During our Monday practice at Team Hammer--the best youth wrestling club in Kansas City :)-- we had some guests come in and coach the kids. They are wrestlers that I had the pleasure of coaching when they were youths. They are now successful high school wrestlers and they did a great job coaching the young kids and then had an insightful discussion about the transition from youth wrestling to the high school level where the expectations and competition is much higher. Video a

We really wanted to start an informational series just for coaches, both current or future. Several of our coaching staff have Bachelors and Masters degrees in the Education field and we feel that great coaches are able to use modern teaching techniques while also demanding their athlete's / student's best effort. Gone are the days of "well, this is how I was taught," and we gladly welcome the new era of "this is the best modern teaching method backed up by decades of resear