Oct 27, 2014
On Episode 4 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, host Jason
Bryant is joined by University of Dubuque head coach Jon McGovern,
Greco-Roman World Champion Dennis Hall, freestyle World Champion
and University of Iowa associate head coach Terry Brands. In
addition to the normal staff from WWR on the call, we're also
joined by Bulgarian Greco-Roman coach extraordinaire Ivan Ivanov of
Suples.com and Rich Andrews and Larry Marchionda of Leader
Headgear.
We start off with a discussion about the most recent United World
Wrestling rankings, which came out following the World
Championships and the Asian Games. Coach Brands talks about what
it'll take to knock the Russians from the top step, while Hall and
Ivanov talk about the varied competitiveness between nations in
Greco-Roman, where there seems to be much more parity. Marchionda
and Brands talk about why the Japanese women remain dominant.
Marchionda and Andrews, an NFL veteran, then lead the discussion
into their new wrestling headgear, designed not only to protect
wrestlers from injuries related to cauliflower ear, but the growing
concern over concussions. The LDR Headgear can be found online at
www.leaderheadgear.com. It's an innovative product aimed at not
only protecting athletes, but prolonging their wrestling careers
and keeping athletes safe while not changing the competitive
aspect.
Coach McGovern, Hall and Brands all talk about the importance of
protecting their athletes from concussions.
We wrap up with another training product, Ivanov's Bulgarian bags.
Seems like everyone on the call is a fan of them.
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