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How To Teach Takedown Setups
One of the most popular questions I get from coaches is… “what setups to focus on first with wrestlers?” I have to be honest, this changed over the years for me. It’s no wonder coaches have questions about teaching the neutral position… it’s easily the toughest position to get wrestlers to master. Top position…
Coach Weber Interviewed On The AllPro Mindset Podcast
Click Here To Listen Now NCAA Champion Coach Daryl Weber is a guest on Episode 8 of the AllPro Mindset podcast. Coaches and parents of wrestlers know how important developing a tough mental attitude is for success. “The quicker you get someone’s hand raised, the faster they are going to get hooked on the sport!”…
Part 3: Strength Training For Wrestling With Zach Even-Esh – ASW32
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 with 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…
Part 2: Strength training for wrestling with Zach Even-Esh – ASW31
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 with 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…
The Problem With The Double Leg Takedown
I’m not sure if you have heard the same talks as I have over the years, but this is what I hear… “The double leg is only for the strongest, fastest and most athletic wrestlers, it’s a waste of time to teach and focus on with most athletes…” I have heard this type of talk…
Part 1: Off-season strength training for wrestling with Zach Even-Esh – ASW30
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-round with 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…
Growing the Greco-Roman Grassroots in the U.S. with National Team Coach Matt Lindland
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…
Should Fun Be the Goal of Wrestling?
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…
Daryl Weber’s Standards of Learning: Wrestling Edition
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…
Secrets Series Part 4 – Arming Your Program to Create the Right Culture
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.…
About Coach Weber
Coach Weber won two Iowa high school state titles wrestling for Dan Mashek, the winningest Iowa High School Wrestling Coach in history, at for Don Bosco HS. He then went on to wrestle at the University of Iowa under Dan Gable from ’91-’96. During his time at U of Iowa he was a three time All-American, Big Ten title, and NCAA Championship.
After graduating from Iowa he continued to compete internationally in Freestyle through 2000. While competing internationally Coach Weber took second at the U.S. Open, won the Sunkist Open and wrestling in over a dozen international freestyle tournaments. After his competitive career ended Daryl moved to Christiansburg…
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