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Discussion Topic: Developing a Wrestling Vocabulary
Rex Holman added to this discussion on February 15, 2010
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This is a related topic to announcing, teaching and learning. Developing a wrestling vocabulary is very important by all accounts as language is a very important medium by which communication is accomplished. I have been witness to this relative phenomena on numerous occasion, particularly when teaching wrestling. When teaching, wrestlers typically want a word to associate with a move. The reason for this to which we are mostly unaware is that language affords the coding experience and allows us to identify, memorize, and develop attachments to the language and the activity. Obviously, the visual component is a necessary part of this equation.
Wrestling is very unique in that it is highly associated with kinesthetic feedback. Much of wrestling is feeling based upon body position and awareness. So, developing a vocabulary that accounts for different positions of body becomes a necessity in proper explanation to the athlete and making certain that the athlete understands with specificity what you are teaching.
Case in point, many years ago while doing a camp at Uhrichsville, coach Touk requested that I do a split the middle finish from a head inside single leg. His kids were having difficulty with the concept. During the course of teaching, I used tripod as a part explanation of what I was doing and went into detail. Shazam, the kids understood and made a big leap forward in terms of progress towards grasping the concept.
Defining a wrestling vocabulary has further reaching implications than just learning wrestling in coach-wrestler format. Some of its' implications are:
1) Continuous development of the athlete who is reliant on language and communication. A coach needs to identify the needs of the wrestler and be able to communicate those needs to the wrestler in terms of technique, situational and positional adaptations. Often times these are not addressed, and the athlete's development is reliant upon a survival of the fittest situation in which evolution of form is left up to the athlete's innate ability to adapt to whatever the situation.
2)Educating the audience in terms of expressing and making clear what may seem ambiguous. In doing so, an announcer explicitly identifies and expresses terms to which an audience can relate and attach significance. A good announcer expressly states what the viewer is seeing and adds depth and educated perspective towards it.
3)Allows for further evolution of the sport as concepts become known and then may be expanded and further developed.
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Discussion Topic: Developing a Wrestling Vocabulary
Rex Holman added to this discussion on February 15, 2010
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The athlete as a practitioner of technique defines his vocabulary in terms of what he does aka the action and behavior; he is not responsible for being able to expressly use language to describe what he does. Upon reflection and consideration, the athlete may become aware to the detail and understand the reasons of advantage and disadvantage to their actions.
Whereas the coach must be able and attuned to expressly state in language to the athlete on how to get from point A to B and make account of the athletes talent and abilities. Successfully adapting the vocabulary to the athlete and addressing an athlete's needs for improval is key to innovative and successful coaching.
This reflects why some people make better coaches than others.Some coaches identify the athlete's strengths and weaknesses and immediately go to work on on addressing those weaknesses, preparing the athlete for situations they are likely to encounter and progressively add to the repertoire of skills. This only accomplished by design. Otherwise, athleticism and chance are called into play more often.
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