Get-Up and Go
Composure & Resilience
Legend
- player
- coach / parent
- movement path
How it works
Introduce young wrestlers to the concept of recovering quickly after being taken down and immediately re-engaging.
What you need
- wrestling mat
Your focus
Young wrestlers often freeze or become discouraged after a takedown, which compounds the scoring deficit. Teaching an immediate get-up response builds resilience as a physical habit before it becomes a mental one. Early repetition of this behavior creates wrestlers who never stop competing.
Partner lightly guides the wrestler to the space in a controlled takedown.
Coach immediately calls 'go', wrestler stands up and returns to wrestling stance as fast as possible.
Repeat eight times; coach counts how fast the wrestler returns to stance and celebrates improvement.
Wrestlers switch roles and repeat.
Helpful cues
- Down means up faster
- Get up before they celebrate
- Bounce back like a ball
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Wrestler simply stands up from referee's bottom position on command, no takedown.
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Add the next challenge
Partner applies brief resistance during the stand-up before releasing.No account needed
Build a practice plan
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