The following are WIN’s Team Rankings as of Dec. 12, 2011. WIN’s next high school rankings will be released on Jan. 6, 2012. Rank Team Prev. Comment 1 Blairstown, N.J. Blair Academy 2 Placed 13 at Ironman to claim top spot in rankings 2 Lakewood, Ohio St. Edward 1 Heil’s OW performance keyed runner-up Ironman [...]
Archive for December, 2011
By Scott Goodpaster One-arm Partner Rows work on unilateral pulling strength, which is essential to the sport of wrestling. Partner one-arm rows use the lower body of the bottom partner for the pulling resistance. This exercise is an entry level exercise and simulates a dumbbell bent over row. Bottom partner Alex Hobbs crosses legs and [...]
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of six articles on “WREST: a Mat / Life Integration System: how the process of integration will give you the mental edge in wrestling. You can receive future articles from Lis McGovern by signing up for WIN’s FREE weekly eNewsletter at WIN-magazine.com. By Lis McGovern [...]
By Al Fontes The 2011 California Community College State Championships held at Santa Rosa Junior College, December 9-10 will go down in history as the state tournament remembered by many, not only for the impressive amount of newly-established state records earned by one school, but it being the first state tournament to entirely utilize and [...]
December 12, 2011 NEWTON, Iowa — The following are WIN’s Tournament Power Index, Team Dual Meet and individual rankings. The previous rankings were Dec. 5, 2011. WIN will continue to release its TPI and individual rankings every Monday, except Dec. 26, through the NCAA qualifying tournaments in early March. In working to compile the most [...]
By Scott Goodpaster At Cincinnati Functional Fitness, HOB (Hands-on-Ball) Push-ups are one of our popular exercises, when it comes to functional upper-body pushing. Stability balls do an excellent job at tackling balance and stability components for performance. If you can’t stabilize your core, you can’t produce optimal force at your extremities. Stability is the guiding [...]
Cal-State Bakersfield’s Stephen Neal, who won a second NCAA championship, the Dan Hodge Trophy and later a World freestyle championship in 1999, caught more than the wrestling world’s attention a few years later when he became a starter as an offensive lineman for the New England Patriots. That happened despite not playing any college football. [...]
By Willie Saylor, WIN STAFF In last week’s WIN E-news, we earmarked the major events in the chase for a high school national team championship. And while there was a smattering of nationally ranked teams in action last weekend, the Ironman, unofficially, but annually, marks the kickoff for a new season. For individuals, the Ironman [...]
December 5, 2011 NEWTON, Iowa — The following are WIN’s Tournament Power Index, Team Dual Meet and individual rankings. The previous rankings were Nov. 28, 2011. WIN will continue to release its TPI and individual rankings every Monday, except Dec. 26, through the NCAA qualifying tournaments in early March. In working to compile the most [...]
