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High scoring, energy draining and crowd pleasing match, between two very potent wrestlers.
Thanks for posting the video pure-s-curve.
Thanks for posting the video pure-s-curve.
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Thanks; very entertaining match.
Chance has come a long way; gas tank is not quite there yet (or will that ever be a strong point for him?)
Chance has come a long way; gas tank is not quite there yet (or will that ever be a strong point for him?)
Chance looked good in the second match against IMAR as well. Strong like bull.
AA is possible, national championship highly doubtful. I would probably take Martinez, Jordan, Jordan, Lewis, Massa, and Cenzo all over him
IMar is just plain tough and at 165 he is going to be a freaking bull. Some believe IJordan will be a factor. I don't believe Jordan will be able to do anything with IMar. Vincenzo is going to be a serious threat. IMO much more capable of wrestling IMar than Jordan is.
My guess is if Chance ever gets to the point that he can wrestle hard as nails from start to finish, he has as good a shot at finishing at the top of the heap as anybody.
Well, you've got IMar, who would rank ahead of him at this point. And then there's Massa, Cenzo Joseph, a Jordan or two, and others I'm probably missing. So could Chance wrestle well, get something like a #4 or #5 seed, and then win a national championship. It happens, but not terribly often.
Man, Chance looked tired after the first set of action in the 1st. He looks strong, but I gotta think he still has some conditioning issues. We'll see come season.
As much as I like Chance and his return to PA, until he fixes the gassing issue (whatever is causing it), he'll be lucky to AA. The last wrestler with gassing issues that finished high on the board will be the first time. He fixes that and there's no reason he can't compete with anyone not named IMAR.
I'm hoping for a positive new chapter for Chance. If he's healthy physically and mentally I think he can beat anyone, including Imar. Really I just hope he's healthy, and happy.
Training techniques have gotten better across the board in the past decade but in general, wrestlers who leave Top 10 teams to go to second tier teams don't improve their conditioning. With less high end training partners at second tier schools, their conditioning often gets worse ...
I hope the best for Chance but want to see him go 7 minutes hard before saying he will be an AA. I hope his past conditioning issue was just the weight cut and now he will be healthy and do very well.
I hope the best for Chance but want to see him go 7 minutes hard before saying he will be an AA. I hope his past conditioning issue was just the weight cut and now he will be healthy and do very well.
I'm gonna pretend I didn't read that one lol must be talking about a different John Smith
Yep. Getting out of that weight cutting factory in Stillwater, has made all the difference for Chance.
That's a very interesting point -- makes sense. Also emphasizes the importance of a strong overall room (and nowadays other great wrestlers who are out of college but training nearby and sometimes working with the college kids).
Kolat comes to mind and a few more. That said, your point is taken.
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Not sure Kolat became a better conditioned wrestler, but a smarter wrestler. Instead of destroying everybody in 90 secs or less he would grind them unrelentingly for 7 minutes or less. I remember him telling somebody (not sure who) he learned to pace himself without really letting up on his opponent.
Gas tank issues, can also be psychological, not having a thing to do with cardio, or anything else physically.
Zain comes across that way. Just a methodical beatdown that is less a flurry of activity than it is a grinding of the spirit.
Agree...it's complicated...that's for sure, though there's plenty of experts on the forums. There are so many things going on, from a wrestler's psyche (confidence, distractions, stress, et al), to his fitness, to his physiological make-up (for instance: two people, built similarly, with similar habits, one is a world-class distance runner...the other can't catch his breath running 100 yards), it's hard to understand all the judgmental stuff that's said.
Little early to say isn't? I agree that I think he'll wrestle better at 165 and hope he AA's. But to say it's made all the difference is jumping the gun, I mean he wrestled one tournament where him and IMAR were the favorites to make the finals
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