Next Level Defensive Fundamentals by Dan Vallimont

• Keep yourself safe from their offense and turn their shots into your points with Dan Vallimont’s instructional series on defensive wrestling technique.
• Dan shows the same techniques that have helped him reach elite levels as a folkstyle and freestyle wrestler, all about his defensive wrestling tricks that make him so hard to take down.
• Wrestle out of some of wrestling’s most effective and important counter holds, like the whizzer and the crackdown.

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Keep yourself safe from their offense and turn their shots into your points with Dan Vallimont’s instructional series on defensive wrestling technique. Use these counters to stop their takedowns flat and then get on top yourself with these front headlocks, crackdowns, and whizzers that can get you out of even the tightest situations. These same defensive fundamentals helped Dan make the NCAA finals as a Penn State Nittany Lion and they can help you level up your takedown game by keeping you out of danger and on the attack.

Dan shows the same techniques that have helped him reach elite levels as a folkstyle and freestyle wrestler, all about his defensive wrestling tricks that make him so hard to take down. For every leg attack, Dan shows the slick baseline defenses and more high level tricks that you can use in these combinations for maximum effect. Wrestle out of your opponents’ single legs, high crotches, and more.

Use wrestling’s hidden defensive tools and keep wrestlers away, or work from their shots to create more chances to score big. Attack with go behinds, sprawls, and limp legs that help you stay positionally strong and still dynamic from wherever the match takes place. Get fancy with the different rolls and jumps that Dan coaches you through in step by step detail so wrestlers of any age can benefit.

Wrestle out of some of wrestling’s most effective and important counter holds, like the whizzer and the crackdown. These battle tested counters give you the edge against leg attackers by showing how to create the most leverage and wrestle through the position with the sharpest technique. Give yourself a huge leg up the next time you get shot on with these leg defense tricks from Dan Vallimont.

• Introduction


• Head Blocking


• Down Blocking 


• Thumb Block 


• Baseline Defense


• Head Underneath 


• Lock Below Knee


• Whizzer Kick 


• 2 on 1 Roll Through

• Peeling Hands 


• Limp Leg 


• Backflip 


• Switch Head to Center 


• High Crotch Defense - Baseline Defense 


• Tight Waist Roll 


• Beat the Shoulder Crotch Roll 


• Beat the Shoulder Re-High Crotch 


• Roll Through

• Intro to crack down


• Tight Waist Sprawl 


• Beat the Shoulder Scoot


• Jump Across Roll 


• Similarities Between Double Leg & High Crotch


• Outro 

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