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Coach Weber”s Bottom System of wrestling is based on skills that will work at the most beginner level and in the NCAA Finals. The bottom system that Coach Weber teaches is built around the fundamentals he learned while wrestling for the University of Iowa Wrestling Team under Dan Gable, where he was a 3x All-American and NCAA Champion. Coach Weber has used his experiences while wrestling for Dan Gable and combined them with over a decade of coaching the youth and high school level to create a system that can be effectively used to teach youth and high school wrestlers of all levels to build a solid foundation on the bottom position. Please view a description of all the techniques and strategies in this series below.

Get to Your Feet: Wrestlers of all ages need to understand the importance of getting to their feet on the bottom. Wrestlers will learn a Stand-up System that emphasizes coming off the bottom to your feet, but also give option to the most common Stand-up Defenses. This system will not only teach wrestlers how to get out quick but will also lead to chain wrestling. Stringing moves together is the secret to truly mastering the bottom position.


Leg Defense: No matter what a wrestlers philosophy is on the bottom they MUST know how to stay out of and clear legs. Not understanding some basic skills to defend leg riders can be crippling to even the best wrestlers. Wrestlers will learn techniques and strategies to the best leg defense “KEEP THEM OUT”. They will also be taught in an easy to follow method how to clear one leg, two legs, the Power Half and more.

Wrist Control and Hand Fighting Skills: A good wrestler knows how to get hand control first and also knows how to solve the puzzle of clearing their hands from the bottom. Coach Weber will teach you how to take control immediately and win the battle once beaten. Wrestlers too often flounder around in the bottom position with no strategy for hand control. This bottom series will give you the skills and strategies to keep your wits and always get out from the bottom.

Sitouts, Switches & Rolls: Although it is good policy to strive to get to your feet from the bottom position, in the real world it doesn’t always happen. Wrestlers will learn Switch & Sitout systems along with rolls and other tricks to teach them to keep moving and chain wrestle in all situations.

Ride/Turn Defenses: Good wrestlers know where they want to be from the top position. A good bottom wrestler knows this and understands the importance of clearing rides immediately before the top wrestler begins to work their best stuff. In Coach Weber’s Escapes and Reversals Series wrestlers will learn to clear:

My Sophomore year at Iowa we took second at the National Tournament and as a team we struggled a bit throughout the year. I was the starting 158 lber that year and was having a season with some ups and downs. My biggest weakness was the bottom position and it caught up to me one night in Minneapolis. We went on the road to wrestle U of Minnesota and we lost the dual. I lost a match in that dual because I couldn’t get out from the bottom position.

Coach Gable gave us a looong talk on the way home and in my shame of losing that night I stood in front of the team and said I would never lose a match again because I couldn’t get out from the bottom. Well, the damage was done and when we got back the coaches told me they were bringing Joe Williams out of redshirt and we would wrestle off that week. We wrestled off and I lost. I was devastated, Lincoln McIlravy was at the weight class below and things weren’t looking good. Even though I wasn’t in a good spot I still had my eyes set on being an All-American, so I dropped two weight classes to 142, made the team and ended up gaining All-American honors that year. I feel that if my bottom wrestling was better I wouldn’t have been in that position and I would have gotten the job done at a more natural weight class that year.

The devastating effects of not being prepared in the bottom position popped up again my senior year. I had my sights set on winning a National Title before I left Iowa but I had two defending NCAA Champs in my weight class. I wrestled one of them, Mark Branch, in January and lost by Major Decision because of my inability to get away from him. The last month of the season Jimmy Zalesky taught me some rock solid strategies for staying out of and clearing legs and Coach Gable put everyone we had in the room that ever threw a leg on top of me. He would have them shark me and at first it WAS NOT FUN. By the time the Big Ten’s rolled around NOBODY could ride me more than a couple seconds. After my Sophomore year experience I had developed a great Stand-up Series and NOW nobody could ride me with legs. I had so much confidence in my bottom position that I felt invincible. The rest is history, I went on to beat both of the defending National Champs at the NCAA’s and won the National Title. Without the skills I learned, and you will learn if you purchase this series, I would not have won that NCAA Championship.

As you can see the bottom position brought me some of my best and worst times in wrestling and I understand the importance of this position. I have studied this position and know what it takes to excel at the youth, high school and college level. I strongly encourage you to purchase this series…

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