For most high schools around the country, mid-to-late January is the time to start thinking about the postseason and gearing up to qualify for your respective state series. Episode 34 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast visits again with NCAA champion and Hall of Fame high school coach Daryl Weber as we outline a number of strategies and techniques that can help your wrestlers win positions, win matches and gain more confidence to help them win and stay healthy in the postseason. The Attack St...
Jan 24, 2020•42 min•Ep. 34
NCAA champion Daryl Weber is back as the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast kicks back up just in time to start thinking about the high school wrestling season. Upon the show's return, Episode 33 explains Coach Weber's Coaches Guide: 6 Topics to Game Plan Before November. Building a Healthy & Successful Program Complete Practice Planning & Developmental System Practice Drills & Live Scenarios for Overall Development Constructing Your Programs Technique System How to Build Yearlong Peakin...
Sep 26, 2018•45 min•Ep. 33
NCAA champion Daryl Weber is joined by the Underground Strength Coach Zach Even-Esh to talk about what wrestlers and coaches can do to keep their athletes "trained" year around wth the proper set of lifting techniques and strength training that will increase the body's ability to perform. This is Part 3 of a three-part series with Zach Even-Esh. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com . SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Sprea...
Feb 22, 2017•23 min
NCAA champion Daryl Weber is joined by the Underground Strength Coach Zach Even-Esh to talk about what wrestlers and coaches can do to keep their athletes "trained" year around wth the proper set of lifting techniques and strength training that will increase the body's ability to perform. This is Part 2 of a three-part series with Zach Even-Esh. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com . SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Sprea...
Feb 15, 2017•32 min
NCAA champion Daryl Weber is joined by the Underground Strength Coach Zach Even-Esh to talk about what wrestlers and coaches can do to keep their athletes "trained" year around wth the proper set of lifting techniques and strength training that will increase the body's ability to perform. This is Part 1 of a three-part series with Zach Even-Esh. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com . SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Sprea...
Feb 08, 2017•28 min
NCAA champion Daryl Weber talks with U.S. Greco-Roman National Team Coach Matt Lindland about the effort to grow the grassroots effort for Greco-Roman wrestling in the United States. On Episode 29 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Coach Lindland and Coach Weber bounce ideas back and forth and understand the strategy it takes to convince athletes to give Greco-Roman wrestling a try. We'll also talk about what happens when you have an athlete who wants to go to that next level and how many athl...
Feb 01, 2017•50 min
Should fun be the goal of wrestling? Should fun be the reason we're even out there? Two ways to ask the same question. On Episode 28 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast, Daryl Weber and his brother Lee look back at their own experiences growing up wrestling in Iowa and wrestling at the University of Iowa to determine where the "fun" factor should be within wrestling. Having fun in wrestling is often attributed to the wrestlers who win big, score points and entertain, but not everyone has that ...
Jan 25, 2017•42 min
NCAA champion Daryl Weber breaks down every teacher's favorite phrase -- Standards of Learning -- in this episode of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast. Instead of trying applying it in the classroom, Weber has a set of standards that can be applied in the wrestling room. Coach Weber will explain how his system evolved, who you should be studying when you're trying to coach the masses and how it can apply to all levels of the program, from Day one to Division I. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcas...
Jan 18, 2017•31 min
The final show in the four-part series with Daryl Weber's coaching secrets is rooted in building the right culture. Part of that is coming into a new environment and how to work with the existing administration, while also working with the existing wrestlers in order to get them to buy in to the program's goals. We will tie in the past three episodes and again works on moving past the stresses involved with coaching high school sports and working with parents, athletes and administrators. The At...
Jan 11, 2017•25 min
When it comes to coaching, techniques get shared the world over. When it comes to mental preparation and certain tricks of the trade, that's when coaches start becoming a little more guarded about what they know and what they're willing to tell others. This four-part series will focus on some of those "trade secrets" in working on getting more out of yourself as a coach and more out of your athletes. Some are philosophical, some are carved out of years of practice. Part 3 of this series centers ...
Jan 04, 2017•25 min
When it comes to coaching, techniques get shared the world over. When it comes to mental preparation and certain tricks of the trade, that's when coaches start becoming a little more guarded about what they know and what they're willing to tell others. This four-part series will focus on some of those "trade secrets" in working on getting more out of yourself as a coach and more out of your athletes. Some are philosophical, some are carved out of years of practice. Part 2 of this series centers ...
