We are just three days removed from the NCAA Championships and I wanted to send a note while things are still fresh from the tournament. With each new season I realize more and more that a Division I wrestling season is unequivocally the toughest thing for an individual to endure in athletics. The level of… Continue reading Newsletter Post 2024 NCAA Tournament
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February 2024 Newsletter
Quick Season Overview The season seems to be flying by and it’s hard to believe we are only about six weeks from the NCAA tournament! The team is doing great and wrestling well at this point. We are coming out of a hard training and competition phase, and will begin to slowly start our “peaking”… Continue reading February 2024 Newsletter
Princeton is A Wrestling Town: A Response to an Unjustified Slammy Award (Plus I Award My First Crammy)
In 2020 Princeton Wrestling made the “Slammies”, which is a yearly tradition in the NJ wrestling community where Rick Fortenbaugh, a wrestling reporter for the the Trenton Times, reports on the “best, worst, and bizarre from the wrestling season.” I love the Slammies and think they are great for wrestling, but, generally speaking, you do… Continue reading Princeton is A Wrestling Town: A Response to an Unjustified Slammy Award (Plus I Award My First Crammy)
Technique Blog: Counter to Head Inside Single Leg (Baseline)
In the previous technique blog we covered finishing a single leg on the mat (HERE) and I mention in that post that this is a very tough position for incoming freshman to finish. Equally, if not more challenging for the incoming freshman is countering the single. There just seem to be a few key points… Continue reading Technique Blog: Counter to Head Inside Single Leg (Baseline)
Brett Takes His 1st Ride on the Elevator
Brett Harner Takes First Ride in Elevator After Becoming an All-American https://www.facebook.com/PrincetonUniversityAthletics/videos/10154038110390070/ Princeton Coaches Lose It When Brett Harner Gets Pin In Round of 12 https://www.facebook.com/chris.ayres.50159/videos/10156751536730370/ EIWA Highlights 2016 https://www.facebook.com/107204309338584/videos/1033871556671850/ Highlights From Ivy League Championship Weekend https://www.facebook.com/107204309338584/videos/1021320814593591/ Rutgers Dual in Jadwin 2016 https://www.facebook.com/107204309338584/videos/1016989465026726/ Penn Highlights 2016 https://www.facebook.com/107204309338584/videos/1016551248403881/ Navy 2015… Continue reading Brett Takes His 1st Ride on the Elevator
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Northwestern Lehigh Highlights
Check out Northwestern/Lehigh Highlights as we get ready for to host Navy this Friday at 7:00pm in Dillon Gym
My Son Will Wrestle [Whether He Likes it or Not]
Much to my delight my son, Atticus, started wrestling this year, but as the season progressed I was tortured in relation to how to help him. I'm one of less than 80 Division I Head coaches in the country, so I'm qualified to help him in a big way, but I felt I had to… Continue reading My Son Will Wrestle [Whether He Likes it or Not]