Wondering some of the things that the wwr staff does in regards to chain drilling from all positions also how you incorparate that into your practice. Some video would be great if possible.

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Chain Drilling is a vital part of learning how to constantly work on your own position regardless of the opponents attack - you stay on the offense. Chain drilling can develop this - and once you have wrestlers that know how to chain drill - they can lead the others by example.   Both wrestlers can be working to improve and learn in practice - example (Return to the mat recovery drill) - opponent works on returning to the mat - while the other man works on his reccovery to the return (knee slide) etc - chain drilling (Hard in - medium finish) allows wrestlers to feel comfortable knowing that there will be reactions to their first attack and help them to work on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th attacks. I will be working to get some of the drills up that we use at the University of Dubuque. I plan on posting some of these drills this afternoon.   I really like shot-reshot drilling and incorporate it into almost every practice sessiosn - whether at the beginning when they are fresh to warm-up or at the end when they are tired. Rarely in matches to takedowns come with an easy set up and finish - there are a lot shot reshots in matches - and there are a lot of 2nd, 3rd, attacks that work - especially late in the 3rd period when an opponent is tired - this is the type of effort that can produce results in athletes. We train for this in our room - we had 2 wrestlers come in that were never state qualifiers and one ended up an NCAA Champion and the other a 3X NCAA All-American - the second efforts and focus on winning third periods are critical - chain drilling and chain wrestling can fatigue opponents in the 3rd period - so that a lower ranked wrestler can win - because of his preparation. You always want to come in to Nationals or state or your big event knowing you are more prepared to fight - to chain wrestle - chain drilling helps prepare your athletes for this. For some of your beginning wrestlers skill development is needed (meaning they may not know the first attack - let alone the 2nd and 3rd attacks they could be looking for) but once they have been instructed properly in the off-season (now) they should be able to reveiew this early in the season and by mid to peak season next year have a good ability to follow the coaches instructions on chain wrestling in all positions. Terry Brands did a great job of teaching about this in our WI Dells Camp - he talked about chain wrestling - probably couldn't be explained much better than by Terry Brands (Iowa style and philosophy is CHAIN Wrestling)

When I was competing at the World level I was missing a lot of scoring opportunities that I didn't see due to the way I was training. I would drill takedowns the way most people drill, set up to finish. What I believe I was missing was a realistic reaction from my training partner. I currently have my athletes drilling their takedowns, attacking in good position to score, but have their partner react the way they would in a match, preventing the attacking athlete from scoring (not to hard of a reaction). Next the attacking athlete needs to analyze what his partner is giving him for another scoring attempt. Partner needs to react again and give realistic reaction again.  On the third attack I want the attacking athlete to score the takedown. When teaching this type of drilling have them go slow, so the position of both wrestlers is good. As your athletes get used to this attacking style they will attempt more takedowns and score more points. This creates a positive more offensive approach to each match. Very rarely would I score on anybody with my first attack. My first and second attacks were my set-ups for my third or fourth attacks. Scoring becomes easier the more you get your opponent out of position. Hope this helps!

Video Postcard on Chain Drilling

More Videos on Chain Drilling:

Chain Drilling Feet Inside Outside Leg Attacks & Secondary High C Attack

Chain Drill Top Position Chop Arm to Tilts

Chain Drill Feet - High C - Down Blcok Counter Offense to Arm Drag

Chain Drill Feet - High C - to Downblock to Arm Drag

Thanks for the new videos helps bring some new ideas to chain drilling. Also my e mail showed that Terry commented on chain drilling but shows no post from him here just wondering ? Thanks

You're welcome, Heath!   That was an accidental post, so we deleted it. If you'd like to hear from him specifically on this, let us know.

the chain drilling videos are great, i like to see the combos McGovern, Hall and Brands like to use personally and what they like to teach their athletes.

i think a big key to chain drilling effectively is your training partner. hard to chain drill without your partner reacting properly. i guess the only way to get that is to simply tell your partner exactly how you want them to react? or as a coach teaching these drills to athletes for the first time, you pretty much have to coach both guys through the drill to make sure they're doing it properly, right?

These are good points - when teaching chain driling for the first time or to novice wrestlers you have to break the skill down in steps (explain it) and sometimes bring in the ones that are doing it right and have others watch it.   You will need to give feedback early on with new chain drills you present to the team. If you start these in the off-season or early pre-season - by the end of the season your wrestlers should be able to chain drill properly.