A wrestling move is a technique that helps you directly or indirectly win a wrestling match.

There are four broad categories of collegiate and scholastic wrestling moves.

1. Basic Skills
2. Take-downs
3. Reversals and escapes
4. Rides, breakdowns and pinning combinations

Contents 1 Basic Skills 2 Take-downs 3 Reversals and escapes 3.1 escapes 3.2 reversals 4 Rides, breakdowns and pinning combinations 5 References

Basic Skills

A basic skill is a wrestling skill or technique that is fundamental to wrestling and/or the basis for other moves. Basic skills should be taught, learned and mastered prior to more advanced moves. The success of other moves are dependent on how well basic skills are executed. These skills should be drilled and retaught on a regular basis.

The seven basic skills are.

1. Stance and Movement
2. The Penetration Step or duck walk
3. Getting to Your Base
4. The Hip Heist
5. Lifting Your Opponent
6. Arching Your Back aka: bridging
7. The Back-step

Take-downs

A take-down is a wrestling move used to go from a neutral standing position to an up position with your opponent in a down position and thus score two take-down points.

Some basic takedowns are. . .

double leg, single leg, high crotch, duck under, standing switch, stuff the head, head lock, front head lock, (after stuffing the head to the mat)

These moves are usually taught at a young age through high school. A takedown is a Martial arts and Combat sports term for a technique that involves off-balancing an opponent and bringing him or her to the ground typically with the A takedown is a Martial arts and Combat sports term for a technique that involves off-balancing an opponent and bringing him or her to the ground typically with the Most are simple and very effective if done right.

Reversals and escapes

In collegiate and younger age wrestling if you have been taken down or are in referees position you can either escape for 1 point or reverse your opponent for 2 points

escapes

stand-up, sitout, run-out (if opponent is in oppotional position) granby roll

reversals

sitting switch, crawling switch, standing switch (if in cant escape from stand-up), fat man roll or side roll, sitting hook shot, peterson roll

Rides, breakdowns and pinning combinations

Double grapevine (Saturday night ride) - extends the upper and lower body usually leading to a power half or tilt tilt- exposing, but not pinning, the opponents shoulders to the mat earning near fall points; half nelson-run perpendicular to the opponent with one arm under the near shoulder and on top the head cradle-a leg and an arm locked around the head with a butterfly, or wrist lock; stack- stacking an opponent on their shoulders, additionally, pins can be obtained from tilts and cradles.

References

• Mysnyk, Mark (1994). Winning Wrestling Moves. Human Kinetics. ISBN 0873224825.  

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