Dec 28, 2016•23 min
When it comes to coaching, techniques get shared the world over. When it comes to mental preparation and certain tricks of the trade, that's when coaches start becoming a little more guarded about what they know and what they're willing to tell others. This four-part series will focus on some of those "trade secrets" in working on getting more out of yourself as a coach and more out of your athletes. Some are philosophical, some are carved out of years of practice. Part 1 of this series centers ...
Dec 21, 2016•23 min
Episode 22 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast focuses on teaching the top position with coach Daryl Weber. Warm Up: In practices with emphasis on the top position any drills we incorporate into the warm up or quick drills segments will focus on the neutral or bottom position. Drills Drills in the top position will focus on learning to transition from one hold to the next, mastering forward pressure and controlling the bottom wrestler with handles and breakdowns. This may be within a series or...
Dec 14, 2016•31 min
Episode 21 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast focuses on teaching the bottom position with coach Daryl Weber. Warm Up Drills: Outside of your normal calisthenics we will insert solo drills that focus on one of three things. The first are base drills that will focus on properly building the base position from various other positions. Second will be solo drills focusing on the technical actions used in the bottom position with a heavy emphasis on explosion off the whistle. Third we will use sol...
Dec 07, 2016•26 min
The Anatomy of a Perfect Practice Plan Part 4 of the Anatomy of a Perfect Practice Plan finishes up with the importance of the cool down, post-practice speech and also some breakdowns on practice times, lengths of each segment and a general overview of the four parts. Get your quick guide to perfect practice planning here . The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com . SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker iHeartRadio | Soun...
Nov 30, 2016•26 min
The Anatomy of a Perfect Practice Plan Part 3 of the Anatomy of a Perfect Practice Plan rolls on with a focal point on live wrestling. But before we get to the live wrestling, we must understand there are numerous ways to each live wrestling. Coach Weber breaks down what we can do with: Pre-Live Controlled Battles prior to going live. And the different types of live go scenarios. Group One-on-One Short Time Goes: Situational (Positional) Situational (Attitude) Matches Force to Score Scenarios Si...
Nov 23, 2016•26 min
The Anatomy of a Perfect Practice Plan Part 2 of a a four-part series by coach Daryl Weber on The Anatomy of a Perfect Practice Plan. Coach Weber's developed a number of tactics from his own experiences as a state champion and national champion wrestler and an accomplished high school wrestling coach. Coach Weber introduces Part 2 of this four-part series with an explanation of quick drills designed for your practice and the various teaching techniques used and how to find which techniques are r...
Nov 16, 2016•28 min
The Anatomy of a Perfect Practice Plan Entering a four-part series by coach Daryl Weber on The Anatomy of a Perfect Practice Plan. Coach Weber's developed a number of tactics from his own experiences as a state champion and national champion wrestler and an accomplished high school wrestling coach. Coach Weber introduces Part 1 of this four-part series with an introduction of what can be considered a "perfect" practice plan and how to implement it. There's more to the pre-practice speech than "A...
Nov 09, 2016•23 min
Episode 16: Timeless tactics for developing independence and an internal drive in all level athletes (Part 2) Coach Dan Gable joins Daryl Weber and Jason Bryant for part two of a two-part series on independent and dependent practice situations and scenarios. In Episode 16, we learn: Hear Coach Weber and Coach Gable answer the #1 question we get from coaches at Attack Style Wrestling. We also learn these tips: • Tactics to keep wrestlers that are on the fence or getting discouraged excited and fi...
Nov 02, 2016•30 min
Episode 15: Timeless tactics for developing independence and an internal drive in all level athletes. Coach Dan Gable joins Daryl Weber and Jason Bryant for part one of a two-part series on independent and dependent practice situations and scenarios. In Episode 15, we learn: • How to develop independence in athletes of all ages and the different factors you need to take into account. • How to build a year long peaking system for athletes of all ages with the right goals in mind Keeping the inter...
