SeanMcMurray

http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view_video/238046-2010-southern-scuffle/404959-157-lbs-finals-david-taylor-penn-state-vs-paul-young-indiana

Didn't know how to post the video..  Paul didn't exactly look like himself.

Lots of rumors in da region these days.  I also heard that Seany MacMurrrrray got an extra semester of eligibility and is coming back at 160.

Dang, when were they gonna tell me?  ;D

As I can't argue with most of the preview, I have to say that MSU HVY Steve Andrus is very tough.  He won a couple national titles over the Summer and was the Heavyweight for the USA Jr World's team in Hungary.

Pretty cool stuff.  Check it out. Let me know what you think.. 

Breaking Your Opponent

By Steve Fraser

October 23, 2006

Breaking your opponent takes practice and skill. This article will focus on how you can start to build habits that will allow you to break your opponent?s mental and physical limits, thus making them quit. There are very specific tactics you can perform that will help you to make your opponent quit, both in practice and in a match.

What does ?breaking your opponent? look like?

Backing up ? Your opponent or training partner starts giving ground as you attack them ? back peddling.

Stopping as soon as they get close to ?out of bounds? - The moment they get close to the edge of the mat they stop wrestling.

Takes a long time to get back to center (once they go out of bounds) ? Catching their breath, adjusting kneepads, shorts, and socks are sure signs of the breaking process.

Inactivity ? Inactivity on the mat while wrestling. Stalling and not hustling.

Showing signs of desperation - Your opponent will start making bad shots in desperation or giving up good position.

Complaining ? Complaining to the official or their coach. Showing frustration.

Stumbling - Showing signs of physical fatigue.

Short bursts of anger with intensity ? This can mean they are stymied and desperate.  It can mean they are trying to give a last-ditch effort before they break!

Not getting off their back ? When you turn them to their back they just lay there.

Pushing your opponent past their perceived limitations (physically, mentally and emotionally) will force them to lose focus. It will destroy their concentration and will break their confidence. Mentally they will start to think that you are too tough for them. They will think you are too conditioned for them. They will start to doubt whether or not they can actually beat you.  Physically they will feel the pain of fatigue as they gulp for more oxygen to fill their lungs. Emotionally they will start to surrender, giving up any hope or thoughts of winning.

Pushing your opponent to this state is the key to winning. The more you do this to your wrestling partner the more you will learn to see the signs of breaking which should motivate you to experiment and expand these tactics. Understanding and developing these strategies will allow for many great options as far as offensively attacking your opponent.  It will open up a whole new world of wrestling for you.

Here are 10 ways to make your opponent break in practice, thus honing and developing these skills for when you are in a match:

Out pummel your opponent:  This means you will dictate the pace and the movement.  Physically you will move faster with change in direction.  You will push and pull them keeping them off balance and forcing them to move in a manner that they are not intending to move. This pummeling attack should include many tie-up changes. You should circle one way and then the other.  Tie up left, then right, then two-on-one, then under-hook, then shot, then arm drag attempt. Again? tie left, right, push, pull, under-hook, circle, snap, and foot-sweep. This should be the method of attack. 

This is what I call your ?dance?.  It is your physical wrestling movements that you have honed into your normal wrestling attack.  You must create your own personal ?dance? that in time becomes your natural method of attacking your opponent.  This dance should be physical but at the same time should be smooth and rhythmic.

Make first contact: In matches, when you go out of bounds, you always hustle back to the center of the mat, eagerly waiting for your opponent to arrive, and then always make the first contact when the bout resumes.

Always turn them: When you take your opponent down, you turn them right away (no stopping to let them up).  Most wrestlers will pause or relax after they get taken down.  This is not only a chance to break them but is a great time to score as well.

Force them up:  If there is no action on the mat after you have taken your opponent down, you don?t just let them up. You gently or forcibly push them up from behind. As they stand up you spin them around, getting right back in their face.

If you try to push them up and they do not stand up (they stay down in the referees position), then you circle out to the front of them and pull them up to their feet by cupping your hand under their chin and pulling them up, getting right back in their face? pushing, pulling and pummeling again.  Or you may select to snap them right back down to the mat, going behind for another takedown.

Another tactic if your opponent will not stand up is to circle out to the front but instead of pulling them up, you push down on their head with one of your hands, then with the other hand.  You continue to push their head down two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight times alternating hands until they get the picture that you will not let up on them.

Keep wrestling in all situations:  If your opponent takes you down and then stops wrestling (maybe to let you back up to your feet), you continue to wrestle, jumping at the chance to reverse them or take them down when they pause.  The idea is that you continue to wrestle in all situations.

Always fight off your back:    If you ever get put on your back you always fight off no matter what ? you never stop wrestling.  If your opponent stops wrestling to let you up you come up full-force immediately attacking them.  Have the attitude ?How dare you just let me off my back.  You just robbed me of the chance to improve on how to get off my back.?

Make them fight off their back:  If you turn your opponent to their back and they stop wrestling? you don?t!  After you pin them, you either:

A) Hold them down, forcing them to keep wrestling.

  You tell them ?Come on, keep fighting!? 

