We have upgraded the wrestling technique videos library on TheWrestlingTalk.com and the larger database on WrestlingVideos.me The librarys contain 1,600 and 4,600 technique videos - providing the largest technique system in the world - and its free.

We will be giving away wrestling shoes and other wrestling gear to people who submit techniques to the library. The new system allows you to add videos from Flowrestling, Youtube, uStream, and a variety of other video hosts.

Adidas America has released the 2011-2012 wrestling shoe models - the Mat Wizard 4 is the high end design for this model year.

According to a review on HS Wrestling the shoe received an A in Durability and Price, a B+ in weight, a B in Availablity, and a C in color options.

These wrestling shoes are currently available in Black/Red/White and White/Red/Black.

HSWrestling.Net has released the first of four 20 wrestler recruiting blocks.  In addition to the rankings observers can sort wrestlers by all other available components.  At this time, HSWrestling.Net has three components available to view and and overall score.  The current components include Neutral, Top, and Bottom positions. 

High School Wrestling Recruiting Rankings

This coming Wednesday we will release recruits No. 21-40.

The wrestling camps marketplace is an ever growing industry that is beginning to mature online. Camps like Ken Chertow's and J Robinson's dominate the market but there are literally thousands of camps competing for various markets throughout the United States and your goal is to win as much of your market as possible. I am going to cover a couple basics of marketing in this edition so there shouldn't be too much difficulty grasping this lesson

Promoting through video: For some reason, wrestling took a bit longer than most niches to catch on to using Youtube and other video sites as a promotional tool. This is great for you, Dear Reader, because you will not be competing with any experts. You can reach a heck of a lot of people through Youtube, but the audience is very broad. With FloWrestling and TheWrestlingTalk you have just the opposite - both are niche websites that cater specifically to wrestlers. I want you to promote on both sites equally and what I'm going to show you is pretty easy to recreate for your own purposes.

Step 1: Create videos about your camp that include several sessions of technique, break them down by each move, set up, and variation. Next, ask your campers to do a video interview during the camp, explaining what their favorite part or parts of your camps are. Finally, when the camp is finished, get an exit interview with a couple of your campers and ask them what they learned, if they intend to return next year, and who their favorite clinician was from the camp.

Sidebar: You can either address your camp's website or other contact information in the video or as a voice over after filming, depending upon your skill level with video editing.

Step 2: Once the leg work of creating the videos is done pick out a dozen or more techniques and a couple of the interviews and get ready to put them online. Prepare proper titles (i.e. Cael Sanderson Ankle Pick from Front Headlock, Bob Jones on why he's returning next summer to ___ Camps) and descriptions (i.e. In this video Cael explains that the key to the Ankle Pick out of the front head is keeping position over the top of your opponent and keeping pressure over his back at all times). This step is very important and even those who are doing promotion with videos are neglecting to really identify their videos.

Step 3: Head over to Youtube and upload your videos. The reason you pick Youtube as your video host instead of others like FloWrestling and Blip.tv is because you instantly grab a large audience and every wrestling video system automatically accepts Youtube videos, but there is no reciprocity from Youtube.

Step 4: Now that your videos are uploaded to Youtube they will be syndicated on all websites using Youtube's API to show videos and you can begin the process of manually adding them to FloWrestling and TheWrestlingTalk.com. FloWrestling, as far as I know, does not have limitations on the types of videos you can add there, they have a massive wrestling audience, and their system for adding Youtube is very basic. TheWrestlingTalk requires that the videos you add are technique or coaching tips but they can have advertisements (voice overs or text overlays) within those videos.

Step 5: Follow up on video comments and stay connected to the videos you've added to each site.


Promoting through articles: TheWrestlingTalk.com offers authors the ability to add advertisements to each of their articles. Writing quality, well thought out articles on topics ranging from weight management to college recruiting and everything between find an audience. Be sure to select topics that fits the profile of the campers you're trying to target. (i.e. If you run a camp based out of Maryland write an article about the 2010 state tournament discussing the weaknesses of each of the state finals participants and what you'd do to correct those errors at your camp)

Basics of writing: Create a blog at USAWrestlingNation or TheWrestlingTalk.com in the "News" tab or by clicking this link. Be sure to focus on proper categorization and tagging, just like we described in the video promotion section. For more information on writing for TheWrestlingTalk.com check here.

Promoting through link exchanges:  Seek out sites to propose link exchanges with on Google.com by searching for things like, "high school wrestling", "Youth Wrestling" and similar searches within your target audience.  Request a link exchange in a personal note to the webmaster.  Here is a suggestion on how to form the note:

Dear New Highland Wrestling Club Webmaster,

I am interested in creating a link exchange between our two websites.  I believe my camp website is a great fit for your visitors and would be honored to create an exchange with you.  My URL is: http://www.thewrestlingtalk.com/wrestling-camps/ and you can link to it with the title: TWT Wrestling Camps.  I will be happy to return the favor.  Please send over the title you'd like to use for your link and we'll get our networking started!

Sincerely,

Joe CampDirector

TheWrestlingTalk.com, HS Wrestling.Net and MatFish.com are always actively seeking link exchanges and I would be happy to run you through building a linking campaign as well... just ask in the comments.

MatFish.com is proud to release custom orders, team orders, and the Internet's highest paying affiliate program.

The affiliate program is managed by JDSign Interactive & The custom team orders are managed by MyWrestlingRoom.com - the leader in "wrestling shoes".

