Introduction:
● Nate Engel Associate Head Coach at Oregon State
● Assistant Coach at Stanford and the Naval Academy
● USA National Team Member in Greco/Olympic Training Center Northern Michigan
● Greco National COY in 2019
1:30 Oregon State’s Performance in Detroit at the NCAA’s
● Exceeding expectations
● Hunter Willits knocks off David Carr the #1 Seed at 157lbs
● Momentum
3:00 Friday Morning with Kaylor “BK”
● Just another wrestling match. Won’t change your legacy as to who you are as a person.
● How to calm nerves as a coach.
● “I’m gonna take him down a couple times, suck him back, pin him and jump in your arms.”
4:00 Four All Americans (most since 1995)
● Coach Pendleton PAC 12 COY
● No Job Titles, “We are a family.”
5:45 Isaiah Martinez/Pendleton
● Coach Pendelton and IMart from same HS
● One Vision and One Goal
● Creating men of Character
● No crystal balls
● As a staff we value the right things
7:30 Oregon State’s Pre-Tournament Workout
● Guys don’t want to think
● Footwork and Warm up
● Clicks in Mind, “they don’t have to think”
● Weight loss consistency
9:00 OSU Warm-up
● 6 Min “On your Own” (Jogging, Stretching, Sprints)
● 5 Down and Back Sprints
● 3, :30 Stance in Motion/Jumping Jacks (Stance in Motion, shots, sprawls)
● 6-8 :30 moving a guy, creating angles
● Different Attacks
● Finising to NF, Turks
● Throws, Fun stuff, feet to back
● Top and Bottom, 4 Mins on your own. Turns on top/change partners
● Leg in and Leg Slips
● 10 Wall touches
● Water
● Lift and REturn to strong ride
● Defensive Re-Attacks
● 2 One Minute as many TD’s as you can get.
● Bike and Stretching
12:00 Importance of knowing how much you’ll lose in pre match workout
● Log it/write it down
● Consistency is important and can bring comfort and confidence
● Athletes starve for routine, structure and guidance
13:30 Juggling Nerves and Feelings prior to matches
● Tournaments are unforgiving
● Dropping emotions, get the next guy ready.
● Don’t wrestle the match for your teammate.
● Keep it light. Talk about other things…
16:00 Have to be willing to punch a guy in face
● Score points
● 7 mins hard
● Consistent messaging
17:30 NIL/Transfer Portal
● Crazy with six figure deals
● Ups and Downs of NIL possibilities
● Alston Act/6K on a Roster
● Men of Character/Recruiting
● Portal works in both ways/Not always greener on other side
22:30 Best time of your life
● Now is the best time of your life
● When you’re a dad or husband and things get hard you can just enter the portal and transfer
● Balance between HS Students and Portal
24:30 Greco and the Importance of FS/GR
● Freestyle translates due to leg attacks
● Greco teaches you how to use hips, underhooks, 2 on 1
● Learn Greco, it helps you so much!
● 16 Beavers going to Vegas
● Wrestling is Wrestling