Takedowns and Counters I, elements
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content: Frank J. Ryan Sports Training Collection / Series 7: Films / 7.1: Sports Training Films / 7.1.9: Wrestling
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content: 1 Film reel (color negative, 16mm)
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content: 1 Film reel (black and white negative, 16mm)
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content: Bert Waterman, former head coach of wrestling at Yale puts two of his athletes through their paces to emphasize how proper stance provides speed and mobility in all directions and to demonstrate a variety of offensive and defensive maneuvers in executing the most common and effective takedowns and counters.
For every takedown there is a counter. This film demonstrates the double-leg drop, emphasizing the key points of position of head and arms. Counters for this maneuver — the sprawl, whizzer, quarter-Nelson and pancake are shown in detail and from several angles to provide clarity. The single-leg drop takedown, with its counters, of the sprawl, double underhook and switch, are analyzed and demonstrated.