With that in mind, there's no better time for wrestlers of any age and experience level to brush up on existing skills and acquire new techniques. One of the easiest -- and best -- tools available to wrestlers is available online, in the form of instructional videos at TheWrestlingSite.com.
Les AndersonThe videos incorporate a unique three-dimensional grid system of one-foot squares on the floor and wall to help wrestlers "measure" specific moves in space as they see a particular move demonstrated onscreen.
Another unique aspect of the video series is Anderson's experienced instruction, describing each move in a clear, step-by-step explanation as two young wrestlers demonstrate that particular move on the unique grid that is the hallmark of every "Basics of Technique" video.
For more than 60 years, Les Anderson made his mark in wrestling, as an athlete, coach, and author of instructional books and videos. In the early 1950s, Anderson crafted a near-perfect career at Clarion High School in north-central Iowa, losing only match: the 119-pound finals at the 1955 state championships, having won the title at 103 in 1954.
Despite being told by doctors to give up wrestling after high school because he had been diagnosed with polio, Anderson continued his wrestling career at Iowa State. Wrestling for Harold Nichols -- named one of three all-time greatest college wrestling coaches in a 2005 NCAA online poll -- Anderson compiled a 50-3-1 overall record, and was a three-time NCAA finalist for the Cyclones, winning national titles in 1958 and 1960. After graduation, Anderson launched his coaching career, first at Blue Earth High School in Minnesota, then returning to Ames to serve as assistant to Nichols from 1964-1974, then again from 1979-92 (after a stint as head coach of the now-defunct program at the University of Washington). During Anderson's two stints working alongside head coach Nichols, then, later, Jim Gibbons, the Cyclones won a total of six NCAA team titles, claimed 34 individual championships, and earned All-American honors 111 times. Anderson passed away in November 2012 from bladder cancer at age 74, but his website, TheWrestlingSite.com, lives on.
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