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Cael Sanderson: 5 Aspects of a good wrestler (grappler)

If you don’t know who Cael Sanderson is, he is an Olympic Gold medalist, and the ONLY UNDEFEATED 4x NCAA CHAMPION. Thats pretty major in a sport as tough and rugged as wrestling. Grappler’s take notice.

Cael: 

As far as 5 aspects of a good wrestler, these will be broad answers. These characteristics are all intertwined.  You can’t have one without the other.

1) attitude  (lifestyle, priorities in order, loves to compete, positive, strong belief in one’s self etc)

2) physical ability  (speed, strength, strength of hips, etc)

3) mental toughness  (doesn’t worry too much about things that can’t be controlled, fights hard, poise, understands that effort is true success, not consumed by a fear of making mistakes or failure)

4) work ethic (hustles, loves to train, willing to do whatever it takes to be successful, consistent hard worker)

5) conditioning  (a result of work ethic, discipline, physical ability, and mental toughness, ability to relax before matches and trust in their best effort, ability to keep breathing in matches)

6) coachable/ technique (willing to listen and learn, will try new things, learns from mistakes and other’s mistakes

(Source: caelsanderson.com)