacks.
You hear wrestlers in post-match interviews “We do this all the time in the room! Down 2 with 30 seconds left and working to find a takedown.” Not so much the opposite… “up 2 with 30 seconds left and just have to find ways to back up to protect the lead!”
So why resort to something you don’t practice in the most crucial moments of a match—or your season?
This is from the excellent series “The Climb” by Stilly Boys on YouTube — a segment from Episode 2: Road to the Big 12s.
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A rematch over four years in the making saw Kyle Dake gain his revenge on Mahamedkhabib “Kadik” Kadzimahamedau in a showdown of Olympic medalists at RAF05 on Saturday night. #RAF05 https://t.co/rl6ACMsxns
Happy Thanksgiving!
Take a moment today to reflect, share gratitude, and appreciate the people who lift you up. Wishing you a warm and thankful day.
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