Oct 26, 2016•28 min
On Episode 14 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast, NCAA champion and Hall of Fame high school coach Daryl Weber will attack the issues about recruiting new athletes into the sport and more importantly, retaining them so they become more than just someone who "wrestled" once upon a time. Coach Weber points out four areas of retention How do I get them out for the sport? How do I keep them out and retain them?" How do I get them to buy in, work hard and listen? How do I make my wrestling program...
Oct 19, 2016•38 min
Episode 13 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast covers the development of an athlete's mental toughness. Coach Daryl Weber outlines the Seven Steps to Engineer Confidence and Mental Toughness. We'll explain all seven steps listed here: Step 1-Creating Interest and Keeping It Step 2-Model & Encourage Consistency Step 3-Proper Goal Setting(Develop the Why) Step 4-Expect Setbacks and Be Prepared to Deal With Adversity (It’s Part of the Process) Step 5-Be Process Oriented NOT Ends Oriented Step...
Jun 24, 2016•52 min
Ben Askren was a four-time All-American and two-time NCAA Division I champion at the University of Missouri. Askren moved into freestyle, making the 2008 Olympic Team that competed in Beijing. Now Askren is the ONE welterweight champion. He'll join the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast to talk about promotion of wrestling and share some thoughts about the grassroots marketing of MMA can be used to promote wrestling and how wrestling can borrow some of the techniques learned from MMA. Askren also sh...
May 17, 2016•29 min
Continuing with the theme of wrestling and its relationship to mixed martial arts, we talk with Charlie Brenneman, a UFC veteran, former high school Spanish teacher and motivational speaker. On Episode 11 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast, Jason Bryant and Daryl Weber join Brenneman to share experiences and tactics that wrestling has taught that transfers to MMA, writing and entrepreneurship. Brenneman uses wrestling in nearly ever aspect of his life, but what were some of the traits wrestle...
Apr 28, 2016•41 min
Ever since starting AttackStyleWrestling.com I have has Martial Artists of all different disciplines signing up for advice on learning wrestling or teaching wrestling. Most are either instructors that wish to teach wrestling skills more effectively at their gyms and give their students a better experience or they are athletes from all backgrounds wanted to integrate wrestling skills into their existing skills and expand their combative arsenal. It has been exciting to see so many people of diffe...
Apr 14, 2016•34 min
Episode 9 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast will focus on tips and tricks with Greco-Roman wrestling with guest Matt Lindland, the U.S. Greco-Roman National Team coach. We'll find out how Lindland went from a high-level equestrian athlete to a wrestler and how he went over the hills and through the woods to find the coaching necessary to excel. A junior college champion at Clackamas Community College in Oregon, Lindland finished his college career at Nebraska. He tells the story of how he en...
Feb 24, 2016•57 min
On Episode 8 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast, coach Daryl Weber talks with bodybuilder, wrestler and strength trainer Zach Even-Esh. Even-Esh talks about strength training, life lessons and things he learned through the sport of wrestling. Learn more about Zach and his background at ZachEven-Esh.com The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com . SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | SoundCloud | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And ...
Feb 16, 2016•48 min
With the start of any wrestling season, whether it be high school, college or freestyle and Greco-Roman, getting your wrestlers to focus and frame their mind is crucial to development. On Episode 7 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast, coach Daryl Weber identifies three main areas with your wrestlers to get their mental framework and mindset in gear. Be Coachable 1. Don’t look for easier way than coach is telling you. 2. You will always find someone to tell you the easier road is acceptable. 3....
Oct 23, 2015•34 min
What exactly should you and your wrestlers be thinking about on match day? What's important about the match day preparation? Everything. On Episode 6 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast, NCAA champion and nine-time state championship coach Daryl Weber will explain the five key areas of match day preparation and go through what the first four areas mean as they all lead to the opening whistle. Coach Weber will explain the post-weigh in process, how to handle the day's warm-up and how to handle ...
Aug 29, 2015•38 min
Drills are an important part of any wrestler's growth. On Episode 5 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast, we'll talk with Christiansburg High School coach Daryl Weber and legendary former Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable on the fundamentals of drilling for wrestlers and coaches. There are hundreds of different drills wrestlers can use to perfect their technique, but finding the right techniques for the right wrestlers is also a key component of coaches teaching their wrestlers. Coach Gable talks ...
Jul 16, 2015•45 min
