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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 popular so I can built a championship culture Coach Weber also answers questions from the Members Only GableTrained section of the website. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com. SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker iHeartRadio | SoundCloud | Google Play Music | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various level

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 6-Hold Yourself Accountable and Steer From Excuses Step 7-Develop Methods For Keeping the Right Attitude The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com. SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | SoundCloud | Google Play Music | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team member

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 shares some basic techniques he'd teach wrestling novices training for MMA that are comparable to what he would teach at his Askren Wrestling Academy. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com. SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | SoundCloud | Google Play Music | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of pe

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 wrestlers can employ to make a successful transition to MMA? We'll dive into that and more on this episode of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast. Get more information on Charlie at Charlie-Brenneman.com. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com. SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | SoundCloud | Google Play Music | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a

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 different backgrounds come to our site for information and instruction. But my biggest fear has always been that I would overload people new to our sport by dumping too much information on their lap. That’s why I have taken it upon myself to reach out to some of the best developmental wrestling coaches that have a background in MMA both as competitors and coaches. One of the first people I reached out to Coach Mark Strickland. I consider Coach Strickland to be one of the best developmental coaches in the country and he

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 ended up choosing Greco-Roman over freestyle. Coach Daryl Weber and Lindland also talk about tips, tricks and drills from Greco-Roman techniques that can be easily utilized in helping young wrestlers become better in the folkstyle world. Learn more about Matt on his blog at CoachMattLindland.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 if you're a fan of the extensiv

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 if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn.com by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from

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. Life will be much easier, if you are coachable. You improve quicker, have more confidence and aren’t always looking over your shoulder. Be Positive 1. Anyone can be positive when all is good. 2. Mentally tough people find a positive spin when the chips are down. 3. Example: If you get taken down and start shaking your head. 4. Expect & Be Prepared to Deal with Adversity Be Accountable 1. When coach corrects you, does it upset you or do you have a sense of urgency to correct things? 2. Most people are quic

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 down time between matches and your initial warm up. Once you've wrestled your first match, how are you dealing with the break? What do you do the 20 minutes prior to taking to the mat and when the whistle blows, how do you flip the switch? All those topics are discussed on Episode 6 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com. SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | SoundCloud | RSS Contribute And if yo

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 about the drills he picked up and used while coaching at Iowa and Coach Weber breaks down how he goes about teaching young wrestlers to know how to drill before they even get to learning how to perfect the technique. Attack Style Wrestling provides a great teaching tool with its Skill Development and Drill Pack, available at AttackStyleWrestling.com/products. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com. SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker |

On Episode 4 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast, coach Daryl Weber takes a break from the summer camp grind to talk about how the landscape of wrestling camps have changed and how he looks back at his time working camps from his days at Iowa. The camp system has evolved. While the week-long, or even month-long, camps are still common place, the internet has allowed the wrestling camp and training systems to be brought into wrestling rooms, living rooms and basements around the world. While Attack Style Wrestling has been offering different systems over the past few years, the latest launch is for the Gable Trained Academy. Coach Weber talks about how the system works and why it's modeled for coaches and athletes of all levels. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com. SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | SoundCloud | RSS Contribute And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podc

With the high school season long finished, the focus is now on offseason wrestling. What does NCAA champion and Hall of Fame High School coach Daryl Weber believe the best practices are for high school wrestlers in the offseason? We'll discuss those tactics on Episode 3 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast. We'll start Episode 3 with Coach Weber's philosophy on wrestling freestyle and Greco and off-season weight training. We'll also venture into his own experiences as an athlete and a coach where he finds the other styles serve to improve a wrestler's overall ability. Coach Weber also has a month full of camps in June, which we'll discuss the different camps offered. We'll also take time to talk about the differences in summer plans for individual wrestlers and we'll finish up with a discussion centering around Coach Weber's recent blog post about criticism on AttackStyleWrestling.com. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com. SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING

Episode 2 of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast brings in Christiansburg High School wrestling coach and 1996 NCAA Division I champion Daryl Weber into the fray with his brother Lee and of course, coach Dan Gable. Gable looks back at the start of his coaching career and things that lead to that first NCAA championship and some things that went wrong leading into the notable "X" year where Iowa was looking for its 10th straight NCAA team title. Gable and the Weber brothers talk about the NCAA championships, their opinions on Ohio State winning the NCAA team title for the first time in school history. Gable goes into a lot of detail about some training with the 1987 team as well as his response to Ben Askren regarding his online rant that followed the National Duals. Gable agrees with some of it and then talks about Carver-Hawkeye and the role the fans play there. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com. SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitche

On the first official episode of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast, former Hawkeye Lee Weber and legendary wrestling coach Dan Gable will break down the latest offering from Attack Style Wrestling called GableTrained.com. We'll get an introduction from Lee Weber and talk to coach Gable about various topics in wrestling, the recent book he wrote with Scott Schulte called "A Wrestling Life," and all things related to GableTrained.com. A few topics Coach Gable touches on are the rant by Ben Askren following the NWCA National Duals, and how he used a 1994 trip to Turkey to help him coach that dominant 1997 Iowa Hawkeye wrestling team. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com. SUBSCRIBE TO ATTACK STYLE WRESTLING PODCAST iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | SoundCloud | RSS

This is the introductory episode of the Attack Style Wrestling Podcast featuring Christiansburg High School head coach Daryl Weber. Weber was a two-time high school state champion in Iowa at famed Don Bosco High School in Gilbertville and was a 1996 NCAA Division I wrestling champion under Dan Gable at the University of Iowa. The Attack Style Wrestling Podcast is brought to you by AttackStyleWrestling.com. This introductory episode will introduce Weber and talk about some of his background in wrestling and some of the things Attack Style Wrestling products will bring to coaches, parents and athletes about coaching the youth and high school level building on the attacking style of wrestling Weber learned under coach Gable. Once a month, we'll have a discussion with Gable about some memorable matches that he breaks down as part of the GableTrained.com library.