Carl Reed: Wrestling Does NOT Help Football Players

[crusader_of_90]

Hot Take!

 

[McCaravan]

Strongly disagree is not strong enough of a word. Ask Warren's Aaron Stewart. Heavyweight wrestling is a different animal. You can't wrestle the same as a heavy as you can as a middleweight. Lot of it is quickness, balance and brute strength and of course conditioning. If they don't think balance and conditioning helps a football player then I I don't know what does. Football players who are legit wrestlers also have outstanding footwork

 

[redmen85]

I believe Coach Reed has never wrestled.
The mental toughness developed through wrestling benefits all athletes regardless of sport or body type.

 

[MMA_Det]

When uneducated people have strong opinions on subject material that they know nothing about….

That statment alone would tell me not to listen to anything else that he has to say

 

[SiuCubFan8]

Why should I care what he thinks?

 

[PowerI66]

Strongly disagree is not strong of enough of a word. Ask Warren's Aaron Stewart. Heavyweight wrestling is a different animal. You can't wrestle the same as a heavy as you can as a middleweight. Lot of it is quickness, balance and brute strength and of course conditioning. If they don't think balance and conditioning helps a football player then I I don't know what does. Football players who are legit wrestlers also have outstanding footwork

Yup. Leverage, too

 

[Fishwater41]

Guys an idiot

 

[mc140]

Exclude the heavyweights is how he started his argument...

 

[jha618]

Exclude the heavyweights is how he started his argument...

That argument makes more sense. A 160lb db probably not getting better at fb simply by being a wrestler. Now if he's talking about wrestlers who are ol/dl types, it def helps

 

[corey90]

That argument makes more sense. A 160lb db probably not getting better at fb simply by being a wrestler. Now if he's talking about wrestlers who are ol/dl types, it def helps

Agree it still doesn’t hurt a LB or RB. Balance and footwork, conditioning hand strength for tackling. Wrestling may not change every player but it certainly doesn’t hurt any.

 

[PowerI66]

That argument makes more sense. A 160lb db probably not getting better at fb simply by being a wrestler. Now if he's talking about wrestlers who are ol/dl types, it def helps

Being a well rounded athlete ALWAYS makes you better at football and/or any other sport. Most NFL athletes were multi sport through high school

 

[Cross Bones]

Exclude the heavyweights is how he started his argument...

First thing I noticed. Why would I exclude heavyweights though 🤔

 

[MMA_Det]

So learning a wrestling take down… can’t help anyone on defense

Stop it…. This conversation was started by the village idiot

 

[mc140]

First thing I noticed. Why would I exclude heavyweights though 🤔

It is like stating speed training is over rated if you exclude DBs, WRs and RBs.

 

[MS4EVER]

Dan Gable once said “Once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy”.
So true!

 

[jha618]

Being a well rounded athlete ALWAYS makes you better at football and/or any other sport. Most NFL athletes were multi sport through high school

Right. Im talking about wrestling specifically. Very little about that translates for certain positions. No more than playing soccer or baseball for example. I could see though how wrestling would provide alot of football related advantages for ol/dl

 

[jha618]

Agree it still doesn’t hurt a LB or RB. Balance and footwork, conditioning hand strength for tackling. Wrestling may not change every player but it certainly doesn’t hurt any.

Playing Baseball, soccer, hockey can all improve those skills. The question i believe reed was answering was if a football parent wanted to sign there kid up for a second sport, wrestling isn't the only option.