I have been having this discussion with my kids and a few coaches lately. When I was wrestling you always chose bottom. Unless you were getting destroyed in the match you chose bottom, it was essentially free points. I have seen more and more kids choose bottom and get rode out in the past few seasons. I also see more kids choosing neutral or top then in the past. So is the general rule of choosing bottom becoming outdated?
The second part to this question, and if I could make another awesome poll I would, is top wrestling in general is getting better or is bottom wrestling just weaker, or kids are just not as tough as they used to be? When this topic gets brought up amongst coaches it usually becomes a discussion about kids lacking mindset, or a mentality to get up, as opposed to a lack of knowledge on possible ways to score from the bottom position. So are kids on bottom weaker minded, or do they lack the skills needed?
Finally if top is getting better, and bottom weaker, as in the skills and movements are lacking on bottom, were can we go to grow on bottom? I have witnessed top wrestling become more dominant imo, the skills, and moves are much better than when I wrestled, but what about bottom? It seems like top wrestling has evolved, while wrestling from the bottom still uses the same moves as when I came up. Does anyone know good clinicians or videos on bottom movement, what about coaches how do you coach your guys to score from bottom? Do you guys think any knew moves/ positions will come along and add to what a wrestler does from bottom?
Ok there are a lot of discussion questions here so have at it.