Asics Aggressor Wrestling Shoes

The Red & Black, Blue & Gold, and Gray & Blue Asics Aggressor wrestling shoes are now available on MatFish Wrestling Gear for immediate delivery. This shoe is essentially a renamed version of the Rulon from seasons passed. 

MatFish.com wrestling store has released a free classified ad system for wrestling gear (http://marketplace.matfish.com/) that allows users to sell their used wrestling gear, memorabilia, and remnant stock (clearance gear).

The goal of MatFish.com’s classified ad system is to provide a free service where individual wrestlers and families can connect with buyers and sellers quickly and find the gear they need on the cheap.  This is why MatFish has decided to limit the gear provided on the marketplace to only clearance/wholesale prices wherever possible.  Some items are not generally available in used condition, but those items will be available on MatFish Classifieds at a minimum price of $1.00 below their retail (Meaning those items are cheaper on MatFish Classifieds than anywhere else.).

Categories currently include:

• Wrestling Shoes -  Nike, Adidas, Asics, and other brands…
• Wrestling Headgear – Adidas, Asics, Cliff Keen, and other brands…
• Wrestling Singlets – State, National Team, Freestyle/Greco, Custom, College, and other designs…
• Wrestling Memorabilia – Posters, signed photos, pins, buttons, and other memorabilia…
• Wrestling Videos – Technique videos, events, site subscriptions, and other videos…
• Wrestling Supplies – Clocks, timers, score boards, mat cleaner, and other supplies…
• Wrestling Mats – Home mats, competition mats, and other padded surfaces…

New submissions are 100% free and will be featured in the on the front page of MatFish.com until five newer submissions are made and will also be published to the Merchant section on TheWrestlingTalk.com.

I jus built a wrestling color selector for wrstling shoes, singlets, and headgear on MatFish.com.. After I get the system more organized the Open Source version will be released on osCMax for all to use.

Wrestling Shoes Additional Options: Grey Wrestling Shoes | Green Wrestling Shoes | Blue Wrestling Shoes | Red Wrestling Shoes | Orange Wrestling Shoes | Yellow Wrestling Shoes | White Wrestling Shoes | Black Wrestling Shoes | Green Wrestling Shoes | Cool Wrestling Shoes

Available Brands: Adidas Wrestling Shoes | ASICS Wrestling Shoes | Cliff Keen Wrestling Shoes Wrestling Headgear Additional Options: Grey Wrestling Headgear | Green Wrestling Headgear | Blue Wrestling Headgear | Red Wrestling Headgear | Orange Wrestling Headgear | Yellow Wrestling Headgear | White Wrestling Headgear | Black Wrestling Headgear | Green Wrestling Headgear | Cool Wrestling Headgear

Available Brands: Adidas Wrestling Headgear | ASICS Wrestling Headgear | Cliff Keen Wrestling Headgear

The discussion has already covered most of the Big Ten, including Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio State.  Check out the line ups in TheWrestlingTalk's College Wrestling section.

2010 HSWrestling.Net's  High School National Team Rankings

HSWrestling.Net narrows down the top 10 High School Wrestling teams. After Blair dropped a dual 36-21 to St. Paris Graham they drop two spots in our rankings. Apple Valley remains undefeated and the No. 1 team in the nation.

1. Apple Valley, Minnesota Entered the season as our No. 1 pick and they remain undefeated; setting a state record for consecutive wins in the process (95), Won Cheesehead and Clash.
Key Components: Destin McCauley, Dakota Trom, & Brandon Kingsley

2. St. Paris Graham, Ohio – Absolutely dominated Blair, 36-21. Winning seven of eight bouts to open the dual. 2nd at Ironman.
Key Components: Nick Brascetta, Felipe Martinez, & Max Thomussei

3. Brandon, Florida Hung in close to Apple Valley at the Cheesehead, a very strong dual meet squad. Defeated No. 8 Collins Hill, Georgia (34-24). 2nd at Cheesehead.
Key Components: Joe Cozart & Henry Chirino

4. Blair Academy, New Jersey Tried to cover a major hole at 145lbs against St. Paris Graham. It backfired and they got throttled. 1st at Beast & Ironman.
Key Components: Evan Silver (No. 1 @ 112), Mike Evans(No. 1 @ 189), Mark Grey

5. Central Dauphin, Pennsylvania Powerade Champions, Undefeated in dual meet action, 2nd at Beast.
Key Components: Marshall Peppelman (No. 1 160), Kenny Courts (No. 1 @ 171), & Tyson Dippery

6. Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania 3rd at Beast
Key Components: Simon Kitzis (No. 8 @ 135), Dominick Malone (No. 1 @ HWT)

7. Simley Minnesota : Defeated Montini Catholic, Illinois & Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. 2nd at Clash.
Key Components: Kurtis Julson & Kyle Gliva

8. Collins Hill, Georgia :- 2nd at Powerade, lost 34-24 to No. 3 Brandon, Florida
Key Components: Bazell Partridge, T J Mitchell, Joel Smith

9. Wadsworth, Ohio: Defeated No. 10 St. Edward, Ohio at dual meet state.
Key Components: Brad Squire (No. 7 @ 145), Ben Buzzelli (No. 9 @ HWT)

10. St. Edward, Ohio: 3rd at Ironman, lost to No. 9 Wadsworth, Ohio
Key Components: Nick Sulzer, (No. 4 @ 160), Dean Heil, (No. 11 @ 103)

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