Carl Reed: Wrestling Does NOT Help Football Players
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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
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I believe Coach Reed has never wrestled.
The mental toughness developed through wrestling benefits all athletes regardless of sport or body type.
The mental toughness developed through wrestling benefits all athletes regardless of sport or body type.
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
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.
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
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.
Dan Gable once said “Once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy”.
So true!
So true!
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
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.
This.
I've always thought that wrestling and football pair so well together. Football is the ultimate team sport. Wrestling is the ultimate individual sport. The mental toughness it takes to go out there on the mat and have no help, and more importantly, no one to rely to bail you out...except yourself, translates so well to football. There aren't too many football coaches out there that don't love kids who can bounce back immediately after getting beat with no excuses.
That guy is an idiot, and this one comes from the hot take sit back and say something stupid department cause even negative attention. There is a reason why he currently is not a coach.
I would rather kids do any ither sport im the offseason then those stupid 7 on 7 tournaments one day camps, and showcases.
I remember when college coaches who offer a scholarship after a wrestling match or basketball game .
Again he is an idiot.
I would rather kids do any ither sport im the offseason then those stupid 7 on 7 tournaments one day camps, and showcases.
I remember when college coaches who offer a scholarship after a wrestling match or basketball game .
Again he is an idiot.
