Beginning Wrestling [Hardcover]

Thomas Ryan (Author), Julie Sampson (Author), Bruce Curtis (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2001

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.

Editorial Reviews

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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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; illustrated edition edition (December 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806946253
• ISBN-13: 978-0806946252
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,328,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Getting Into Wrestling, October 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Beginning Wrestling (Hardcover)

I've been wrestling for a few years and when I saw this book I was so excited to see a wrestling book in color. When I got the book I was quite pleased with all the advice from coaches and Olympic wrestlers. It's all really practical information and I feel like this will help me stay focused this season. I like the step by step instruction as well. Everything is explained so I can understand it and apply it. I think this is a great book for anyone currently wrestling.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding introduction to freestyle wrestling, December 9, 2004

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T. Bently "tbently" (Berkshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning Wrestling (Paperback)

Most guides to combat sports are hampered by poor quality photography. This short, good-value book is an exception. The large, full-color photos show clearly how to execute moves and the text contains lots of personal testimonies from experienced wrestlers past and present.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wrestling was never so easy, October 31, 2001

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"[e-mail]" (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beginning Wrestling (Hardcover)

Only one word. Great!!! This book improved my wrestling skills. Wow, I loved the photo's too.

Phil