WWR23: Terry Brands fields questions about the Flowrestling documentary Terry
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Release Date: 01/22/2016
Vinay Siwach of The Indian Express explains the culture of wrestling in India - WWR64
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Episode 64 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast visits with Vinay Siwach, a sports journalist for The Indian Express in New Dehli, India. Siwach has covered wrestling for the paper the last five years and he'll talk about the dynamic of Indian wrestling, how Olympic medals won by Sushil Kumar kickstarted interest in the sport in the country, the popularity of the mud wrestling dangals as well as the impact the movie of the same name had on the sport. Siwach will also explain the potential of Kumar during the rest of his career and recap the drama that was the Narsingh Yadav-Sushil Kumar...
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Lúcás Ó'Ceallacháin comes to Canada after spending the last five years entrenched in international wrestling -WWR63
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Lúcás Ó'Ceallacháin, the interim High Performance Manager for Wrestling Canada, has spent the last five years heavily involved in wrestling. On Episode 63 of the World Wrestling Resource, we'll talk to the native Irishman about his background in sports management, how it developed based on his linguistic skills and what the last five years have been like after roles with United World Wrestling and as the competition manager for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. He'll also explain how he ended up in Canada and North America in general after living outside of his native...
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Olympic Champion Ben Peterson breaking down leadership - WWR62
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Olympic champion Ben Peterson and World Wrestling Resource co-founder Jon McGovern join host Jason Bryant on the latest edition of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast to break down Peterson's vision of leadership. Peterson talks about his background in what he believes makes good leaders and how he's presented his leadership speech over the years around the world. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at . Do you have a question or a topic you'd like to hear the World Wrestling Resource...
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Jamaican Wrestling Federation president Kevin Wallen still on the mats at 48-years-old - WWR61
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One of the larger stories that came out of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia was the one of Kevin Wallen. The president of the Jamaica Wrestling Federation, Wallen competed at 86kg in freestyle and won his opening match 11-10 over a wrestler from the Bahamas. At 48 years old. On Episode 61 of the World Wrestling Resource, we'll catch up with Wallen, who was raised on the island nation of nearly 3 million people before moving to Canada and discovering wrestling. It was a means to keep him out of trouble and give him a pathway to a post-secondary education. What is Wallen...
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WWR60: Wrestling Australia's Larry Papadopoulos breaks down the sport Down Under
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While at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Jason Bryant caught up with the Treasurer of Wrestling Australia, Lazarus "Larry" Papadopoulos. Papadopoulos has been working the GC2018 Games as a color commentator for the television broadcasts and he also works with the rugby and Aussie rules football leagues to work wrestling techniques into their respective gameplay. We go over a number of topics, including developing wrestling in Australia and Oceania as well as the involvement of other sports into wrestling and vice versa. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources...
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WWR59: Bill Zadick talks 2018 World Cup and reflects on the 2017 World Championships
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United World Wrestling brings the Men's Freestyle World Cup to Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on April 7-8, 2018. On this episode of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, we talk with U.S. National Freestyle coach Bill Zadick about the event. Zadick reflects on last year's World championship in Paris and what it was like to see wrestlers like Kyle Snyder and Jordan Burroughs accomplish amazing feats of wrestling greatness. Zadick also talks about his own experiences in managing one of the greatest generations of wrestling talent on the world stage and how he works with the athletes and...
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WWR58: NWCA's Mike Moyer on saving Eastern Michigan and celebrating the add of Little Rock
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Mike Moyer of the National Wrestling Coaches Association again joins the World Wrestling Resource Podcast to talk about the recent additions and subtractions in college wrestling. What is the NWCA doing to help save the program at Eastern Michigan and what led to the addition of wrestling at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock? Strategies, updates and perspective from Moyer on what the fans can do to help with EMU and promote wrestling around the country next up on the World Wrestling Resource Podcast. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all...
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WWR57: Grand View's Nick Mitchell on building the Championship Lifestyle
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Nick Mitchell has built what he calls a Championship Lifestyle at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. On Episode 57 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, we talk with the Wartburg alum who has led the Vikings to six NCAA Division III championships in a row and seven National Duals titles in a row. As the program nears the end of its 10th year in existence, what's been the secret sauce that's helped his team win? An Iowa native, Mitchell never won a state championship or Division III title, but was part of Wartburg's 1999 NCAA Division III Championship team and learned under coach...
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WWR56: John Lally talks technology and training with Firstbeat
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Technology advances have made training and athletes bigger, stronger, and stronger. On Episode 56 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, we talk with John Lally, the President and CEO of PIVOT Sports Global about Firstbeat, a product geared at providing elite athletes and teams the ability to understand their workouts and performance by data-driven analytics. Firstbeat is already being used by over 800 professional sports teams around the world and has started to move into college wrestling with three college clients -- Princeton, Penn State and the University of the Cumberlands. Lally...
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WWR55: NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer talks Multi-Divisional National Duals and how new teams have changed the landscape
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Mike Moyer is the Executive Director of the National Wrestling Coaches Association and the NWCA will be hosting one of the nation's biggest college wrestling events on January 4-5 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It's the NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals and Fort Wayne will host 86 teams in five college divisions to determine a dual meet champion in Division II, Division III, NAIA, NJCAA and the WCWA. Moyer will talk about the event and the growth of the new programs as 40 of the 86 teams in the field this year were started in 2000 or after. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources...
info_outlineThe World Wrestling Resource Podcast returns with Episode 23 where the discussion will center around the recent Flowrestling release of Terry, a feature-length documentary on Iowa assistant coach and World champion Terry Brands.
Brands will join host Jason Bryant and World Wrestling Resource's Jon McGovern and Dennis Hall for a conversation about the backstory within the film and some of the focal points of the film.
Coach Brands also explains the Foxcatcher relationship from 1996, which caused controversy in Atlanta as well as the group's thoughts about the Grapple on the Gridiron from back in November.
The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at www.worldwrestlingresource.com.
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