How to Create Wrestling Practice Plans

Step 1

First, you have to find your weak points and see how badly you need to improve upon them. You're only as strong as your weakest link. Most wrestlers I have ran across have explained to me how they seem to get tired so quickly due to their poor conditions program. However, conditioning isn't the only the downfall for most wrestlers. Many factors come into play.

Step 2

After you find your own weakness or the teams weakness for that matter, develop plans based around improving them. For example, if your team is slacking in conditioning then incorporate more aerobic based workouts into the training regimen. The same goes for any physical aspect of training, if you are slacking in it then you must find a way to improve it. The important thing is to notice improvement in the athletes.

Step 3

One of my greatest resources that I used in wrestling was looking at what collegiate and olympic wrestlers do for training. An easy way to do this to purchase a technique or perhaps a conditioning DVD to observe what the greatest wrestlers do to achieve success. Whenever I seen something that could potentially improve our teams performance I brought it to my coaches attention and low and behold when we used it in practice it showed during competition.

Step 4

Organization is also very important to keep track of what goes on day by day. I was fortunate enough to watch the Minnesota Gopher wrestling team practice and they had an actual calendar hanging up to keep track of their training regimens. This is very effective so that you don't repeat the same methods of training over and over again. Keeping the training schedule in an organized fashion is the best way to insure that your athletes are getting the most out of their training sessions. A simple wall hanging calendar will do the job for staying on track.