Improve your youth wrestling program with strategies from one of the top prep coaches in the nation.

Russ Cozart has built a wrestling dynasty that includes 22 state high school championships and an impressive 459 match win streak simply referred to as "The Streak." The foundation of his program is built on his strong youth programs. Now you can learn the secrets behind Cozart's feeder system and how you can implement this critical element into your program.

Coach Cozart shares an arsenal of tips, techniques, philosophies and drills developed over his impressive 30-year career. Using a lecture format, he discusses how to develop an effective feeder program and describes the structure of his daily workouts for youth wrestlers.

With the help of two members of his youth club, Coach Cozart moves to the mat to demonstrate key drills and skills. You will see over 20 warm-up drills that combine gymnastics, strength training and wrestling specific skills that will form a solid base for any successful wrestler. These drills build flexibility, balance, power and speed, while training penetration steps, stance, motion and finishing techniques.

Cozart discusses a set of essential moves that will give young wrestlers a solid foundation that they can further develop as they move from club sports to prep athletics. Included are skills for the Blast Double, the Blast Single, riding techniques and more. He also touches on skills for freestyle and Greco wrestling.

This DVD offers everything you need to work with young wrestlers. Incorporate these drills into your workouts and watch the confidence and skill levels of your athletes soar.

80 minutes. 2011.

Scrambling isn't the preferred defense, but wrestlers that have the ability to create scrambles when they get beat greatly improve their chances for success.

Brendan Buckley demonstrates techniques and strategies to control the scramble situation on your feet and take away your opponent's scoring opportunities. In this wrestling DVD, Coach Buckley takes six takedown situations and shows how to put your opponent in bad position after he takes a good shot, and force him to give up a takedown to you.The situations covered include:

• Outside Single - See how to chase the angle and attack the leg. Buckley shows you how to set up your opponent for (and secure) a cradle, including two options to finish it for a fall. He also shows how to bait him for a cradle, but switch to a takedown.
• High Crotch - Learn how to stop your opponent from changing off to a double and use his momentum to hit a cradle for back points or attack the ankle and get the takedown.
• High Single - Go from the whizzer to rubber knee out of the hold and back on the attack.
• Low Single - Kick across the body and attack the ankle putting you in position for a single, a double re-shot, or get away.
• Crackdown - Learn how to beat the shoulder and scoot the corner for a takedown, stalemate or a cradle.
• When you get beat on your shot - Learn to put your opponent into a stalemate position and not give up points. Buckley includes a technique to score a takedown from your defense.

Never give up an easy point again!

52 minutes. 2011.

Three-time All American Hudson Taylor gives you everything you need to know to become a successful wrestler in the upper weights. Taylor packs this DVD with his favorite offense, defense, riding and escapes techniques. The same techniques he used to become Maryland's first ever three-time All-American and its all-time winningest wrestler.

Each section of this DVD is filled with detailed technique and interspersed with drills and philosophy to make you a better wrestler.

Offense
From the feet, Taylor demonstrates how to create offense by getting past your opponent's head and hands and work on beating the forearms and hips. He focuses most of his instruction from the collar tie - the most common position for upper weights on their feet.

Taylor delivers eight scoring options from the collar tie including a deceptive duck under.These techniques are low risk, high percentage moves that rely on a push-pull technique to get your opponent moving in the direction you want.

Defense
Taylor covers all lines of defense - head, hands, forearms and hips including:

• Down block and cross block - See how to get comfortable using both hands
• Hips - Use hip pressure to take away your opponent's strength
• Crack down - Learn to use your arms to get squared up with your opponent
• Front head lock on the mat - See two styles to finish from of a front head lock

• Chop - Learn techniques to increase the odds of an effective breakdown
• Spiral - An effective breakdown for beating a guy inside. Get important details on how to control your opponent's hips and keep your weight on his upper body and tips for getting your opponent's weight forward making it easier to break him flat.
• Ankle - Learn the near ankle breakdown and what to do if you miss or he beats you with a stand-up.

Escapes
Increase your odds for escaping with two essential techniques - the change over and the knee slide. These techniques take the angle away from the top wrestler, and put him behind you, which limits his options. See how to defend the chop, spiral, and ankle rides. Taylor also demonstrates a roll that he calls "unstoppable." He includes drills to develop muscle memory to make these escape techniques second nature.This DVD provides the critical skills and know-how you need to thrive at the upper weights.

128 minutes. 2011.

Hudson Taylor reveals the secrets of his pinning success! Now you can incorporate these same techniques into your personal wrestling arsenal.

Taylor recorded 87 falls in his career ranking him fifth all-time amongst NCAA Division I wrestlers. In this instructional wrestling DVD, Taylor passes on the tips and techniques that made him a dominant force on top.

The foundation of Taylor's success was the double-under ride from the top position. This DVD includes a detailed explanation of this position and the keys to securing it every time.

In addition, you'll get 12 turns and pinning techniques. In the turns section, you'll see how to score back points if your opponent stays on his knees, bellies out on the mat, or manages to get an arm free.

You'll also learn pinning combinations including cradles, baby halfs, cross face stack and Taylor's most successful combination. Taylor also includes a safe way to throw legs in, along with four turns with the legs in.

The key to these moves is leverage, which means you don't need to be a strong athlete to make these work.

These moves were a big part of Hudson Taylor's success and will definitely work for you!

70 minutes. 2011.

Originally published in 1991, the first edition of The Wrestling Drill Book was purchased by more than 15,000 coaches and parents. Now we bring you the second edition, Wrestling Drills for the Mat and the Mind. Author Dennis Johnson, a former wrestler, successful wrestling coach, and expert in the science of sports skills teaching and instruction, provides coaches with a wealth of well-thought out drills for running an effective practice at any level. This book includes 142 wrestling drills, 43 games and mat activities, and 24 warm-up and conditioning ideas.

Johnson understands the latest sport science research showing that champions in any sport, but especially wrestling, must develop more than just technique. They must also develop their mental game. Johnson enlists the help of one of America's best sports psychology specialists, Larry Lauer, who contributes two new chapters on developing and drilling key mental skills wrestlers need for success in wrestling-and in everyday life.