C)  You loosen your hold - allowing for them to fight off their back. Then you immediately turn them again with either the same hold or a different one.  As long as you are turning your opponent and continuing to score points - you keep them down.  When and if you get tired of turning them is when you pull them up getting right back in their face.

      8.  Wrestle after the whistle:  When you go out of bounds you continue to wrestle for 2 seconds after you hear the whistle.  One?this will leave an impression in the officials mind that you are more aggressive.  Two?whenever your opponent stops wrestling and you don?t, it will break him a bit more.

Keep your opponent wrestling:  When your opponent stops wrestling in the middle of your go (in practice) to tie their shoe, adjust their shorts, or fix their t-shirt?you continue to wrestle them.  If you are kind enough to let them actually do this (which I don?t recommend) then at a minimum - you hover over them, just inches away from their body, eagerly anticipating continued engagement.  The moment they finish tying, adjusting or fixing - you immediately engage again in the battle.  The main point is you become like fly paper on them.  Always in their face, always attacking, always pulling them up, pushing them down, or spinning them around.  They should feel like you are on them constantly.  No pauses, no breaks, no rests!

Fighting:  If the battle ever gets heated where your opponent punches you (for whatever reason) you don?t let it faze you.  You continue to attack like you hardly even noticed that they punched you.  Now this doesn?t mean you can?t get more physical with your attack, but you always stay under control, never punching them back.  Always just attacking them back.  Remember, scoring points is the main objective and should be the ultimate payback for any un-sportsman like activity.

If they can punch you or foul you (for example, using legs in Greco) and that causes you to get mad and punch them back or complain, it is a sign that you are not focused and mentally strong enough to ignore it.

The idea is that nothing your opponent can do will take you out of your intense focused game plan of attacking.  Nothing will intimidate you.  Nothing will upset you.  Nothing will deter your tenacious, relentless attack.

Think about it.  The normal reaction to one wrestler punching another is that the wrestler getting punched will get mad.  But just think what your opponent will think when they punch you and you just keep on coming.  This is not the normal reaction from most wrestlers. They will think that you are an animal.  They

may think you are crazy or that you are a fine tuned machine.  This will break your opponent?s will to fight.  Guaranteed!

Breaking your opponent where you make them quit takes an attitude that starts in practice.  This attitude has to be experimented with, developed and practiced. You have to be willing to be a little rude when learning and demonstrating this tactic. I don?t care if your partners are friends or not?you have to put everything aside and force this attitude.  It will sometimes feel impolite of you to stay in your wrestling partner?s face when they are kneeling down on the mat, tying their shoes, catching their breath or adjusting their shorts, but you must ignore this and stay in front of them - pushing them to keep wrestling. They may turn their back to you.  Again, you must spin them around, never letting them rest.

Remember, if you master this attitude in practice it will become your method of operation in your matches too.

Michigan State (just a little west of the real Michigan School)

 

 

Excuse me?  > hahah

Anyone hear of a rumor about East Chicago getting another top coach.

I think Reggie Wright is a Asst. Athletic Director there.. I wouldn't be surprised if you can find him in the wrestling room!  But who knows!

Agreed Great news for Da Region! Tsirtsis is an Indiana Wrestling Legend. Good to see him back in the Hoosier State giving back!

 

Sean- Hows Michigan State treating ya? You guys start workouts yet? I hope during the season you can still jump on Indianamat & keep us posted! Good Luck Bud!

 

P.S.- I love the profile Pic!  8)

MSU is great.. I am very happy with my decision to further my education here.. Workouts have started and they are tough, but everyone gets better everyday!  Still unsure whether I am red shirting or not, but I will keep you guys posted..  Ohh and the other Indiana guys are doing well, too!  Both should be starting come wrestling season!

Great news for Da Region!  That's a great coaching staff!  Can't thank those guys enough for what they've done for me.. I can tell you one thing, you won't be wasting your money if you go here.. They make champions!! 

And Alex Tsirtsis, wow this guy is the real deal.. He beat me up a bunch last year, and his workouts are unbelievable! 

Congrats to Coach Hawk, Sessa, and Tsirtsis!  Can't wait to see your boys win some state titles!!

-McMurray

Sean, how does your high school state tournament resume compare to Leroy's?

 

Vega - 3x placer 3,1,1

Me - 4x Placer 7,1,1,1

But Vega won a double title his senior year i think... He ended up with a few national titles..

Portage - Leroy Vega

Chesterton - Keith Davison

Lake Central - Mike Escobedo or Vince Sessa

How about Merrillville?  There are quite a few that i would consider..

I start at a tennis court in Ogden Dunes..  it goes miles up and down hill, it even has a HUGE staircase! That's a little Portage Wrestling secret! 

If he goes to play football I wonder where at?

Jimbo told me he was interested in Illinois State or Purdue for football.

Mike Jones no one gave him a chance in winning the whole thing.

Who?  ;D

I am glad you put that Portage education to work   I knew you were smarter than you looked.

Bet you he could pop you with a .50 cal from a couple hundred yards away 

thats an army education!

That's a shame... it seems that we should be trying to get our best wrestlers on the mat...

