Wrestling for Beginners

An excellent book. Especially for people who have recently begun wrestling. Has helped me to understand why posture is so important and why techniques are done the way they are. Very easy to understand and the photo's are great.

I'm a bjj blue belt, and I bought that book in order to understand the foundation of wrestling. This is not a technique archive, it has a lot of basics, well explained and illustrated, but it aims to lay solid basics, without confusing you with tons of variations. For a comprehensive (set-ups, finishes, counters, etc.) wrestling repertoire I highly suggest the more advanced "Winning Wrestling Moves". The price is very low, so I don't consider the cheap paper (but the binding is firm) and b/w pictures a real negative, also they are functional and do not detract from the book's content. I train with two wrestlers, and this book helped me to understand better what they did and tried to teach me. Most of it will be useful to all submission grappling competitors that (like me) don't have a folkstyle/freestyle background.

This is an excellent book for first or second year wrestlers. It's well-illustrated and descriptive in a simple manner. I'd recommend it highly to anyone whose just starting out, or to a parent of a youth or beginning wrestler.

Too often, wrestling coaches and wrestling books fail to build a solid foundation for wrestlers. The athletes wind up not reaching their potential. This book avoids that problem. It teaches the athlete all the basics, without distracting him with advanced topics he is not ready to learn. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to start wrestling, and to many people who have already been into wrestling for a while.

This book delivers what it promises in the title. It is written for someone who plans to participate in wrestling but has no background in it. Emphasis is placed on basic skills.The book begins with a brief discussion of wrestling benefits and a bit of history. Then the discussion moves to the seven core skills (stance, level changing, lifting, etc). Each skill is covered in some detail with several excellent photograhps for each major point. The rest of the book is devoted to a representative sample of basic takedowns, escapes, pins, etc.The book does not cover the sport's organizing bodies, associations, rules, coaching strategies, etc in any depth. Nor does it cover any advanced skills. I did not perceive either of these things to be a lack.The book's material was well organized and well presnted. There were plenty of clear and helpful photographs accompanying the text.Overall, I was very pleased and would recommend it to others.