High Crotch to Finish Chain Drilling
Neutral Attacks
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How it works
Develop a high crotch attack as a primary neutral weapon by drilling the setup, entry, and multiple finish chains.
What you need
- wrestling mat
Your focus
The high crotch is one of the most effective collegiate and senior-level attacks because it provides deep penetration and multiple finish options from a single entry. Drilling finish chains trains wrestlers to transition immediately when a first finish is blocked rather than stalling in the grip. Wrestlers with fluid high crotch chains apply continuous finishing pressure that is extremely difficult to counter.
From a collar tie, attacker fakes high to draw a reaction, then shoots a high crotch: penetration step to inside of the opponent's legs, head on outside hip, grip on inside thigh.
Finish Chain A: If opponent stands tall, run the high crotch to a double-leg finish.
Finish Chain B: If opponent sits their hips back, transition to a lift and knee-tap finish.
Finish Chain C: If opponent turns, finish with a back-heel trip. Drill each chain 5 reps, then perform 5 read-and-react reps with a live-reacting partner.
Goal
You're there when the high crotch entry and finish chain flows without a pause between the setup and the finish, continuous motion.
Helpful cues
- Your head drives the direction of the finish, place it intentionally
- When the first finish is blocked, you're already setting up the second
- Penetrate deep before you commit to a chain, shallow shots have fewer options
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Drill the entry and one finish chain before adding additional options.
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Add the next challenge
Partner actively defends and calls which resistance they are offering, requiring a faster read and chain selection.No account needed
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