Beginning Wrestling - Hardcover

Ryan, Thomas; Sampson, Julie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0806946253 ISBN 13: 9780806946252

Publisher: Sterling, 2001

Synopsis

Outwit and overpower your opponent! Master the basic rules and winning strategies of schoolstyle wrestling, and you're ready to become champion. Find out the right equipment to buy, especially shoes and headgear. Practice starting positions, following the instructions and photos of each stance. Add the essential offensive and defensive tactics, including inside step series, level changes, takedowns, and more. Move and feint to create proper angles of attack. A master plan shows how to set and reach weekly, monthly, and season-long goals.

About this title

From Booklist:

Gr. 5-10. No mention of atomic body slams and professional wrestling here. The focus is on the less glitzy world of amateur wrestling, as practiced at the elementary-school level through college. The first few pages cover such basics as the rules and equipment needed, but most of the text examines holds and takedown techniques, along with some tips on strategy. Color photographs, featuring wrestlers of different ages, illustrate these points, and while some of the pictures are a bit stilted and poised, most of the them manage to get the point across. The growing world of girls' wrestling is only briefly mentioned. Nonetheless, this is a solid choice for the young wrestler. A glossary is appended. Todd Morning
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About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0806946253
• ISBN 13: 9780806946252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96