![]() | Score from every position on the mat with the help of Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials Dvd.
Top Position Gable highlights his best and favorite wrestling position, covering everything from wrist and arm controls to leg controls and turning. Botton Postition he shows how hip heists, switches, stand ups, high leg-overs, and whizzers can make any wrestler not only successful in defense but also an offensive threat. Standing Postition features the complete range of maneuvers initiatied on the feet, including snaps, headlocks, pummeling,ducks, drags, andkle picks, dumps and more Dan Gable is the most successful figure to ever wrestle and coach the sport. His accomplishments as an athlete on the mat and as a mentor for many years after that have established him as one of the greatest champions in all of sports. As a high school wrestler in Waterloo, Iowa, Gable won all 64 of his matches and three state championships. At Iowa State University he compiled a 118-1 wrestling record and claimed two NCAA championships. He still holds NCAA records with 24 straight pins and 99 straight victories. At the 1972 Olympics, he won a gold medal without surrendering a single point to any of his six opponents. In his six Olympic matches and the 15 matches he went through to qualify for the Olympic team, Gable posted a 21-0 record and outscored his opponents 130-1. Gable’s coaching record is even more impressive. During 21 seasons as head coach, his University of Iowa teams won 15 NCAA championships and 21 Big Ten Conference championships. His teams had an unprecedented .932 winning percentage (355-21-5). He also coached the 1984 United States Olympic wrestling team to seven gold medals. |