 

I'm sure you will handle your business at the IN/IL all star duel.

IN/IL is still being considered but I haven't made my decision yet..

Why aren't Hawkins or McMurray wrestling?  Something to do with their scholarships? 

I wasn't asked to participate..

Good for the boys, shame on the coaches, administration, and the whole program they run over there.  Wrong as it may be, that's why people booed, and that is why people can't stand the sight of that baked on tan, and bald head that sit in those coaches chairs.  

 

 

It's an opinion based on years of experiences, and you can take it or leave it, but I'm not about to go in-depth about certain individual's character and class or lack thereof.  

 

 

Am I reading this correctly? I am sitting in awe at the ignorance of your comments. Not only are you putting down an entire student body and hard working establishment, you are taking personal jabs at another adult. How old are you?  I honestly find it hard to believe that an adult would get on a forum where kids are present and write the nasty and horrible things you just posted. (bald head and fake tan) I feel lucky that I did not grow up in your household where name calling is accepted. Clearly from your bald head and fake baked comment you, as an adult, have absolutely no problem acting like a child.

 

Do you honestly think that your post  is a wonderful example for all the children on this forum.  I could care less if you have YEARS of hatred (or personal experiences as you like to call them) Your "experiences" never give you a right to treat another as you are treating these Cathedral coaches, no matter how right or wrong they may be.

 

As you are reading this I am sure you are willowing in embarrassment because of the actions you have taken to make a point. I hope you feel awful, as you should. In my opinion, and only my opinion, you are no better than the adults who showed "booed" on Saturday. My biggest worry is that you are a parent, teacher, or coach..... because this is not the type of example our kids need.

What's the word I'm looking for? oh, wahoo!

lets see if willis is supposed to be better than McMurray and Vlahos combined then shouldn't willis atleast have a couple of championships by now? I mean when Sean was a sophmore he was in willis's shoes. He knocked off a two time state champ going for his third title. So looking at where willis is now, compared to where mcmurray was then... idk i think that willis has his work cut out for him to become nearly twice as good as mcmurray... but hey thanks coach for just heaping a load of pressure on your kid

I was injury free in the state finals my sophmore year..  But I just don't get how someone signs in with a screen name that is their name, then criticizes specific wrestlers who don't know him(thank god) and haven't done a single thing to him.. 

Willis is a class act.  Probably one of the nicest kids at the state tournament.  We talked a little bit and I dont understand how people can even begin to attack him...  I cannot find one bad thing to say about the kid.  But Charlie, don't drag me into any of this...  I consider Vlahos and Willis my friends now..  They are both great guys who work hard.  THEY  have nothing to do with ME.

Defending our country is very respectable..  Dying for our country is honorable..  Thanks to these men.  I'm proud to be from the same state as these heros! 

Where is CIA NW?

Hanover Central in Cedar Lake, Indiana....  (By Crown POint)

If the guy does have to have surgery why was he out there for the finals?  Who cleared him?  The kids a sophmore he has 2 more shots at a title it may look worse on the coaches if he does have surgery.  I have no real problem with the situation if he was hurt and doesn't wrestle in the finals.  My problem comes from the fact that he was either to hurt to wrestle or not hurt enough to take the free ride to the finals.  It can not be both ways.  If our going to put the kids health on the line do it for both matches.  It was a classless act by the coaches.  They knew there would be boos if he continued to wrestle in the tournement, so quit blaiming hte fans.  You get respect when you deserve it.

This explains why you get no respect on the board! You are one of the most closed-minded individuals I have ever encountered.  I hope you attend church on Sundays..

"i say he is gonna be way better then McMurrey and Vlahos combined it isn't a comparison"

First, it's McMurrAY.

You've opened my eyes... Maybe we should quit wrestling...

Let's see how well that Ivy League boy ranked..  It is impossible for him to be batting 100% because there are 20 kids ranked in each weight and only 16 in each state finals bracket!  So 20% automatically wont make it!  I think that Ivy League edumation is paying off!!  Nice job, RG!

103 - 13 ranked wrestlers remaining  = 65% made it to state

112 - 14 ranked wrestlers remaining = 70% made it to state

119 - 11 ranked wrestlers remaining = 55% made it to state

125 - 9 ranked wrestlers remaining = 45% made it to state

130 - 10 ranked wrestlers remaining = 50% made it to state

135 - 11 ranked wrestlers remaining = 55% made it to state

140 - 12 ranked wrestlers remaining = 60% made it to state

145 - 11 ranked wrestlers remaining = 55% made it to state

152 - 11 ranked wrestlers remaining = 55% made it to state

160 - 13 ranked wrestlers remaining = 65% made it to state

171 - 12 ranked wrestlers remaining = 60% made it to state

189 - 10 ranked wrestlers remaining = 50% made it to state

215 - 11 ranked wrestlers remaining = 55% made it to state

285 - 11 ranked wrestlers remaining = 55% made it to state

no need to worry...i've heard he's very submissive

Oh believe me, I know from experience..  ;D

Congrats to Coach Vlink, Coach Balash, and Coach Harper!  These guys LIVE wrestling!